Police are investigating after a delivery driver for the Eastern Fuel Company was robbed at gunpoint while making a delivery in New Haven on Wednesday morning.
According to police, the 53-year-old driver was delivering oil at 39-41 Mead Street in New Haven when he was confronted by a man with a gun. The robber demanded money from the driver, who was sitting in his truck.
The driver said he didn't have any money, so the robber ordered him out of the truck and patted him down. He took $21 from the delivery driver's wallet, searched the truck and grabbed his cellphone, according to police.
Police said the robber dropped the stolen cellphone as he ran, so the driver picked up at dialed 911. He described the robber as a light-skinned man his his mid-20s to early 30s with a thin build and "severe facial acne."
The robber was wearing a mask and dressed in all black, according to police.
Anyone with information is urged to contact New Haven police.
