Armed man robs Pontiac cellphone store

PONTIAC (MCT) — An armed man took cellular phones Friday in a robbery of Midwest Cellular in Pontiac.

A man armed with a revolver entered the store at 1223 W. Reynolds St. about 9:30 a.m. Friday, Pontiac police said. The man ordered the employees and customers into the back room to fill bags with the “expensive” cellphones.

The man then fled with an unknown number of phones and entered a white, four-door sedan with no front license plate.

No one was injured, and no one is in custody.

The robber was described as a black male who is about 6 foot 2 inches tall and weighs 250 to 300 pounds. He was wearing a gray, hooded sweatshirt and gray sweatpants and had a black cloth covering his face.