Man robs restaurant on Jefferson Avenue

4/7/2001

A man brandishing a handgun and wearing a scarf to cover part of his face yesterday robbed White Tower restaurant, 1002 Jefferson Ave., of an undisclosed amount of money, police said.

The man entered the restaurant about 3:05 a.m. and walked behind the counter and asked an employee for money and threatened to kill her. She put money into a white paper bag and the man fled south between 10th and 11th streets, police said.