Thief pepper sprays employee during Rock Hill robbery, police say

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Police are looking for a man they said assaulted employees with pepper spray during a robbery in Rock Hill on Thursday.

Investigators said that just before 6 p.m. officers were called to the Title Max on Albright Road.

When they got to the business, police said a worker told them a man wearing a red sweatshirt, dark pants and a white mask had come into the building and asked to use the company’s phone.

The man then told the worker that he had a gun and demanded all the money the store had made during the day.

The suspect then pulled out a can of pepper spray and began spraying the worker, who was ordered to the floor. Police said the thief stole about $1,800 before running out of the building.

Anyone with information about the crime should call 803-329-7293.

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