Robber Called Ahead to Order Heist at KFC
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 3:07 pm
PITTSBURGH - "One felony, extra crispy, please." City police on Friday said they were looking for a man who called a KFC restaurant and placed an unusual takeout order - a robbery.
The man called the restaurant March 31 and told the manager he was a police officer. The caller told the manager that a robber was on his way to the store and that the store employees should cooperate so nobody would get hurt. Police planned to grab the robber as he left the store, the caller said.
Moments later, a robber showed up and took $200, but no police arrived to arrest him - fueling police suspicion that the telephone "cop" and restaurant robber are the same person.
Police said at a news conference Friday they believe the same man is responsible for at least 10 other robberies in the city since late January. The other stores weren't called ahead of time.
The robber was caught on video at the KFC, and the images match a description given in the other heists.
The man called the restaurant March 31 and told the manager he was a police officer. The caller told the manager that a robber was on his way to the store and that the store employees should cooperate so nobody would get hurt. Police planned to grab the robber as he left the store, the caller said.
Moments later, a robber showed up and took $200, but no police arrived to arrest him - fueling police suspicion that the telephone "cop" and restaurant robber are the same person.
Police said at a news conference Friday they believe the same man is responsible for at least 10 other robberies in the city since late January. The other stores weren't called ahead of time.
The robber was caught on video at the KFC, and the images match a description given in the other heists.
