Police: Robber sought in knifepoint holdup of Medford gas station

Suffolk County police are searching for a man they say robbed a gas station in Medford at knifepoint Friday night.

The man entered the BP gas station on Expressway Drive South at 7:55 p.m., brandished a knife and demanded money from the clerk, police said.

The clerk complied and the man fled with the cash, police said. The clerk was not injured.

Anyone with information is asked to call police at 800-220-8477.

By Craig Schneider

craig.schneider@newsday.com@Scraigo

Craig Schneider is a Long Island native and Stony Brook University alumnus. He joined Newsday as a general assignment reporter in January 2018 after 20 years at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.