Deputies search for armed robbery suspect

THONOTOSASSA -- Investigators are searching for an armed man who robbed a Circle K gas station.

Hillsborough deputies say the suspect, a 5 feet 8, 200-pound white man in his mid-twenties, entered the gas station early Monday morning and threatened a clerk with a semi-automatic pistol. The clerk gave the man money, and he left in a dark blue, older model sport utility vehicle, possibly a Blazer, deputies say.

The suspect was last seen wearing a black shirt with a silver design and jeans.

-- Abbie VanSickle, Times staff writer