<\/b>Police have appealed for information from the community after a pizza store was held up at Newcastle West overnight.<\/p>\n
Shortly before 11pm yesterday (Wednesday 18 November 2015), a man entered the pizza store on Steel Street and asked to purchase a dink.<\/p>\n
As one of the two employees turned to serve him the man produced a shortened firearm, threatened the two male employees and demanded cash.<\/p>\n
One employee handed over a quantity of cash and the offender fled on foot. He was last seen in Steel Street heading towards Hunter Street.<\/p>\n
The man may have left in an older model white van.<\/p>\n
No one was injured during the robbery.<\/p>\n
Police from Newcastle City Local Area Command were called and searched the area but could not locate the man or the vehicle.<\/p>\n
The man has been described to police as being of Caucasian appearance, between 35 and 40 years old with a medium build.<\/p>\n
At the time of the robbery the man was wearing a red and white baseball cap, navy t-shirt, grey shorts and no shoes.<\/p>\n
The man had a green \u2018enviro\u2019 bag in which the firearm was secreted and covered it with a red shirt.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information is urged to contact Newcastle City Police or Crime Stoppers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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