Suspect description out for Putnam County robbery

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. — The search continued into Monday for an alleged robber wanted in Putnam County.

The wanted man allegedly held up a gaming parlor late Sunday night, the Kelly’s Hot Spot along Great Teays Boulevard.

The clerk told deputies with the Putnam County Sheriff’s Department the suspect was screaming while pointing a gun at him.

The clerk said he put the money from the register into a white pillow case the suspect provided.

On Monday, the suspect was described as a white man wearing camouflage pants, a dark, hooded sweatshirt and a black ski mask carrying a black semi-automatic pistol.

He was last seen on foot heading toward a nearby Gino’s.