The suspect entered the store shortly after 2 a.m. and threatened the clerk with a hatchet.
LUDLOW – Police continue to search for a hatchet-wielding man in a snowmobile-style suit who robbed the East Street Cumberland Farms early Friday.
No injuries were reported in the armed robbery of the 320 East St. store. It was reported shortly after 2 a.m.
Sgt.Thomas Foy said the suspect walked into the store and threatened the clerk with a hatchet some 12 to 18 inches long.
The suspect emptied money from the cash drawer and ran back towards a neighborhood bar known as The Matador.
Police, aided by K-9 officer Michael Whitney and his dog, Rocky, found tracks in the snow indicating that the suspect may have gotten into a vehicle.
Police, after viewing the store’s security tape, believe the suspect is a white male. He was wearing a black or dark-colored one-piece Carhartt- or snowmobile-type suit with a tan hood, a striped winter hat and a dark-colored scarf that obscured the lower part of his face.
Foy declined to state how much money was taken but said it was not a very significant amount. Certainly not enough, he said, to justify the potential life sentence in prison that the suspect faces if convicted of armed robbery while masked.