Robbers Hit 2 Lake City Businesses

The suspect in the possible armed robbery is seen entering the Tesoro service station @ 23rd and Sherman Avenue shortly before midnight Monday. The suspect, wearing a white baseball cap under a black hoodie tied at the neck, also fits the description of the man who robbed Walgreen's on Appleway about 15 minutes later. (Photo: Coeur d'Alene Police Department)

Two Coeur d'Alene businesses were robbed late last night and early this morning by what appears to be the same gunman in a black hoodie. Tesoro service station. 2301 Sherman Ave., was robbed at 11:57 p.m. by a smallish man (described as 5-6, 150 pounds, with “very blue eyes”), according to Coeur d'Alene police reports. The man walked around the store until customers left before approaching the female clerk and displaying a gun in his waistband. He demanded and received money from the till before leaving on foot. About 15 minutes later, a man with two lip piercings who matched a similar description took cigarettes from Walgreens, 335 W. Appleway, after demanding money from the female clerk. Again, the man lifted his sweat shirt to show a handgun in his waistband. He took the cigarettes when the clerk said she was not able to give him money. The man appeared to leave in a dark-colored vehicle that was waiting for him outside. Full report here.

• More photos of robber here

Question: Isolated incidents? Or is Coeur d'Alene becoming a more dangerous place?