An Amelia clerk was robbed Friday, Dec. 19.

An employee at Advance America, located 1218 State Route 125, in Amelia, was closing the store just before 7 p.m. when a man entered through the front door and demanded money, according to Clermont County Sheriff A. J. “Tim” Rodenberg.

The suspect jumped the counter and used plastic shopping bags he brought with him to carry the money away.