Deputies looking for hotel robbery suspect

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. -- St. Johns County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect that robbed a Hampton Inn late Thursday afternoon.

Deputies say a man came into the hotel lobby at the 2500 block of County Road 208, went up to the clerk and hit him in the head with a gun.

The suspect left the area in a light or creme colored, 4-door passenger vehicle with dark tinted windows. Deputies describe the suspect as a black male in his mid-20's to mid-30's, about 5'8" tall. He was wearing black pants and a white shirt. He may be with a white female with blonde hair, wearing jeans and a turquoise colored top.

The clerk was taken to Flagler Hospital.

Detectives with the St. Johns County Sheriff's Office are investigating. Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriffs office at 904-824-8305 or Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS.