By: Maria Miller
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP, Cambria County, Pa. -- Richland Township police are still searching for the man they said exposed himself at a Johnstown store before robbing the owner for cash.
It's a robbery unlike any other Richland Township Police Detective Kevin Guadlip has investigated.
"We have unique circumstances here," Guadlip said. "Clearly to me, with what occurred there and the time spent there, we're looking for a specific type of offender. This was more than just your typical robbery."
Around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Guadlip said a man walked into the King and Queen Shoppe in the East Hills Plaza with his genitals exposed.
Not knowing what to do, Guadlip said the store owner helped him look for women's clothing.
"The proprietor helped him with the clothing selection and then at the point where she was going to ring up the transaction, he ordered her to open the cash register," Guadlip said.
Police said she complied, giving the man the cash he wanted before he left, walking out the door and through the parking lot as she went next door to call police.
Police are calling it a strong-arm robbery because they said the man didn't use a weapon, but used force when he allegedly pushed her.
Police are looking for a man in his 50s with salt- and pepper-colored hair and facial hair. A man they said the owner has seen before.
"She knows her customers and he's not a past customer, but he had been in the store on prior occasions," Guadlip said.
Police said the man took a woman's outfit with him " a large skirt and a purple lace-trimmed blazer " and they think he may be giving that as a gift.
They're not only asking for anyone who saw anything to give them a call, but also for anyone who may get such a gift.
