YPSILANTI TWP., MI – An Ypsilanti Township man was robbed momentarily Saturday by an armed suspect who took his wallet and cell phone but then gave them back after seeing the victim had no money, police said.

Police were called at 12:45 a.m. Oct. 5, to the area of Cross Street and Harris Road for a reported armed robbery, according to the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office.

The victim, a 37-year-old Ypsilanti Township man, told police he was approached by a man believed to be in his 50s, who was armed with a metal pipe fashioned to look like a gun and demanded he hand over his wallet and cell phone, police said.

The suspect took the man’s items but, after finding the wallet was empty, handed them back to the victim, police said.

The suspect then ran off in an unknown direction and has not been located, police said. The victim was not harmed in the robbery attempt, they said.

The incident is still under investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Office confidential tip line at 734-973-7711 or 1-800-SPEAKUP.