Niagara police seek man who tried to rob Welland Esso station

Niagara police are looking for a man who tried to rob a gas station in Welland.

Police say the incident unfolded on Sept. 23, when a man entered an Esso Gas Station on Ontario Road around 6:20 p.m.

He approached the clerk and brandished a knife before demanding he hand over the cash in the till.

When the clerk refused, the man gave up and left. No one was injured.

Investigators have called the report a “belated robbery,” and say they arrived on scene around 9 p.m.

In an effort to track the accused robber down, police circulate his photo and physical description.

He is described as a white man with grey and black hair who was wearing a green shirt over his head, grey slip-on shoes, and a yellow, reusable grocery bag.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Niagara Regional Police Service.

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