Starbucks Robbery

On January 13th at 10:30pm, Officers received an alarm call from the Starbucks at 15909 Valley View Avenue with the operator advising he could hear a male voice in the background telling the clerks to count to 100. Moments later a Whittier Police Officer arrived just as the clerks finished their count. Speaking with employees, they stated they were robbed at gunpoint as they were locking up the store. The suspect forced them back into the store, told one of the girls to open the safe, and had them lay down while he removed the money and put it in a backpack. Prior to leaving, the suspect also took cell phones belonging to the employees.

The suspect was described as a male, possibly black, wearing a ski mask and long sleeved shirt and fled the location in a green SUV, possibly a Suburban. Both victims were female and reside in Whittier and La Mirada, aged 20 and 24 respectively.