Mentor Police Identify Suspect In Gas Station Robbery

Mentor Police have and issued a warrant for the man's arrest.

John Lane II is accused of aggravated robbery.

If anyone knows of Lane's whereabouts or sees him, he or she is asked to call the Mentor Police at 440-974-5760.

Lane is considered armed and dangerous and police have instructed people not to approach him. He was last seen in his 2001 Blue Honda with an Ohio license plate, FNL1692.

Police think Lane is the man who walked into the Shell gas station by himself at 10:11 p.m. Sunday. He placed a knit hat on the counter and told the woman there that he had a gun in the hat, Mentor Police Lt. Tim Allen said.

He then demanded money from the register, which the woman gave to him. It's still being determined how much money he took.

The woman did not see a gun or other weapon during the robbery, Allen said.

The man left the store and drove away south on State Route 306.

Mentor Police Lt. Dan Molnar said authorities are not sure if Lane is a suspect in .