Police are investigating an armed robbery of a Stillwater hotel on Sunday night.
The clerk of the Lexington In and Suites, 2000 Washington Ave., called police to report a robbery had occurred at 11:40 p.m. Sunday night, police said.
A man — described to police as a white male in his 40s — produced a semiautomatic handgun and requested money from the hotel clerk. He was given the money and fled on foot, police said.
“The man had possibly been loitering in the hotel lobby since 7 p.m. on Sunday,” said Sgt. Jeff Stender of the Stillwater Police Department. “The clerk told him to either rent a room or leave, and he left the building. He returned around 11:40 p.m. to then commit the robbery.”
The man, thought to be about 6 feet tall and weigh about 180 pounds, was wearing a grey sweatshirt, had long sandy hair, and “a couple days growth of facial hair.” He was described by the clerk as “gangly and rough looking.”
Police did not have a suspect as of April 29. Anyone with information is asked to call the Stillwater Police Department TIPS line at 651-351-4945.
Contact Alicia Lebens at alicia.lebens@ecm-inc.com