Okaloosa SO investigates convenience store robbery

DESTIN, Fla. (WALA) - The Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a robbery Saturday night at a store in Destin; they said the suspect is still at large.

A clerk at the Exxon Big Boss on Emerald Coast Parkway told the OCSO a man came in around 11:10 p.m. Saturday and pushed something into her side that she believed to be a gun.

Authorities said the suspect stole cash and other items before making her go into a closet. The clerk was not injured.

The robber is described as a white male in his late 20s to early 30s who was clean-shaven with sandy brown-blonde hair. He was wearing blue jeans, a light colored zip up jacket, black toboggan with patches on it and work boots.

Anyone with information on the crime is asked to contact the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office at 850-651-7400 or Emerald Coast Crime Stoppers at 850-863-TIPS