Armed Suspect Robs Yogurt Shop, Cops Seek Tips

GARDEN GROVE, CA — An armed suspect seen on security video robbing the Berry's On Top Frozen Yogurt store in Garden Grove was sought by authorities Thursday morning.

The video showed the suspect enter the store on the 12900 block of Harbor Blvd. in the Harbor Town and Country Shopping Center, at 3:30 p.m. Sept. 27.

"He ordered and paid for a frozen yogurt, then pulled a semi-automatic handgun as the cashier opened the register and demanded she give him cash," Lt. Carl Whitney of the Garden Grove Police Department said of the incident.

The clerk gave him the money and the suspect left the store and was last seen walking through the parking lot of the shopping center, Whitney said.

The suspect is Hispanic, in his 20s, 6 feet tall, 200 pounds, with a mustache and goatee. He was last seen wearing dark clothing and armed with a semi-automatic handgun, Whitney said.

Anyone with information on the robbery was asked to call Detective Jim Franks of the GGPD Robbery Unit at 714-741-5836. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Orange County Crime Stoppers at 855-847-6227.