2 October 2012 – Robbery – Cafe – Semaphore
Published October 5, 2012 | 
A man has just threatened staff and stolen cash from a café on Semaphore Road at Semaphore this morning.
No staff were injured during the robbery, which occurred just before 6am.
The suspect is described as a man of Caucasian appearance, about 185cm tall, thin build, with dark brown hair and a beard. He was wearing a red and white cap and dark tracksuit and armed with a baton.
He was last seen running down Semaphore Road towards the beach.
30 September 2012 – Armed Robbery – Pizza Bar – Seaford
Published October 5, 2012 | Police patrols were quick to respond to a robbery at a Seaford pizza bar last night and apprehended a suspect.
At about 9.45pm, a man armed with a knife robbed the pizza bar on Main Street, Seaford and made off with cash.
No one was injured during the robbery.
Police patrols, including a police dog, searched the area and located and arrested a suspect.
An 18-year-old Seaford man was charged with aggravated robbery. He was refused police bail and is expected to appear in the Christies Beach Magistrates Court on Tuesday.
29 September 2012 – Armed Robbery – Restaurant – Parramatta
Published October 5, 2012 | Police are investigating the armed robbery of a restaurant in Parramatta last night.
About 11.40pm Friday (28 September 2012), employees were working in the restaurant when a man entered holding an object staff thought to be a firearm.
The man ordered a female staff member to hand over money.
She complied and gave the man money before he fled on foot through a rear door onto a laneway.
The offender walked into another restaurant off the laneway before being confronted by four staff members.
No-one was injured in the incident. Police from Parramatta Local Area Command attended and established a crime scene.
Specialist forensic officers attended and examined the scene.
At the time of the incident the offender was wearing a dark hooded jacket and blue pants. Witnesses told police his face was covered during the robbery.
24 September 2012 – Update – Photo Released – Armed Robbery – Restaurants – Yandina/Glasshouse Mountains
Published September 28, 2012 | 
Police have released the image of a man they wish to speak to in relation to two recent armed robberies on the Sunshine Coast.
Around 6.30pm on September 22, the man entered a Ninderry Road, Yandina restaurant and threatened staff with a firearm. He fled the scene with a sum of cash.
He was wearing a high visibility yellow and a blue short-sleeved collared shirt, baggy dark green or brown shorts and a red bandana across his face.
Just before 8.30pm on the same evening, the same man then attended a takeaway store on Steve Irwin Way at Glasshouse Mountains.
He threatened staff with a gun, but this time left empty-handed.
He fled the scene in a white single cab four wheel drive tray back utility.
During this incident, he was wearing blue t-shirt with a white motif on the front, dark blue work trousers, tan work boots, a red bandana across his face and a blue one across his head.
He is described as being Caucasian in appearance, approximately 182cm tall, of a slim build with brown hair and blue eyes.
22 September 2012 – Armed Robbery – Subway – Belconnen
Published September 28, 2012 | A 22-year-old Melba man has been arrested for the aggravated robberies at Subway restaurant in Emu Bank Belconnen.
About 10pm on Thursday 20 September, a man entered the Subway restaurant armed with a knife and demanded money. He was handed a sum of cash and without further incident, left the store on foot towards the Belconnen skate park.
The same business was subject to an aggravated robbery on 9 September with a similar offender description provided.
Belconnen Crime members arrested the man at his house yesterday (Friday, September 21).
Detective Superintendent Brett McCann, head of Criminal Investigations, said the arrest was again the result of the community and police working closely together.
“Our officers worked off the description provided by the staff at the store, and it was because of this detail that we were able to identify the offender, ultimately leading to his timely arrest.”
He will appear at the ACT Magistrates Court today (Saturday 22 September) charged with two counts of aggravated robbery. Bail will be opposed.
19 September 2012 – Armed Robbery – Restaurant – Morwell
Published September 24, 2012 | A robber disguised with a skeleton hoodie is among two men police are searching for following an armed robbery in Morwell this morning.
Detectives from the Latrobe Crime Investigation Unit have been told two men entered a fast food restaurant on the corner of Princess Drive and Monash Freeway shortly after 3am.
The duo, armed with a knife and meat cleaver, forced staff members to empty a till before leaving the premises on foot with a small amount of cash.
They were last seen walking across Princess Drive towards Service Road.
No one was injured during the incident.
One of the robbers is described as being between 190-194cm tall, with an average build.
He was wearing a black hooded jumper with a skeleton motif on the front and back and dark pants.
He was carrying a meat cleaver.
The second man is described as being around 177cm tall, wearing a dark balaclava and carrying a knife.
Detectives are investigating whether the incident is linked to another armed robbery committed on business premises in Morwell late on Monday night.
Investigators are appealing for anyone with any information about either incident to come forward and assist them with their investigation.
23 September 2012 – Armed Robberies – Restaurants – Yandina/Glass House Mountains
Published September 24, 2012 | Detectives are investigating two robbery incidents overnight in which a firearm was used to threaten restaurant staff at Yandina and the Glass House Mountains.
Around 6.30pm, a man entered a Ninderry Road restaurant at Yandina and threatened a staff member with a firearm before fleeing with money from a register.
The man is described as Caucasian in appearance, approximately 180cms tall, with brown eyes and dark facial hair.
At the time, the man was wearing a blue long sleeve work shirt with two yellow high visibility panels on the shoulder and front, shorts, work boots and red cloth coverings across his face.
Around 10.20pm, another, attempted, robbery took place at a restaurant on Steve Irwin Way at the Glass House Mountains in which the offender fled empty handed.
At that time a man bearing a firearm threatened a female employee, before the woman fled to another room.
The man then left the scene in a nearby vehicle.
No one was injured during either incident.
20 September 2012 – Armed Robbery – Restaurant – Toowoomba
Published September 24, 2012 | Police are investigating following an armed robbery that occurred at a restaurant in Toowoomba last night.
Around 9.30pm, two males have entered the Ruthven Street restaurant, one of them producing a knife.
They have made demands for cash from staff and also demanded the keys to one of the staff member’s cars.
The two males have then punched two staff before leaving the restaurant with a cash register and the keys to a car.
Police have sighted the car as it turned into a retirement village on Donahue Street, and the vehicle crashed into a retaining wall a short time later.
Two males fled from the car, but were both apprehended by police a short time later.
The two men who were assaulted were treated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries.
A 16-year-old boy and an 18-year-old man are currently assisting police with their enquiries.
Investigations are continuing.
