A man carrying a trash bag entered a sandwich shop Sunday night, claimed to have a gun and demanded money, South Whitehall Township police said.
Spooked employees ran out a rear door and startled the would-be robber enough that he took off out the front door before completing his robbery, police said.
No one was hurt in the incident, which happened about 7:30 p.m. at Subway, 3337 Hamilton Blvd., police said.
They said the robber went into the restaurant, approached a manager, said he had a gun and demanded the safe be opened. Two female employees quickly darted out the back door.
The attempted robber dashed out the front.
Police said he is about 5-foot-8 with a medium build. The man had a scarf covering his face and wore a blue plaid jacket and blue jeans. He was carrying a black garbage bag, police said.
Running out the front door of your local subway, or possibly your local bank or any other store that might be in the process of being involved in a robbery sounds like a great way to throw the robber off guard. After all, they are not really all that intelligent anyways…
