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Masked gunman robs motel

A man wearing a clear, plastic face mask and brandishing a handgun

got away with an undetermined amount of money after he robbed a Costa

Mesa motel early Wednesday, police said.

The man, said to be between 25 and 30 years old, walked into the

Super 8 Motel in the 2600 block of Harbor Boulevard at about 1:38

a.m. and demanded cash from the clerk as he waved a handgun at him,

Lt. Dale Birney said.

“The clerk gave him the money, and he walked out, got on a bicycle

and rode away,” he said.

No one was hurt in the heist.

Wednesday’s incident was not connected to two similar robberies on

Sunday when two masked gunmen took money from two motels, Birney

said. Police believe the same pair robbed two motels in Santa Ana and

one in Irvine on Sunday night.