Gunman locks workers in cooler, robs eatery

10/3/2004

A man armed with a handgun took money from a West Toledo fast-food restaurant safe after ordering its workers into a cooler early yesterday, police said.

The man entered the Burger King at 4870 Monroe St. about 1:50 a.m. and told the manager and two employees to get into the restaurant s cooler.

They told police the suspect returned to the office and removed money from the safe and took the manager s purse, containing a credit card, checkbook, and keys. No one was hurt.