Breaking news: Armed robber hits Centralia smoke shop

By Sharyn  L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter

Police are looking for a man who robbed a smoke shop on West Main Street in Centralia this evening.

Officers were called about 7:07 p.m. to the business on the south side of the 600 block of West Main Street where a clerk said a male came into the shop, displayed a small handgun and demanded money.

The clerk, who is in her late 20s to early 30s, told police he slammed her head into a door and took all the cash in the till, according to Officer Chris Fitzgerald.

She was alone in the store, Smokin’ J’s Smoke Shop, Fitzgerald said.

The subject left on foot, heading east on Main Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

The Lewis County Sheriff’s Office K-9 was called to the scene to assist in the search; its track ended in an alley a short distance away, according to police.

The robber was described as about 6 feet tall with a medium build. He was wearing a dark blue or black “hoody” type sweatshirt with the hood up, along with large gold sunglasses and a white baseball cap, according to police.

The clerk thought he might possibly be Hispanic, but she didn’t know, Fitzgerald said.

Police would like anyone with information about the incident to call 911 or the Centralia Police Department.

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