ROSEVILLE, Mich. – A motel in Roseville was robbed at gunpoint Thursday by a man who also took off with customers' cellphones.
Police said the incident happened at 1:07 a.m. Thursday at the Microtel Inn on 13 Mile Road.
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A man walked into the motel lobby carrying a gas can and told the clerk that his car had broken down, police said. He walked out of the lobby and returned a few minutes later with a handgun, according to officials.
The man demanded money from the register and the clerk complied, giving him all the money, police said.
There were several witnesses in the lobby during the robbery, and the man took their cellphones, officials said.
One of the witnesses was a 13-year-old girl who the man allowed to sit with her mother, police said.
The man fled the lobby on foot, according to authorities.
Nobody was injured during the incident.
A $1,000 reward is being offered by Crime Stoppers for information that leads to the man's arrest.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the Roseville Police Department at 586-447-4510.