A Fredericksburg, Virginia news website posted information about one July 11 and WAVY TV 10 posted a Sally Beauty Supply was robbed this morning in Virginia Beach.

In each case the news website and the TV station give the same description as Roanoke Rapids police did while disseminating their briefs on the one occurred last Friday at the Sally Beauty on Premier Boulevard.

“I think it's the same person,” Captain Andy Jackson of the Roanoke Rapids Police Department said this afternoon.

Virginia Beach police have already called Roanoke Rapids police seeking assistance, Jackson said. There has not been contact made with Fredericksburg authorities, Jackson said.

The Fredericksburg account gives additional information, that the suspect may be driving a gold sport utility vehicle, possibly a Chevrolet Equinox.

The Roanoke Rapids robbery occurred shortly after 9 a.m. last Friday when a person described as a black male entered the store and brandished a handgun.

The man demanded money and the clerk complied, handing him an undisclosed amount of cash.

The man fled on foot to Fourth Avenue.

Police set up a perimeter and enlisted the help of a canine officer from the Weldon Police Department. The track went cold around the Fourth Avenue area. Police don't know if the man got a ride or lived in that area.

He is described as tall, wearing his hair in dreadlocks. He wore a black T-shirt and gray sweatpants. He also wore a ball cap with an unknown design on it. He had a gold tooth.

Anyone with information is encouraged to call the police department at 252-533-2810 or Crimestoppers at 252-583-4444.