MPD seeks help in finding robbery suspect(s?)

MARYSVILLE – Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying suspects in two robberies.

Actually, one man may have robbed two local Subway restaurants.

On March 15, just before 9 p.m., a man entered the Subway in the 9200 block of State Avenue. He displayed a knife and demanded cash. The employee complied, and the suspect fled on foot in a northwesterly direction.

The white male is in his early 20’s, about 5-foot-7, with a husky build. He was wearing a black hoodie, with light-colored stripes running down the sides under both arms and dark pants.

On Feb. 22, just before 9 p.m., a man entered the Subway in the 400 block of State Avenue. He stated to the employee, “This is a robbery,” and demanded all the big bills in the cash register. The employee complied, and the suspect fled on foot eastbound on 5th Street.

He is described as a white man, 20-30 years old, between 5-foot-10 and 6-feet tall, and between 180 to 210 pounds. He was wearing a grey hoodie underneath a blue or black athletic-style jacket with a New York Yankees logo on the left chest. He was also wearing baggy, rolled-up blue jeans and black shoes.

Neither employee was physically harmed.

Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying the person or persons involved in these robberies by calling 9-1-1.