Armed Robbers Tie Up Customers, Employees, Rob Phone Store in Fairfield

Two armed men bound the hands of three employees and two customers inside the Parrot AT&T cell phone store in Fairfield Friday morning and escaped with cash and cell phones, police said.

Police responded at 10:10 a.m. to the robbery at 1570 Gateway Blvd.

The two black male adult suspects, described as being between 5 feet 6 and 5 feet 8 inches tall, used nylon zip ties to bind the hands of the customers and employees, police said.

None of the five people were injured but they were visibly shaken by the ordeal, police said.

One of the employees was able to free his hands and called police.

The suspects fled in a newer white SUV with a luggage rack and chrome wheels through the parking lot toward Travis Boulevard, police said.

They were wearing ski masks, black shirts or hooded jackets and black pants.

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call Fairfield police at (707) 428-7300.

--Bay City News

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