AKRON, Ohio -- Akron police said that a man who robbed a Boost Mobile cellphone store in the middle of the day might be connected to several other similar robberies.

The latest robbery happened shortly before 2 p.m. Monday at the Boost Mobile store on South Hawkins Avenue near Vernon Odom Boulevard, Akron police Lt. Rick Edwards said.

The clerk said a man entered the store with one hand behind his back and told the clerk to give him the money from the register or he would shoot the clerk, police said.

The employee complied and gave the robbery an undisclosed amount of cash. He ordered the clerk to the ground before running out of the store, police said.

Another Boost Mobile store in Akron was targeted twice in less than two weeks.

Anyone with information is asked to call Akron police at 330-375-2552.

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