Hardware Store Loses $1,100 to Armed Robber
A gun-wielding robber, his face obscured by white theater makeup, stole more than $1,100 from an Irvine hardware store and then fled on foot Sunday evening.
No one was injured in the 6:20 p.m. heist at the Ace Hardware on Culver Drive, police said.
The thief, who is approximately 6 feet tall and weighs about 220 pounds, also was wearing a black fishing hat and trench coat, police said.
With a chrome handgun at the ready, he cleaned out the two cash registers at the front of the store, Sgt. Mike Hamel said.
Then he took the manager into the back office and collected more cash there, Hamel said.
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