FAIRFIELD COUNTY – At approximately 8:50 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a robbery at 3888 State Highway 215 South in Jenkinsville, a rural gas station known as Monticello EZ Mart, nicknamed “the tackle-box.”
According to a news release from the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect wearing all black clothing, including a black ski mask, black hoodie, black pants, black sneakers and black garden/ work gloves, entered the store at approximately 8:38 PM and exited by 8:40 PM.
The suspect, believed to be a slender male, presented an object covered by a black plastic in his right hand, presented as a firearm.
Surveillance footage shows the suspect announcing the robbery to the clerk and pointing an object covered by a black plastic bag to signify he was armed. The clerk opens the cash registers, and the suspect takes money from two registers. The suspect then flees on foot southbound into the tree line.
The store owner reported cash stolen from the cash registers during the incident, which was captured on video surveillance.
The clerk was taken to Fairfield ER by EMS for shock but is not believed to have been physically injured.
Anyone with information is urged to contact the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office.