A late-night robbery at a Popeyes restaurant in Flatlands is causing concern among residents, with police now searching for multiple suspects.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to police, the incident happened around 11 p.m. Wednesday at the restaurant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Investigators say three people walked into the location and robbed it. At one point, one of the suspects jumped over the counter, pushed an 18-year-old employee and demanded that the cash register be opened.\u00a0Authorities say approximately $1,200 was stolen.<\/p>\n
Police have not confirmed whether the suspects were armed. However, people who work nearby say they believe a gun may have been involved.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The robbery has left neighbors shaken, with some expressing frustration over the violence.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I had a good opportunity to pick up a chair and knock one of them down, I would do it,\u201d said Flatlands resident Norris Jerome. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine somebody just robbing me and taking money that I worked hard for.\u201d<\/p>\n
Others say the risks simply aren\u2019t worth it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not worth it\u2014trying to rob, steal, go to jail. It\u2019s not worth it,\u201d said Brianna, who also lives in the area.<\/p>\n
News 12 visited the restaurant to speak with the 18-year-old employee involved, but was told they were not working at the time.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No injuries have been reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A late-night robbery at a Popeyes restaurant in Flatlands is causing concern among residents, with police now searching…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":271407,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-271406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271406\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/271407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}