Benson Post Office robbed at gunpoint
Posted: 12/12/2012
BENSON, Md. (WMAR) -
Police in Harford County are looking for the man responsible for robbing a Post Office Wednesday afternoon.
Edward Hopkins with the Harford County Sheriff's Office says officers responded to the Benson Post Office in the 100 block of Connolly Road at about 1:45 p.m. for reports of a robbery.
Hopkins says that a man waited in line with other customers until he got to the counter, at which time he displayed a handgun, leaned across the counter and took an undisclosed amount of money from the register.
The man then fled the area on foot. The suspect is described as a white male about 6' tall, in his 30's with dark hair, wearing sunglasses, blue jeans with a red trim and a gray sweatshirt.
There were no reports of any injuries in the robbery. Anyone with any information is asked to call police at 410-838-6600.
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