Report: Employees Thwart Attempted Robbery of Neil's Donuts in Wallingford

Wallingford police are investigating an attempted knife-point robbery of Neil’s Donuts on North Turnpike Road early Wednesday morning, according to the Meriden Record-Journal.

The Record-Journal reports that a man displaying a knife entered through a back door around 1:30 a.m., soon after employees had arrived at the shop to start making the donuts.

The employees pushed a baking rack between themselves and the man, who fled the scene without any money, police told the Record-Journal.

The suspect is described as a white man around 20 to 25 years old of average height with brown hair and a trimmed chin-strap beard, according to the Record-Journal.

Read the full story at the Meriden Record-Journal here.

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