LORAIN — Police are looking for a would-be holdup man who came away empty-handed from a late night pizza shop holdup.
A man wearing a hooded sweatshirt entered the East of Chicago pizza shop at 1980 Cooper Foster Park Road about 10:45 p.m. Sunday, told a female clerk “I hate to do this to you,” slid a knife from his sleeve and demanded all of the money in the register, reports said.
The clerk asked the man if he was robbing her, and he said yes, according to the report.
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She then ran to the back of the pizza shop where she grabbed a male dishwasher, and they both ran out the rear entrance of the store to a nearby gas station, from which they called police.
While waiting for police to arrive, the female employee said she saw the would-be robber walk from the shop, get into a car and flee.
The owner of the store told police the man took no cash or anything else.
Despite not getting any cash, the man faces aggravated robbery charges because the man threatened the clerk with a knife, according to Lorain police Sgt. Mark Carpentiere.
Detective Steyven Curry said witnesses described the robber as a stocky white male between 5 feet 9 inches and 6 feet tall who weighed between 200 and 210 pounds. The man had reddish brown hair, hazel eyes and was between 24 and 30 years old.
The man was wearing dark pants, white tennis shoes and a white hooded sweatshirt with “1987” on it, Curry said.
He was driving a newer model reddish-orange two-door Chevy Cobalt.
Anyone with info is asked to contact Lorain police at 204-2100.
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