Masked man robs Placentia motel

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A masked man on Friday afternoon robbed a Placentia motel at gunpoint, police said Saturday.
Placentia officers at about 5:40 p.m. responded to reports of an armed robbery at the Residence Inn Motel in the 700 block of West Kimberly Avenue, according to a police statement.
A man with his face covered and holding a handgun walked into the lobby of the motel, demanded money from a clerk at the front desk, then ran out the front doors with an undisclosed amount of cash, polic