DALLAS — Police in Dallas and The Colony have reported separate robberies that happened at three locations for one restaurant business.
Both departments said suspects broke into at least three Pollo Regio restaurants within two weeks.
The first two happened on May 16 and 18 in Dallas at around midnight, according to police. They said the suspects robbed the restaurants on West Davis Street and West Illinois Avenue.
Allegedly, the suspects used sledgehammers and pry bars to break into safes and steal up to $22,000 in total.
Dallas PD has released photos from surveillance cameras showing the suspects and the vehicle that's believed to have been involved during at least one of the break-ins.
WFAA spoke to employees at the West Davis Street location, who said they’re terrified and working in fear. The night of the robbery, the employees said it was after closing time and they were getting into a vehicle. An employee said a man with a gun went up to her window and demanded her to go back inside to open up the safe. After that, the suspect took off with the employee's car.
The third robbery was in The Colony on May 27, local police said. Officers got to the Pollo Regio on Main Street shortly after 3 a.m.
When they arrived, they said the front glass door was shattered. Police cleared the building and didn't find anyone inside.
The Colony PD said they arrested a person of interest nearby on an unrelated arrest warrant. They're looking to see if that person was involved in the break-in.
Dallas police are investigating all three incidents.
Anyone with information regarding one or more of these robberies are encouraged to call Dallas PD Detective T. McAnnally (#9007) at 214-671-0546 or Crime Stoppers at 1-877-373-8477.
The case numbers for the Dallas break-ins are 088118-2022 and 086694-2022.