Daylight robbery of fast food joint
And shortly after five this evening, the popular HL’s Burger joint on Albert Street was jacked by two armed bandits who pounced on the employee on duty, Yvette Flowers. The robbery was carried out in a few minutes with precision and the brazen thieves got away with the day’s sales. Flowers was accompanied by her two children—thirteen and nine years old—who witnessed the ordeal. The robbers entered the establishment through the burglar bar door, pointed the guns to Flower’s face and demanded money. News Five spoke with Flowers who told us how the incident unfolded.
Yvette Flowers, Victim of Armed Robbery
“Di bwai come in wid di gun and seh give me all di money and I hands up my hand and dehn children dehn start to cry. And when dehn start to cry di bwai dehn tell dehn shet up and di point di gun pan deh. And I tell deh shut up and please no shot me cause only me dehn have right now. And so di bwai gone eena and broke out di draw and tek out everything and run dah back with it.”
Duane Moody
“More than one?”
Yvette Flowers
“More dan one, two ah dehn.”
Duane Moody
“Both of them had guns?”
Yvette Flowers
“Yes both ah dehn have guns.”
Duane Moody
“Face mi cover?”
Yvette Flowers
“One mi got ih face cover with ih shirt up so di hold di gun so.”
Duane Moody
“What about the next one?”
Yvette Flowers
“Di next one have on a hat. Dehn come from dah back dehn no come from dah front.”
Duane Moody
“You thought they were going to buy something or…”
Yvette Flowers
“I see dehn come, di way dehn come and dehn frighten me because I neva think no body mi wahn come from so.”
Duane Moody
“Was the gate to the door locked?”
Yvette Flowers
“No ih mi opened.”
Duane Moody
“Any patrons, any body mi deh the sit down di eat?”
Yvette Flowers
“Mi two kids them. Dehn put the gun pan dehn and tell dehn shut up or dehn wahn shot me. And he run out and he start to bawl but no body no come fi help me. Den dehn bruk off di whole draw and dehn gone wid it.”
According to Flowers, the robbers got away with over two hundred dollars in cash and her two cell phones.
