The cops are looking for three suspects who robbed a restaurant in Chelsea on Friday night. As you'll see in the video below, one of them came armed with a machete.
According to the NYPD, police received a 911 call at around 10:30 p.m. about a robbery at Crema restaurant at 111 West 17th Street. A restaurant employee told police officers that the three suspects "walked into the location and removed a cash register behind the bar. Victims further stated that one of the suspects pulled out a machete and demanded money in Spanish." Here's video:
The suspects, who fled west on West 17th Street towards 7th Avenue, are described as being in their 20s; they were wearing masks.
Anyone with information in regards to this incident is asked to call Crime stoppers at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the Crime stoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.
All calls are strictly confidential.
