FLORENCE -- An armed robber wore a Halloween mask depicting an old white man during a holdup in a store's parking lot, Florence police said.

Officers were called to the Dollar Tree's parking lot at 10 p.m. Tuesday for a reported armed robbery and learned that a masked man robbed a person of cash and fled on foot, police said.

Police described the robber as a male who wore a costume mask of an old white man. The robber also wore a dark grey hooded sweatshirt, dark pants and black and red sneakers, police said.

The robber fled the parking lot on foot and was last seen headed west toward Station Road, police said.

Police did not make public any details about the victim, but said no injuries were reported during the crime.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to contact Florence police at 609-267-8300 or online where the public can leave anonymous tips florence-nj.gov/police/tipline.html.

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