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Round Lake police looking for armed robber

The Round Lake Police Department is attempting to identify an armed robber who stole an unknown amount of cash from a gas station.

Police said that at 1:44 p.m. on Friday, the robber, described as a black man between 40 and 60, robbed the Marathon station at 1175 W. Route 134.

The man displayed a handgun, police said. He then fled in a dark green or black 2001-2004 Nissan Xterra with a missing license plate and drove south on Fairfield Road. Police said he was wearing a black jacket, a dark wool cap and sunglasses.

If you have any information, call the police station at (847) 546-8112 or police dispatch at (847) 270-9111 after normal business hours.

Information can be reported anonymously.

A surveillance image shows the Nissan Xterra police believe was driven by a man who robbed a gas station. Courtesy of Round Lake Police Department
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