FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A man is accused of threatening and taking money from a clerk at the Family Dollar store in Fresno on Sunday, police said.

On July 20, at about 11:35 p.m., a man walked into the Family Dollar Store in Fresno at 5167 East Belmont Avenue.

Police said the man walked up to the register and handed the clerk a note; he also made a verbal threat and gesture that made the clerk believe that he was armed with a firearm.

The clerk handed the man money from the register and he then left the store. He was last seen walking westbound on Belmont Avenue from the Family Dollar store.

If anyone has any information, they are asked to contact Detective Albert Avelar at Alberto.Avelar@fresno.gov or call 559-621-6328.