Columbia Co. looking for robber

FORT WHITE, Fla. – The Columbia County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in finding the man who robbed a Fort White gas station clerk at gunpoint on Friday.

According to the Sheriff's Office, the unknown suspect stole approximately $3,500 from the Chevron gas station off SW Highway 27 in Fort White before fleeing the store on foot.

No one was injured during the incident.

The suspect is a white male approximately 6'1" to 6'2", with a medium build.

He was armed with an unknown caliber large frame black revolver and was last seen wearing a white winter cap with tassels, a light colored bandanna over his face, a black long sleeve shirt, black pants and blue gloves.

The Columbia County Sheriff's Office, the Florida Highway Patrol, and the Florida Department of Corrections responded to the scene with K-9's to search for the suspect.

The search by K-9 officers led to an area where the suspect was believed to have fled in an unknown vehicle.

Any information pertaining to this robbery is asked to call the Sheriff's Office detective division at (386) 758-1095 or Crime Stoppers of Columbia County at (386) 754-7099.