Man Attempts To Steal Cigarettes from Linthicum Exxon

A man attempted to steal cigarettes from a Linthicum gas station early Monday and "verbally threatened the store clerk with a knife," police said.

According to a police press release, officers responded to the Uppy's Exxon station in the 400 block of Camp Meade Road in Linthicum at about 1:45 a.m. Monday for a reported attempted theft.

Officers spoke with the clerk, who said a man entered the business, walked behind the counter and took several cartons of cigarettes from a cabinet. The man then attempted to run from the store with the cigarettes but the clerk confronted him. The clerk and the suspect struggled before the suspect dropped the cigarettes, according to police.

The man then threatened the clerk, claiming he had a knife, before fleeing the store toward Camp Meade Road. The man "only verbalized [the knife] during confrontation. [He] never displayed it or implied with any hand gestures," police spokesman Justin Mulcahy wrote in an email.

Officers searched the area but did not find the suspect.