Rehoboth Police Investigate Reported Armed Robbery

On Friday, July 10, 2015 at approximately 10:30pm, Rehoboth Beach Police responded to the pedestrian bridge area behind the Rehoboth Elementary School for a report of an armed robbery.

Through the course of investigation it was determined that two juveniles were approached by a white male suspect in his 20's, with a brown goatee and shoulder length brown hair. The suspect was reported as wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt with some sort of emblem on his left breast area, light colored pants and flip flops. The suspect displayed what appeared to be a black semi-automatic handgun and robbed the juveniles of money. The suspect was observed leaving in a smaller model vehicle that was parked in the area of Stockley Street near the Tot Lot and pedestrian bridge.

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact the Rehoboth Beach Police Department at (302) 227-2577 or Crime Stoppers at http://www.tipsubmit.com