Armed robber sought by police

Standard Democrat

SIKESTON, Mo. -- Sikeston police are looking for a man thought to have stolen a car and then attempted a robbery Tuesday night.

Police reported a car was stolen from the Eagles parking lot before 8:40 p.m. Tuesday. The car, described as gray in color, had a dent in the passenger door and a flag in the back.

At about the same time as the car was reported stolen, a man with a ski mask and a .22-caliber gun tried to get money from Patrick Rice of Dexter, Mo., at Wendy's.

Rice tried to wrestle the gun from the man, and the suspect fled in a vehicle matching the description of the one stolen from the Eagles' lot.

Later Tuesday night, officers with the Scott County Sheriff's Department spotted the vehicle in Haywood City, Mo., and pursued, but the suspect wrecked the car and fled on foot and is still at large.