Armed robbery in Monroe

Pocono Mountain Regional police are investigating a reported armed robbery that occurred around 10:02 p.m. Friday at a Monroe County business.

Police said the county communications center dispatched officers to the Dollar Tree in the Mount Pocono Plaza for an armed robbery with a knife. On scene officers learned that a black man wearing all black and a black backpack entered the store around closing time and approached the clerk and demanded money. He then pulled out a knife and grabbed the clerk by the hair and threw her to the ground. He then walked into an office area and a took an undisclosed amount of money, ran out of the store and fled on foot.

Anyone with information concerning this incident is asked to call police at 570-895-2400.