PALO ALTO – Police are searching for a man who robbed a Palo Alto sandwich shop Monday evening.
The robbery was reported around 8:40 p.m. at a Subway at 3962 Middlefield Road in the Charleston Shopping Center, the Palo Alto Police Department said in a statement.
Police said a woman in her 40s was reconciling the cash register at the end of her shift when the suspect entered the shop, greeted her in Spanish and demanded all the money.
The suspect then went behind the counter, took the cash and ran out of the shop, police said. No injuries were reported.
The victim described the suspect as Latino, about 45 years old and 6 feet tall with a skinny build, police said. He was last seen wearing a black and red jacket and dark-colored pants.
No robberies involving a suspect with that description have been reported recently, police said.
Anyone with information related to the case can contact police at 650-329-2413. Those wishing to remain anonymous can call or text 650-383-8984 or email paloalto@tipnow.org.
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