Gunman Robs Local Hotel

DUNN – Police are searching for a suspect who robbed a local motel. Around 2:00am today (Tuesday), Dunn Police responded to an armed robbery at Country Inn & Suites on E. Pearsall Street.

A clerk told police he returned from the restroom to find the suspect in the lobby area armed with a handgun.

The suspect held the clerk at gunpoint while he stole an undisclosed amount of cash. The suspect ran west from the business.

The robber was described as a black male, 5 foot 10, wearing a ski mask, hoodie and jeans.

Anyone with information about the suspect is urged to call Dunn CrimeStoppers at 910-892-2222 or Dunn PD Investigator Jeff Honeycutt at 910-892-2399.

No injuries were reported.