No one was hurt in the Montclair incident, police said.
Montclair police file photo. (Jessica Mazzola | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)MONTCLAIR -- An alleged robber made off with a sum of money after threatening a township cafe worker with a hatchet and demanding she lay on the floor Tuesday, police announced in a release.
At about 8:03 p.m., police responded to Cafe Clair on Watchung Avenue after a man entered the store brandishing a hatchet and demanding money, authorities said Wednesday. The man demanded the cashier, who was the only one in the store at the time, to lay down on the floor, and fled after taking an unknown amount of money, Montclair police said. The employee was not injured, police said.
The man was described as being 5-feet-8-inches tall with a medium build, and wearing a black jacket, black hood, dark pants, white gloves, black boots, and a black face mask, authorities said.
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