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Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a Saturday morning robbery at a gas station smoke shop.
Troopers were called to the Smoke Shop at the Exxon at the corner of Maple Avenue and North Pine Street (Route 413) in Langhorne Borough around 8:10 a.m. for a report of a robbery in progress. Troopers and officers from surrounding departments, like Middletown Township and Penndel Borough, responded to the scene.
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The store clerk relayed to police that a man in his 30s came into the store just past 8 a.m. and struck him with a wooden stool. The suspect then opened the cash register and stole $300 in cash, troopers said.
The suspect fled the scene in a late 200s Nissan Altima with a Pennsylvania plate and black wheels. The vehicle was last seen traveling eastbound on Maple Avenue.
Troopers didn’t release further information on any injuries to the store clerk.
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