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Armed man wearing fake beard robs Newport News Shell Station (raw video)

Posted at 2:05 PM, Apr 26, 2013
and last updated 2013-04-26 14:05:35-04

Newport News, Va. - A man wearing a fake beard robbed the Shell Station on J. Clyde Morris Blvd. Friday morning at gunpoint and now police need your help to find him.

The robbery happened at around 5:36 a.m. police say.

The manager of the store told police that the suspect ran into the store and robbed her at gunpoint. He forced her to the back of the store where he demanded money.

No one was injured police say.

The same Shell Station was also robbed by someone wearing a fake beard on March 29th. It is unknown if the two cases are related.

If you know anything that could help police capture the suspect in the photo, please call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.