Police release photos of 3 armed men sought in store robbery

By Jackie Valley

Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010 | 1:57 p.m.

Metro Police released surveillance video images today of three armed men who robbed a convenience store Dec. 18.

Police said the three men — two armed with handguns and one with a knife — entered the store in the area of North Las Vegas Boulevard and East Cheyenne Avenue about 10:25 a.m. Police didn't identify the business.

One man approached and threatened the clerk, demanding money, officials said. The man then took an unknown amount of money, cigarettes and the clerk's cell phone, police said.

Authorities described the robbers as 18- to 20-year-old black men. One was about 5-feet-10-inches tall and 160 pounds with a goatee, who was last seen wearing a cream-colored hooded jacket, blue gloves and dark pants.

Another was about 5-feet-10-inches tall and 150 pounds with shoulder-length straight hair was wearing a black hooded jacket, black pants and black gloves. The third suspect was about 5-feet-9-inches tall and 145 pounds, who was wearing a black hooded shirt and black pants.

Anyone with information is being asked to call Metro's robbery section at (702) 828-3591 or, to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at (702) 385-5555.