NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Police are looking for a man who they say robbed a California woman he met on Backpage.com.
On January 2 around 9 p.m., police were dispatched to the Best Western Motel in the 500 block of Operations Drive for a call of an armed robbery.
The woman told police she received a text message from the man answering her post on Back Page.
The man arrived at her motel room, asked if she was alone, pulled out a gun and stole her cash and cell phone.
The man walked out of the motel.
Police describe the suspect as a black male wearing a black beanie, black hoodie and blue jeans.
If you have any information that may help police, call the Crime Line at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.
