Crime & Safety
No Arrests Yet In El Paraiso Restaurant Robbery
Lakewood Police hope residents will give them any clues about a suspect who robbed the business last week.
Lakewood Police have made no arrests yet in the robber of the El Paraiso Restaurant last week.
According to authorities, a man went into the restaurant shortly before 6 p.m.,in the 2500 block of 84th Street South.
"The suspect produced a note saying he wanted all the money and that he had a gun," according to Lakewood Police.
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The clerk gave him the cash in the register, and the suspect fled on foot wesbound on 84th Street. He is described a s black male in his 20's, 5 feet, 6 inches, medium build, wearing a grey sweatshirt with no hood, light blue jeans, a white baseball cap, and carrying a blue backpack. The suspect also appeared to be missing a front tooth.
If anyone has information on this crime, please call the Lakewood Police Department tip line at 253-830-5064 or the front desk at 253-830-5000. Tips can also be called into Crimestoppers at 253-591-5959.
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