From Staff Reports
BENTONVILLE -- Bentonville police are investigating an attempted armed robbery of a McDonald's restaurant.
Police received a call at 10:11 p.m. Jan. 2 about a robbery at the McDonald's in north Bentonville, at U.S. Highway 71 and Peach Orchard Road, according to Gene Page, a spokesman for the Bentonville Police Department.
Employees said a man wearing a ski mask and armed with a handgun approached them on foot at the drive-through window, Page said. The man pointed the handgun through the window and demanded money, Page said.
Employees quickly locked the doors and called 911, Page said.
The man was unable to enter to the building and left without getting any money, Page said.
No employees were injured, Page said.
Page praised the employees for their quick reaction.
"They didn't try to fight him," Page said. "They scattered and made sure all the doors were locked and called us."
Anyone with information about the case can call Bentonville police at 479-271-3170.
General News on 01/11/2017