Portsmouth store clerk robbed, threatened with box cutter

PORTSMOUTH

Police are looking for two men after a 7-Eleven clerk in Portsmouth was robbed and threatened with a box cutter.

The clerk was working at the store in the 4000 block of George Washington Highway last night at 11:32 p.m. when two men walked in, according to a police news release.

The men approached the clerk and demanded money, police wrote in the release. After getting an undisclosed amount of money, one of the men threatened her with the box cutter while the other man stole some beer from a display.

The men left the store after the robbery, the release says. Both men are described as black and both were dark clothing that included hooded jackets.

Police are asking anyone with information to call Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.