Manhunt Underway in Bowdoin for Knife-Wielding Robbery Suspect

The Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office is looking for the man who robbed a general store in Bowdoin at knife point yesterday (Sunday) afternoon.

WGME reports the armed robbery happened around 1:00 in the afternoon at the Bowdoin Town Store. The clerk at the store reportedly stated that a masked man came in wielding a knife, reached over the counter and demanded money.

The article says the suspect is a white male around 170 pounds and roughly 5'10'' to 5'11'' and was wearing grey jeans and white sneakers and a jacket that appeared to have a black upper half and blue lower half. The Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office says the suspect was seen getting in to a a silver colored four door sedan which then drove off north on the Litchfield Road.

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Anyone with information should call the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office at 443-9711.