Gunman, Lookout Man Rob Cedar Rapids Hotel

By Jeff Raasch, Reporter

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By Aaron Hepker

Story Created: Feb 15, 2012 at 12:20 PM CDT

Story Updated: Feb 15, 2012 at 1:21 PM CDT

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Two men robbed a Cedar Rapids hotel late Tuesday evening and remain on the loose.

Police were dispatched around 11:45 p.m. to Days Inn and Suites, 2215 Blairs Ferry Road NE, when the hotel clerk reported the incident. The clerk told police a man with a handgun demanded money. The other man stayed farther back, acting as a lookout, police said.

The men got an undisclosed amount of money and ran east from the hotel, police said. No one was injured.

Sgt. Cristy Hamblin said investigators have requested surveillance footage from the hotel, to see if the suspects were caught on camera. No arrests had been made in the case by midday Wednesday.

Both men were described as black men wearing dark-colored hooded sweat shirts. The gunman stood around 6-foot-1 and 200 pounds, according to a police report.

Police have not solved two other robberies in northern Cedar Rapids in recent months. On Nov. 18, two men robbed Check ‘N Go, 124 Collins Road NE. On Dec. 14, two men held up ChecKing Payday Advance, 600 Blairs Ferry Road NE. While there are some similarities in the three incidents, police have not said publicly if they are connected.

Anyone with information on the crime is asked to call police at (319) 286-5491 or Linn County CrimeStoppers at 1-800-CS-CRIME.

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