LASD: Armed Robbery Suspect Forces Rosemead Olive Garden Employees In Freezer, Steals Cell Phones
ROSEMEAD (CBSLA.com) — Deputies Monday were searching for an armed robbery suspect who held up employees at a Rosemead restaurant.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department received a report around 9 a.m. of a robbery at the Olive Garden at the Montebello Town Center, officials said.
The suspect put five employees in a freezer and stole their cell phones, according to a LASD spokesperson.
It's the third robbery of its kind in a little over a week in the San Gabriel Valley.
On January 4, Arcadia police say a man ambushed an employee taking out the garbage at a Coco's bakery and locked an employee and a manager in a freezer as he got away with the restaurant's cash.
The heist is also similar to a robbery just after midnight Sunday.
Police say the suspect hit Carmine's Italian restaurant after closing, produced a chrome-colored semi-automatic handgun and forced the manager to put all the cash they had inside a bag.
No injuries were reported in any of the robberies.
Detectives say they still don't know if the hold-ups are related.
The suspect in the Olive Garden robbery remains outstanding.