Restaurant employee robbed at gunpoint

A restaurant employee was robbed at gunpoint early Sunday as he was walked to his vehicle, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office.

The robbery happened at about 1 a.m. in the parking lot of Mikata Japanese Steakhouse at 2792 Riverside Drive, according to a sheriff’s office release.

The restaurant had closed and the employee was walking to his vehicle when he was approached by a masked man with a pistol. The gunman ordered the employee to open the restaurant, which the employee did.

The gunman took some bottles of liquor from the bar and took the employee’s wallet, then fled out the back door.

The suspect was described as a black male in a red hooded sweatshirt and a black stocking mask.

Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.

This story was originally published August 7, 2016 at 5:55 PM with the headline "Restaurant employee robbed at gunpoint."