Police release photo of Amerimart robbery suspect

Police have released a photo of the suspect in a Sunday evening robbery at a Cape Girardeau gas station.

Police are looking for a man who entered Amerimart, 1320 W. Cape Rock Drive, about 6:30 p.m., threatened an employee, demanded money and fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash, said Darin Hickey, public information officer for the Cape Girardeau Police Department.

Officers at the scene Sunday evening described the suspect as a white man with a scruffy beard, wearing a gray T-shirt, jeans and a beanie.

The suspect did not display a firearm but claimed to have one, police reported.

Anyone with information about the suspect or the robbery is asked to call the Cape Girardeau Police Department at 335-6621 or the Crime Stoppers hotline at 339-6312 or email police@cityofcape.org.

Pertinent address:

1320 W. Cape Rock Drive, Cape Girardeau, Mo.