Canyon County

Masked man robs Nampa convenience store early Saturday

The man who robbed a Nampa Maverik store early Saturday is described as 5-foot-10 and 165 pounds. He was wearing a blue plaid shirt, blue jeans and a black ski mask.
The man who robbed a Nampa Maverik store early Saturday is described as 5-foot-10 and 165 pounds. He was wearing a blue plaid shirt, blue jeans and a black ski mask. Provided by the Nampa Police Department

Nampa police are searching for a masked man who pulled a gun on a store clerk early Saturday and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash from a convenience store.

The man entered the Maverik Country Store at 723 12th Ave. Road at around 3 a.m., threatened the clerk with a gun and demanded cash from the register, Nampa police said in a release.

The man, described as 5-foot-10, 165 pounds and wearing a blue plaid long-sleeve shirt, blue jeans and a black ski mask, was last seen running north from the store.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Sgt. Chad Shepard of the police department’s Property Crimes Division at 468-5650 or Crime Stoppers at 343-COPS.

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