Post Falls Police looking for payday loan robber

Post Falls police are looking for a man they say robbed a payday loan provider off East Mullan Avenue early Monday. The robber, described as a white man in his 40s or 50s, weighing a little more than 200 pounds and standing about 6 feet tall, approached a clerk of the Cash n’ Go business located at 740 N. Cecil Road at 10:50 a.m. The man claimed to have a gun and demanded cash, according to a news release. While the clerk was complying with the demand, the man showed a knife and cut telephone cords. Surveillance video captured the robber, who was clad in a dark blue hooded sweatshirt and gray gloves during the incident. The man fled on foot with an undisclosed amount of cash. A search of the area yielded no arrests. Police ask anyone with information about the robbery to contact Post Falls Police at (208) 773-3517.