Manager bound and beaten during armed robbery
DUARTE -- A manager at the Old Spaghetti Factory was beaten, bound and robbed at gun point by two men early Friday morning, according to sheriffs officials.
The manager was treated for his injuries, which were not considered serious.
The suspects, dressed in dark pants and dark hooded sweat shirts with their faces concealed, confronted the manager about 1:40 a.m. with a shotgun and stole about $5,500 from the restaurant in the 1400 block of Buena Vista St, sheriffs officials said.
The manager was able to reach a cell phone and call for help, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Allan Smith said.
He was still bound when officials arrived, Smith said.
A further description of the suspects or their last seen direction was not known, he said.
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a. why was there so much money still in the store
b. how did they know when to hit?
Jenny,
Busy night and Manager always closes up and next to freeway entrance and and that's my favorite family restaurant, always packed.
This is just one of the dozen family restaurants robbed in past month.
Looks like another Pizza restaurant robbery slipped by;
Papa John's Pizza on Baldwin Av., Arcadia Sat. night plus 42 others in past month. How 'bout calling them the "Mario Brothers".
Just Fyi: In 2006 & 2007 a gang in San Fernando Valley committed over 200 restaurant robberies before getting caught, they are probably out of jail by now.