By Cathy Locke
clocke@sacbee.com
Placer County sheriff's detectives are looking for a robber who held two Weimar Country Store clerks at gunpoint during a robbery Monday night, claiming he needed the money for Christmas.
Although the man left the clerks bound and made off with money from the cash register, he apologized, telling them he also had been robbed and needed money for Christmas, according to a Sheriff's Department news release.
The man entered the store on Paoli Lane at 7:05 p.m. He approached a male clerk who was working at the back of the store and showed a handgun.
The man ordered the clerk to the front of the store, where the male clerk and a female clerk were ordered to open the cash register and dump the money into a bag.
The robber then bound the clerks' wrists and left the store on foot.
The man, whose face was covered during the robbery, was described as 20 to 25 years old, 6 feet, 5 inches tall and weighing about 180 pounds, with brownish-blond hair.
Shortly after the robber left, two vehicles were seen leaving the area: a silver Toyota pickup truck, and a tan or brown Ford pickup with a red camper shell.
After the man left, the male clerk was able to free himself and call 911.
Anyone with information about the suspect or the vehicles is asked to call Detective Bill Summers at (530) 889-7843. Anyone wishing to provide information but remain anonymous may call Placer County Crime Stoppers at (800) 923-8191.
Individuals providing information to Crime Stoppers could be eligible for a cash reward.
Call The Bee's Cathy Locke, (916) 321-5287.
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