LEWISTON — A robber reportedly armed with a gun held up Roopers Wednesday on Main Street and fled with a paper bag full of cash, police said.

The suspect was described as a white man, 6 feet tall, wearing glasses. He wore a white baseball cap and a blue hooded sweatshirt. The robbery occurred early Wednesday afternoon.

The man ran in the direction of River Valley Village Apartments (formerly Tall Pines), where police later searched with a dog. No arrests were made by mid-afternoon.


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