by Peter Bodley
Managing editor

A Coon Rapids hotel was robbed yesterday evening (Thursday, Nov. 12).

Two women, one an employee, 29, and the other a guest, 25, were in the lobby of the Fairfield Inn, 8965 Springbrook Dr. N.W., about 6:50 p.m. Nov. 12 when a man walked in.

According to the Coon Rapids Police report, the man grabbed the employee, demanded the keys to the cash register, then pushed her to the ground and punched the guest, who was in a wheelchair.

He obtained the keys, jumped over the front counter and took all the money from the cash register before running out of the door.

As he left the robber told the women not to call police.

A police search of the area did not produce any suspects, the police report states.

The suspect was described as a light-skinned black male in his mid-20s, about 6 feet tall with very thin build and short, curly hair very tight to the head.

He was wearing a blue hoodie sweatshirt, blue jeans and a surgical mask.

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