Crime & Safety
Gas Station Robbery Attempt Foiled
A gas station clerk whipped a stapler at the suspect, who then fled the station.
PLYMOUTH TOWNSHIP, MI — Plymouth Township Police is looking for a man that attempted to rob a Mobil gas station at Five Mile and Northville roads on Saturday. Described as a young white man, approximately 6-feet to 6-2 tall, he fled the gas station after a clerk threw a stapler at him, according to a Plymouth Observer report.
“The suspect didn't brandish a gun, but implied he had one, Plymouth Township Sgt. Bill Fetner said.”
"He had his hand in his sweatshirt and made some comment that he had (a gun)," Fetner said.
For more, go to the Plymouth Observer.
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