Cedar Rapids man robbed at knifepoint for cigarettes

A Cedar Rapids man was robbed at knifepoint for cigarettes late Saturday night, Jan. 2.

Rick Griffith, 55, was walking with his girlfriend when two men approached the couple at the corner of 20th Avenue and J Street SW at around 11 p.m. One of the suspects brandished a knife and took $10 worth of cigarettes. Neither Griffith nor his girlfriend was harmed in the incident, and they continued to walk to Hy-Vee on Wilson Avenue, where they did some shopping before calling the police.

The two suspects were riding in a silver Neon with two other males. One was around six-feet tall and the other stood at around five feet tall. Both were wearing hooded sweat shirts and one wore a red bandanna across his face.

Police are still investigating the incident.