LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE >> An armed robber fled with $7 after robbing a robbing a La Canada Flintridge Donut shop Saturday, officials said.
The heist unfolded about 11:35 a.m. at the Golden Donut Palace, on Foothill Boulevard at Gould Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff’s Lt. Doug Mohoroff said.
The robber brandished a handgun as he demanded money, ultimately fleeing with the paltry sum of cash, he said.
Deputies described the robber as a white man in his 30s, about 5 feet 6 inches tall and 150 to 160 pounds, the lieutenant said.
Initial reports from the scene further described the robber as having a mole on the right side of his lip and wearing a brown knit cap, dark pants and a blue or black long-sleeve flannel shirt.
He was last seen heading east on Foothill Boulevard on foot.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the sheriff’s Crescenta Valley Station at 818-248-3464.