VINELAND — Police are investigating after a man wearing a surgical mask allegedly robbed a Dollar General on Saturday afternoon.
About 2:20 p.m., officers responded to the store in the 1100 block of East Chestnut Avenue for a report of a robbery, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page.
There, an employee told police she was approached by a man who passed her a note that said he had a gun in his bag and requested cash from the register, according to the post. After the incident, the man left the store.
No one in the store saw a gun, police said.
Officers checked the immediate area but did not find the suspect, according to the post.
The suspect was described as a white male wearing a surgical mask, a gray hooded sweatshirt with a Philadelphia Eagles logo, blue jeans, black shoes and black gloves, police said.
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Detective Tim Delouise is assigned as the lead investigator for this case.
Anyone with information can call police at 856-691-4111, ext. 4181, Vineland Crime Stoppers at 856-691-0345 or text “VPDTIP” to 847411.
