Crime

El Dorado Sheriff’s Office searches for armed restaurant robber seen on surveillance

The El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to identify and locate a man who robbed a restaurant in El Dorado Hills last week.

The man walked through the back door of the restaurant armed with a gun around 9:13 p.m. on Dec. 1, according to sheriff’s officials. He left the restaurant with over $1,500 inside a children’s superhero backpack.

The name of the restaurant has not been released.

The man’s face can be seen in the opening frames of the video before he covers it with a red mask.

Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Morton at (530) 642-4722 and mention Case # EG19-9897.

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This story was originally published December 9, 2019 at 4:33 PM.

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Mack Ervin III
The Sacramento Bee
Mack Ervin III was a reporting intern for McClatchy based at The Sacramento Bee.
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