YIKES! Purportedly Stolen Tips From Petaluma Eatery's Tip Jar Leads To Baseball Bat Confrontation: Police

Petaluma police are looking for a man who threatened employees of a pizza restaurant with a metal baseball bat on Saturday.

The man got into an argument with employees of New York Pizza & Restaurant about tips being stolen from a tip jar, police Sgt, Rick Cox said. The suspect told the employees he would be back and returned around 1:45 a.m. to the restaurant at 3 Petaluma Blvd. N., Cox said.

The suspect forced his way into the restaurant, tried to punch one of the employees and threatened employees with an aluminum baseball bat that was concealed in his sleeve, Cox said.

An employee wrestled the bat from the suspect when someone yelled they were calling police, Cox said.

The suspect fled while he was chased by the employees. A surveillance camera video shows the suspect is a white male adult approximately 30-40 years old, 6 feet 3 inches with a thin build.

He has thick dark-colored hair slicked back and he was wearing a gray shirt, long black pea coat and light-colored jeans.

Anyone with information about the man is asked to call Officer Jacob Gutierrez at (707) 776-1219.

--Bay City News

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