They’re hot on the trail
November 23, 2001
Bandit Hurling Hot Coffee Robs Florida Eateries
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) – A man has robbed at least four fast food restaurants in Florida this month by throwing hot coffee on the clerk and snatching the cash from the till while the injured worker recoiled in pain, a police spokesman said on Wednesday.
The man, said to be in his 20s with a preference for cream and sugar in his coffee, has struck fast food restaurants in Boynton Beach, Boca Raton and other southeast Florida cities at least four times since Nov. 9, grabbing between $21 and $200 from the cash registers.
Each time, the robber ordered coffee and sometimes a pastry, then hurled the hot liquid on the clerk while the cash register was open. With the clerk stunned, the man jumped over the counter and grabbed the cash from the open till, police said.
Anyone who likes coffee with cream and sugar and also sometimes orders a pastry is a suspect, oh yes, in his 20′s. Hey… that’s me! Oh my god, the FBI are at my door. [here]
