Man robs McDonalds with Samurai sword

SolidSnake_19 · Jan 30, 2005

Man robs McDonalds with Samurai sword

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/WinnipegSun/News/2005/01/17/900798-sun.html

Victims terrorized
Robber held samurai sword to employee's throat in robbery
By DAVID SCHMEICHEL, STAFF REPORTER

Four McDonald's employees escaped a terrifying ordeal unscathed yesterday morning, after a thug armed with a samurai sword crawled into their restaurant through a drive-through window. "No one was injured or anything, so that's fantastic," a store manager said later in the day, adding the employees in question had all been sent home to get some rest.

"They are a little shaken up, though."

The bizarre incident began just before 5:30 a.m., when a car pulled into the drive-through lane of the McDonald's at Pembina Highway and Chancellor Drive, Winnipeg police Const. Shelly Glover said yesterday.

The car triggered an in-store mechanism signalling someone was at the window, but when a staff member attended, they weren't asked to take any breakfast orders.

HELD SWORD TO THROAT

Instead, a man armed with a samurai-style sword and a metal pipe confronted the employee, eventually forcing his way through the window and into the restaurant, Glover said.

Once inside, the suspect held the sword to a 17-year-old manager's throat while ordering the other staffers -- two of them 17-year-olds, the other a 31-year-old -- to lie on the floor.

"This was a very serious robbery," Glover said. "Robberies are thefts that involve violence, and this is an extreme example."

Still armed with the sword, the bandit then led the manager to the back, where a second suspect was given entry through a rear door.

The two then bound the employees with duct tape while the manager turned over an undisclosed amount of cash. The manager was also bound with tape before the two suspects fled the scene.

After managing to free themselves, the employees called police.

Glover said all four workers escaped injury, but will likely be scarred nonetheless.

"This was a very traumatic incident for these victims," she said. "They're going to be experiencing the emotional impacts of these events."

The restaurant's afternoon manager, who asked not to be named, said the last incident of such severity he could recall took place almost a decade ago, when a late-night employee in Westwood was handcuffed to his own car while a female manager was robbed at gunpoint.

Discussing yesterday's holdup, Glover said: "We have seen other incidents where swords were used, but this one was certainly unique in that a sword and a pipe were used by a suspect who still managed to crawl through a drive-through window."

A police investigation will check store surveillance cameras to see whether they captured any images of the suspects, Glover said.

The two men were wearing balaclavas, sunglasses and dark clothing, she added.

Anyone with information relating to the robbery is asked to call police at 986-6219 or Crime Stoppers at 786-TIPS (786-8477).
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One of the oddest hold-ups I've heard about.
I'd be a jerk and blame Kill Bill, but I won't. Comments?

TheCrow21 · Jan 31, 2005

U may not be a jerk but i am, it's all your fault killbill ....Although it WAS a great film, lol

OinkUsed2BABunny · Mar 5, 2005

"This was a very serious robbery," Glover said. "Robberies are thefts that involve violence, and this is an extreme example."

Glover said all four workers escaped injury, but will likely be scarred nonetheless.

"This was a very traumatic incident for these victims," she said. "They're going to be experiencing the emotional impacts of these events."
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Has Snake inadvertently revealed to us the true identities of Captain Obvious and her sidekick...

"No one was injured or anything, so that's fantastic," a store manager said later in the day... "They are a little shaken up, though."
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