The Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department is investigating the armed robbery of a truck driver at a rest area on Interstate 80.

Sheriff's Department spokesman Dick Blust says William Hall of Eudora,  Mississippi was parked at the westbound side of the Bitter Creek Rest Area about 40 miles east of Rock Springs when he was confronted by a man with a handgun around 10 a.m. on Friday, March 20.

The robber is being described as a white man in his early 20s, He was wearing a dark blue pullover jacket or hoodie with the gold letters "UA" on the back.. The man took Hall's wallet, which had around $117 in it.

The robber is reported to have left the scene in a dark brown, mid 1980s Ford Ranger pickup with no rear license plate and no tailgate.

Blust says anyone with information on the robbery is being asked to call either the Sweetwater County Sheriff's Department or thier local law enforcement aganciy.

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