'Stormtrooper' Robs Belmont Donut Shop: Have You Seen Him?

BELMONT, CA — A robber who apparently has a penchant for Star Wars walked into a Belmont donut shop this week with a gun, and walked out with cash that didn't belong to him, the local police department reports. The man brandished the handgun to a female employee, demanding she hand over an undisclosed amount of cash, according to Belmont Police Capt. Patrick Halleran.

It happened around 4:40 a.m. Monday at Chuck's Donuts in the 640 block of Ralson Avenue, Halleran said.

"The cashier handed over an undetermined amount of cash and the suspect fled on foot from the business, eastbound on Ralston Avenue," he said in a news release. "No suspect vehicle was seen or heard and the cashier was not harmed."

Investigators were able to obtain surveillance video of the robbery, which is embedded below.

The suspect was described as being 6 feet tall, with a husky build and a medium complexion. He wore a white Star Wars character mask, a light blue baseball cap with a dark bill and what appeared to be a "Cal" logo on
the front, a green sweatshirt with a light colored T-shirt underneath, blue jeans and black-and-white Vans shoes.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact Belmont police at (650) 595-7400 or police@belmont.gov.

— Image via Belmont Police Department on YouTube / Bay City News Service contributed to this report