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Police: Man Robs Convenience Store in Scranton After Underpaying for Coffee

SCRANTON — Police are looking for a man who held up a convenience store in Scranton. Officers said a man poured himself a cup of coffee at the Sunoco Stat...
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SCRANTON -- Police are looking for a man who held up a convenience store in Scranton.

Officers said a man poured himself a cup of coffee at the Sunoco Station on North Main Avenue Wednesday afternoon. When the clerk told him he was 15 cents short when paying, the man pulled a gun and demanded money from the register.

The clerk confronted the robber, initially locking him inside the store. Investigators said the two struggled and the clerk hit his head and suffered minor injuries.

The robber grabbed some money out of the open register and then ran off.

Police said the clerk is expected to be OK.

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