Armed robber on motorcycle at large

Man brandished handgun and swiped cash at Loleta smoke shop

Humboldt Sentinel staff
8/15/09

Loleta

Humboldt County Sheriff's deputies are on the lookout for an unidentified man who held up the Huber Enterprises Smoke Shop on the Table Bluff Rancheria.

At about 11:30 a.m. yesterday, deputies responded to a report of a white male in his 30s who arrived at the shop on a loud motorcycle, brandished a small handgun at the clerk and demanded that she give him the shop's money. He then took the money, some of which was in bank deposit bags, and left on his motorcycle.

Deputies found the empty deposit bags a short time later at the intersection of Table Bluff Road and Eel River Drive, according to the release by HCSO public information officer Brenda Godsey.

While no plate number for the motorcycle has been released at this time, the suspect is described as wearing a black leather jacket, a black helmet, and sunglasses. Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the HCSO at (707) 445-7251.