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Peterborough police seek 2 suspects following armed robbery at convenience store

Peterborough police seek two suspects in an armed robbery of a store on Friday night. Peterborough Police Service

Police are looking for two suspects following an armed robbery at a convenience store on Friday night.

According to the Peterborough Police Service, around 10:30 p.m., officers were called to the store in the area of George Street North and Parkhill Road. Officers learned that the clerk had been threatened by a man brandishing a knife while a second man watched the door.

The suspects fled with some cash. The clerk was not injured. The service’s K9 unit was called in to search the area with negative results.

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Both suspects are described as men in their mid-20s. Both were wearing black masks.

One has a medium build and was wearing a light blue Puma rain jacket with a white hood, black pants, a teal brimmed ball cap, white shoes with blue edging and sunglasses. It appears he has a dark, circular-shaped tattoo on the top of his left hand.

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The other suspect has a thin build and was wearing a black and white hoodie striped horizontally with a white hood, beige pants, black shoes with white edging and a toque.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Peterborough Police Service’s crime line at 705-876-1122 ext. 555 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or online through www.stopcrimehere.ca

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