Armed robbery reported at Butler County gas station

The Butler County Sheriff’s Office is asking for assistance in identifying a person who allegedly robbed the Sunoco, 6300 Middletown Germantown Road, at 11:30 p.m. Friday.

The suspect showed a silver handgun and left with about $2,300, said Detective Dan Turner from the Butler County Sheriff’s Office. In the surveillance video, the suspect, wearing gloves, walks into the store, points a gun at a clerk, then frantically empties the cash register.

Turner said the suspect left in a vehicle, possibly a large sedan, and drove on Trenton Franklin Road toward Franklin.

Turner said no shots were fired and no one was injured. There was one customer in the store at the time of the robbery, he said.

Anyone with information is asked to call Turner at 513-785-1238.

To submit a tip anonymously, visit www.butlersheriff.org/tips

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