The robbery was reported at the business on U.S. 127, just south of Interstate 70, around 11:30 p.m. Friday.
An initial investigation found a man wearing a ski mask entered the front of the store, approached employees while pointing a gun, and ordered them to open the cash drawers, deputies said. After taking cash, the suspect fled the store running north.
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The suspect is between 5-foot-8 and 5-foot-10 and was wearing a jogging suit with a New Orleans Saints emblem on the left chest, according to investigators.
Based on security video, the suspect is believed to have got into a black Ford Escape SUV that was parked nearby and occupied by a second man. The vehicle, possibly with a temporary license plate, left traveling east on I-70, according to investigators.
FIRST REPORT @ 11:55 p.m. (April 19):
An armed robbery was reported late Friday night at the Pilot Travel Center north of Eaton in Preble County.
The robber, carrying a pistol, had his face covered by a dark-colored ski mask during the holdup reported shortly after 11:30 p.m. at the truck stop, 6141 N. U.S. 127.
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The robber and another person fled in a black Ford Escape with a temporary tag last seen headed east on Interstate 70, according to initial reports.
No injuries were reported, and the incident is under investigation by the Preble County Sheriff’s Office.
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