Man in Halloween mask robs Cape store

A man in a Halloween mask robbed Food Giant, 1120 N. Kingshighway, at about 8 p.m. Friday, Cape Girardeau police said. at 8:34 p.m. Sgt. Kevin Orr said the suspect entered the store wearing a green mask and a black long-sleeved shirt. He went inside and demanded money. A witness, Kyle Fouch of Cape Girardeau, said he and some friends saw a large man wearing a Halloween mask enter the store and approach a female employee. "He said, 'Give me your money, now,'" Fouch said. "Then he put his hand in his pocket and said, 'Do you want to see what's in my pocket?'"

Fouch said the suspect was wearing white gloves and a green mask of Edvard Munch's painting "The Scream."

The suspect did not display a weapon, Orr said. He left the store and got into a gray newer-model Mercury Grand Marquis or Crown Victoria and drove north on Kingsway.

Orr said it appears the suspect was alone.