Disguised bandit robs Glendale store

By Veronica Rocha

April 4, 2013 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;br /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;small&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a style=”color: #0000ff; text-align: left;” href=”https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&amp;amp;amp;source=embed&amp;amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;amp;geocode=&amp;amp;amp;q=1400+east+colorado,+glendale&amp;amp;amp;aq=&amp;amp;amp;sll=37.269174,-119.306607&amp;amp;amp;sspn=13.990438,19.753418&amp;amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;amp;hq=&amp;amp;amp;hnear=1400+Colorado+St,+Glendale,+California+91205&amp;amp;amp;t=m&amp;amp;amp;z=14&amp;amp;amp;ll=34.142731,-118.234042”&amp;gt;View Larger Map&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/small&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;A man wearing a long-haired wig and women’s sunglasses on Tuesday robbed a South Glendale store at gunpoint and fled with unspecific amount of cash, police said.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The robbery occurred about 11:29 a.m. in the offices of Arko Foods International in the 1400 block of East Colorado Street, according to Glendale police.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Witnesses told police that the robber was holding a blue-steel, semi-automatic handgun in his right hand and pulled the slide back several times as he repeatedly demanded cash from the store’s employees.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;One of the employees told the robber that they didn’t have money, police said.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The robber reportedly told the employees to remain calm because he didn’t want to hurt them. He eventually fled after securing an unspecific amount of cash.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;He was described as 25 to 30 years old, Filipino, 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing about 165 pounds. The man was wearing a woman’s large white sunglasses, a long-haired brown wig, a gray sweater with buttons and dark slacks.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Police said the incident was unrelated to a separate robbery reported last week at a Vons on Foothill Boulevard.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;In that incident last Friday, a gun-wielding man robbed a Vons cashier of a few hundreds of dollars before fleeing the store.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;The man reportedly approached the cashier about 7:30 p.m. inside the store in the 3200 block of Foothill Boulevard, revealed a black handgun in his waistband and demanded money.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;He was described as black or Latino, about 5 feet 11 inches tall with a large build and shoulder-length dark hair. The man was wearing a black-hooded sweatshirt, tan pants and a black “L.A. Dodgers” baseball cap.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;No one was hurt in either incident.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;--&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt; &amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Follow Veronica Rocha on &amp;lt;a href=”https://plus.google.com/116388523340522186007?rel=author”&amp;gt;Google+&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; and on Twitter: &amp;lt;a href=”https://www.twitter.com/veronicarochala”&amp;gt;@VeronicaRochaLA&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;