PORT ALLEN – Deputies in West Baton Rouge Parish are searching for a man who they say robbed a truck stop.

The robbery occurred on May 28 around 4:25 a.m. when a man entered the Lucky Louie's truck stop located on North River Road in Port Allen. According to the sheriff's office, the man asked for a carton of Camel cigarettes, told the clerk he had a gun and would kill her if she followed him outside.

The man then took the cigarettes and left in a red Mercedes-Benz sedan. The sheriff's office says, another man was in the front passenger seat of the vehicle.

The man who robbed the truck stop is described as a tall black man, wearing a black T-shirt and light-colored cargo pants.

Anyone with information on the identity of the suspect is urged to call the West Baton Rouge Sheriff's Office detective division at (225) 447-8570.