In more than 35 years in the coin business, Phil Anderson had never experienced anything like it until Wednesday morning. That's when, at 9:25 a.m., he said a young man in dark clothing entered the Morris Coin Shop on Liberty Street with a long-style rifle and asked for "anything."

"I said 'Go ahead,'" Anderson said. "Then he wasn't sure what to do."

Morris police responded to the armed robbery at 302 Liberty St .and by 10 a.m. had a description of the suspect.

At the scene, Detective Alicia Steffes said the suspect was an approximately 6-foot tall man with possible scruffy facial hair. He was reportedly wearing dark clothing and a mask that covered part of his face.

"He didn't threaten my life," Anderson said. "I didn't feel I was in imminent danger."

Anderson said the man asked him to open the register. He grabbed the cash, including about 15 $2 bills.

Anderson said after the suspect left, he was able to look out his shop window and see him get into a vehicle parked facing east on Main Street and drive off, which was how he was able to give the description to the police.

He left the scene in a black four-door car with a new-style license plate with the possible first two numbers being two and five, heading west on Main Street, and the vehicle was last scene heading south on Wauponsee Street.

"He struck me as kind of immature," Anderson said. "Amateurish."

Surveillance video in the area was able to provide police officers with the suspect's vehicle information, and police found the vehicle in the 100 block of West Washington Street at about 11 a.m.

Stephen Eichelkraut, 24, of Morris was charged with one count of robbery. The gun and mask were found in his vehicle, according to a press release from the Morris Police Department.

The gun was actually an Airsoft gun, according to the release.

The Morris Police Department was assisted with assets from the Grundy County Sheriff's Office, including their command staff, investigators, patrol deputies and correctional officers, according to the release.