2 sought in holdup at Michigan service station

5/4/2005

MONROE - Monroe County sheriff's deputies are continuing their search for two men in the armed robbery of a Monroe Township service station early Friday, during which the clerk was assaulted.

The suspects entered the station at 4:25 a.m. One man pulled a handgun and demanded money. The clerk turned over an undisclosed amount of cash and lottery tickets to the men, one of whom struck the clerk in the face.

The men fled in a dark-colored sport utility vehicle, deputies said. The clerk declined medical treatment.