MERRILLVILLE | A man armed with a small handgun robbed a Michigan City woman Sunday night at the Zoom Clean car wash in Merrillville, police said.
Police responded to the robbery at 5840 Broadway at 11:42 p.m., according to a police report.
The 36-year-old woman was vacuuming her car when a man approached her and asked for a cigarette, Merrillville police Detective Jeff Snemis said.
Snemis said after the woman gave the man a cigarette, he grabbed her cigarette case, which contained $50.
The suspect also displayed a small chrome handgun and took two of the woman's gold herringbone bracelets and two gold rings with diamonds, Snemis said.
After obtaining the items, the suspect fled the scene on foot, Snemis said.
The woman wasn't injured.
The suspect is described as a black male between the ages of 30 and 35, about 6 feet tall and 180 to 200 pounds, police said. He has short dark hair and a fine moustache and was wearing a hooded sweat shirt when the robbery occurred, police said.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call Merrillville police at (219) 769-3531.
