Lacey Township snack shop holdup suspect at large

The man who robbed a Lacey Township ice-cream shop and convinced workers that he was armed late Sunday night remains outside the grip of the law.

Information from the Lacey Township Police Department's web page offers an account of a man striding into Mrs. Walker's Ice Cream shop on Route 9 at about 10 PM, closing time, and demanding all the cash in the store from two employees.

The suspect claimed to have a gun in his back pocket, but no weapon was seen, police say.

The workers told police that he stuffed the cash into a pillowcase and warned them that he'd return to kill them if they called authorities. He then ran toward Route 9 from the shop's north entrance, police said.

Investigators seek a black male, about 6'1" tall, with a medium build, estimated to be in his late 20s or early 30s. At the time of the robbery, he was described as wearing a multi-colored hooded sweatshirt, gray sweat pants, white mask and white gloves.

Authorities are combing surveillance video for a glimpse of the suspect. We will post it when and if any images are released.