Armed man robs Rohnert Park gas station

A man armed with a knife robbed a Rohnert Park gas station Tuesday morning, police reported.

The robbery occurred about 10 a.m. at the Valero station on Southwest Boulevard.

The man held up the clerk, stole $288 in cash and fled on foot. The clerk wasn't injured.

Police set up a perimeter around the area, but as of 4 p.m. the suspect had not been apprehended, Lt. Jeff Taylor said.

He was described as a white male in his 30s, six feet tall with a thin build, wearing a brown hooded sweatshirt that covered the bottom of his face.

- Steve Hart

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