A Puyallup man, 22, and a Tacoma girl, 17, are in custody after people matching their descriptions took $2,000 from a KFC/Taco Bell at 1310 Yelm Ave. E. just before 9 a.m. Sunday, Yelm police reported.
Employees at the restaurant said two people wearing ski masks entered the restaurant before it opened, forcing one employee into the walk-in cooler and the other into a closet, Yelm police Sgt. Rob Carlson said. They took money from the safe and hauled it away in a black bag, he said.
After the robbers left, one of the employees saw them run to the parking lot of a nearby apartment complex. Washington State Patrol troopers who were in the area stopped a car leaving the apartment complex with two people matching the description given by the employees, he said.
The troopers reported that they could see ski masks and a black bag in the car, Carlson said. Yelm police were obtaining a search warrant, he said.
Yelm’s investigation does not indicate that the two people being questioned are involved in a series of robberies of fast-food restaurants in Pierce County; they do not match the physical descriptions.
The Olympian
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