Man robs food store of cartons of cigarettes

A man robbed the Odenton Food Max store Friday of several cartons of cigarettes, county police said.

Cathryn Steele told police the man entered the store in the 1600 block of Annapolis Road shortly after 1 p.m., walked behind the ** counter and pulled two empty trash bags from his pocket.

He threatened to kill Ms. Steele if she activated the holdup alarm and patted his pocket to imply that he had a weapon, police said. The man filled the trash bags with cigarettes, ordered Ms. Steele to lie on the floor, then ran away, police said.