Police search for hatchet-wielding mummy

Pennsylvania state police say a man armed with a hatchet and whose face was wrapped in dark cloth like a mummy robbed a gas station in Herminie, southeast of Pittsburgh on Monday afternoon.



The man entered the Exxon Buy N' Fly at about 3 p.m. No one was injured, and the suspect escaped with an undisclosed amount of cash. One resident of Herminie said she thought the suspect might be someone local.

"Everyone knows each other [in town], we know each other's business, so, it's kind of hard to get into trouble, without someone knowing what you're doing," she said. Another resident attending a local neighbourhood crime watch meeting at the public library in Herminie said he was surprised the suspect brandished a hatchet.


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He speculated, jokingly, that perhaps his face was wrapped in cloth, "because he was cold." The suspect wore a red, hooded sweatshirt and is believed to be white male between 5-feet-5-inches and 5-feet-9-inches tall. State police say the man is in his 30s and had several missing teeth.