Crime & Safety

Robbers Target Buckhead Restaurant, Make off With Almost $10K

The robbery happened as restaurant workers were closing shop Sunday.

Atlanta police are searching for three men they say robbed a Buckhead restaurant at gunpoint Sunday night.

According to CBS Atlanta, the trio hit the Benihana’s on Peachtree Road as workers were closing up for the night. The armed men assaulted the store’s manager and forced him to open the safe, which was looted of nearly $10,000. The manager was taken to the hospital.

Police have surveillance film of the robbery, but report that the men were wearing masks to conceal their identities.

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