Crime & Safety
Robber Passes on Money, Just Takes Sub Sandwich: Cops
A man entered a sub shop in Evanston last week and demanded the money. But he was only interested in a sandwich.
EVANSTON, IL - A robber who claimed he wanted money was just interested in a sub sandwich.
Someone entered a sandwich shop in the 900 block of Chicago Avenue around 3:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 16 and gave the employee a note that read "put the money in the bag and nobody gets hurt," according to information gathered from an Evanston Police Department deployment meeting.
The man did not display a weapon, and curiously fled the store as soon as he left the note.
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He took the sub sandwich with him.
The only sandwich shop listed in the 900 block of Chicago is a Subway.
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