Police hope security cameras provide clues
No one was injured in what appears to have been an armed robbery of the Sizzler restaurant in Tennant Station shopping center Sunday night.
According to Morgan Hill Police Cmdr. Terrie Booten, the manager was alone in the restaurant when a man came in through the back door and put what he believed was a gun against the back of his head.
“He didn’t actually see a weapon, but something that he thought was a gun was stuck to the back of his head and his back during the robbery,” Booten said.
The suspect told the manager to put all the money from the restaurant, approximately $4,200, into a bag. The money was in the safe and in the cash register. He also demanded the manager’s wallet, which contained $300.
The suspect ordered the manager to unplug all the phones in the office and in the restaurant, then made him lie down on the floor and threw a chair on him.
The manager stayed on the floor until he heard the suspect leave the restaurant. He then called police at 10:01pm.
There were no customers in the store, and the rest of the employees had left a short time before the suspect entered, Booten said.
“The investigation is still ongoing,” she said Monday. “Surveillance tapes are being reviewed, and the tapes from surrounding businesses are also being reviewed. The Safeway has a camera back in the dock area, which may have something for us of the Sizzler parking lot.”
The manager was not able to give police a detailed description of the suspect. He told police the suspect smelled like alcohol and spoke English with an accent.
