The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information about an armed robbery early Tuesday (Oct. 9) at the Phillips 66 gas station, 2854 Hwy. 67, south of Festus.
At about 3:25 a.m., a man entered the station’s convenience store, pointed a silver handgun at an employee and demanded money from the cash register, the Sheriff’s Office reported in a written statement.
The employee handed over an undisclosed amount of cash, and the man left in a maroon Dodge Caravan minivan, headed south on Hwy. 67, the report said.
The suspect, a white man, appeared to be between 5 foot 9 inches and 5 foot 10 inches. He was wearing blue jeans, tan boots, a blue Adidas shirt with yellow lettering and brown stripes on the sleeves, as well as a sock cap with a camouflage print, silver-framed sunglasses and black gloves.
The Sheriff’s Office reviewed surveillance footage and got a photo of the man off it.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the Sheriff’s Office tip line at 636-796-5515.
-- Kim Robertson
