A lone female worker at the Advance American Cash Advance store in Slidell was robbed of an unknown amount of money by an armed robber Wednesday afternoon, according to police.

Slidell police said that a man wearing a camouflage rag over his face walked into the check-cashing store on Pontchartrain Drive a little after 1 p.m. pointed a small black semiautomatic handgun at the lone clerk sitting at her desk and in a deep, unaccented voice demanded she give him the cash box.

The suspect then took a black Honeywell cash box and ordered the woman into the bathroom while he fled the scene.

Slidell police investigate an armed robbery of the Advance America Cash Advance store on Pontchartrain Drive Wednesday afternoon. (Staff Photo by Erik Sanzenbach)

The suspect is described as being 5-feet 8-inches tall, medium build, and about 30 years old. He was last seen wearing the rag over his face, a light-colored baseball cap with writing on it, a white T-shirt with writing and blue jeans.

Since the victim was in the bathroom at the time the suspect left, police do not know if the robber got into a car or fled on foot. Slidell police brought in their K-9 unit to try pick up the suspect’s scent but they had no luck.

Capt. Kevin Foltz, police spokesman said that if anyone finds the cash box, which is about 12-inches by 12-inches square with a slot in the top, they should not touch the box, and call police.

Foltz called the robber “very brazen” to do a robbery in the middle of the day. “It was lunchtime and the store is between two restaurants that do a lot of business at that time,” Foltz said.

Foltz said the clerk was not hurt in the robbery, but was scared.

“She is pretty shaken up,” Foltz said. But he credits her for doing what the police recommend if faced with an armed robber. “Follow their direction and do not try to fight them,” Foltz said.

If anybody has any information on the robbery or finds the cash box, they can call the Slidell Police Department at 646-4347 or CrimeStoppers at 1-877-903-7867.