Man with fake mustache holds up ice cream shop

A man wearing a fake mustache and beard robbed a Baskin-Robbins ice cream shop Thursday night in north Spokane.

The robber confronted a store employee at the shop, 1925 N. Monroe St., implying he had a handgun in his pocket and demanding cash, Spokane police said. After receiving an undisclosed amount of money, he fled west through a parking lot.

Police arrived at the scene within a minute of the employee’s 911 call at 9:50 p.m. Officers brought in a police dog to try to track the suspect but had no success.

The robber was described as a 6-foot-tall black man with a thin build. He was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt, light-colored pants, a light blue baseball cap, black gloves and glued-on facial hair.