By KRWG News
Las Cruces – Las Cruces Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of the suspects involved in an armed robbery that was committed Friday evening.
Shortly after 9 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 19, Las Cruces Police were called to the Whataburger restaurant, at 190 E. University Ave., after a man walked in, displayed a handgun and demanded cash from the register.
The suspect left the restaurant with an undisclosed amount of cash and entered the passenger seat of a four-door vehicle, possibly a Ford Taurus, which was waiting at the nearby Teakwood Motel. The vehicle left the area heading northbound from the motel parking lot. The vehicle was described as either light tan or brown in color with tinted windows.
The suspect who committed the armed robbery was described as around 6-feet tall and thin. He was wearing a camouflage ski mask, a long sleeve shirt and baggy pants. The driver of the vehicle was wearing a blue and white baseball cap with an "A" on the front.
If you have any information on who may have committed this armed robbery you are asked to call Las Cruces Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477) or send a tip via text message to LCTIPS (528477).
The Crime Stoppers number and text messaging services are operational 24 hours a day and you do not have to give your name to collect a reward.