LAURINBURG — Police say a robber pushed a man to the ground and fished $720 out of his pocket at gunpoint Tuesday.
The victim withdrew the cash from a a bank machine located behind the Richmond Community College satelite building on Fairly Street, according to a police report.
Police said he was walking on Atkinson Street around 4:56 a.m. when a man came up behind him and knocked him to the ground.
The man was wearing a black hoodie and blue jeans, according to the report.
Police said the robber held a gun to the back of the man’s head while he was lying on the ground and took the money from his pocket. The gunman ran east toward Main Street.
The case is under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Laurinburg Police Department at 910-276-3211.
— Abby Hackmann