Gunman robs Long Reach gas station
Howard County police are investigating the armed robbery of a Columbia gas station Thursday.
No one was injured in the 3:40 p.m. robbery of the Restaurant Park Exxon gas station in the 8300 block of Benson Drive in Long Reach.
According to police, a man entered the concession area of the Exxon, showed the clerk a gun in his waistband, walked around the counter and took about $175 in cash from the register before fleeing.
The suspect rode away in a small blue compact car driven by another person.
Anyone with information should call Howard County police at 313-2220.
POLICE LOG
* Owen Brown: 6900 block of Deep Cup: Someone entered a home by lifting a home's rear sliding door off track while residents were away Tuesday. Police said nothing was taken.
* Kings Contrivance: 6600 block of Cambric Court: Constructiomaterials were taken from a storage trailer Thursday, police said.