Deputies Search for Man in West Columbia Robbery

Lexington County Sheriff's detectives are looking for a man they say robbed a convenience store in West Columbia Tuesday night.

A white male entered the Kangaroo Express convenience store at 3950 Augusta Road and asked to use the restroom, according to a incident report from the Lexington County Sheriff's Department.

The store's clerk told the man that there was no public restroom. The man then came around the counter and told the clerk he wanted all of money in the cash register. 

The clerk told deputies the man held a blunt object against her back, the report said. 

The clerk was able to activate a silent alarm when the man pushed her against the register, deputies said. 

The man took the money from the register, told the clerk to get on the ground and said he would hurt her if she moved. 

He then left the store with the money. 

The department has released two surveillance photos of the man accused of the robbery.

Witnesses describe the suspect as having dark brown hair, between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 7 inches tall, and weighing between 120 to 140 pounds.

The man was wearing a brown and black baseball cap, a dark colored jacket and plaid pajama pants.

Anyone with information about the man who committed the robbery should call the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department at 803-785-8230 or CrimeStoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.