TRENTON -- Trenton police are looking for a man who dressed as a woman and robbed a deli with scissors Saturday morning.

An employee at Mama Garcia's deli on Bert Avenue told police she was opening the store at 9 a.m. when the man was outside and asked her for food, Capt. Donald Fillinger said. She told him to come in and that she would make him something.

He then pulled out scissors and threatened her, Fillinger said. Fearing for her life, she gave him less than $100 from the cash register, Fillinger said. The man then fled toward Chambers Street.

The man, who is believed to be in his 20s or 30s, was dressed in a blue shirt and a dark-colored vest and wore a long, black wig and thick makeup. Fillinger said police are continuing to review surveillance footage from the area.

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