Updated at 4 a.m.
Police are looking for a man who reportedly robbed a restaurant close to campus while armed late Tuesday night.
At about 11:30 p.m., Lexington Police received a report of an armed robbery at Pita Pit, located at 315 S. Limestone, according to a UK campus crime bulletin. The suspect, reportedly armed with a revolver, took money from the cashier. He then fled on foot towards the south, in the direction of the Paddock.
The suspect is described as a white male with a “wrinkly” face. He was last seen wearing blue jeans and a gray hooded sweatshirt with red writing, possibly an East or West Jessamine softball logo.
The man was not apprehended as of 3:30 a.m., said duty commander Lt. Garry Sennett of Lexington Police
UK Police Sgt. James Haubenreich said after the robbery, UK Police helped Lexington Police look for the robber and patrolled areas of campus close to Pita Pit, such as the North Campus dorms and Central Campus.
UK Police informed the staff of the robbery and offered rides to Kernel reporters in the Kernel’s Central Campus office a little before 1 a.m.
Lexington Police called in the Canine Unit in an attempt to track the man, but the attempt was unsuccessful, Sennett said. Police also tried to set up a perimeter around Pita Pit, although Sennett did not know how far the perimeter extended.
Between about 1:30 and 2:30 a.m., Kernel reporters interviewed employees at businesses close to the Pita Pit. Employees at Jimmy John’s, Two Keys Tavern, Mellow Mushroom, Slice of Chicago, the Awkward Moose and McDonalds said they had not heard about the robbery, although some said they had seen police cars either driving by or stopped on nearby roads looking for a suspect.
A third-shift employee at Tolly Ho said the restaurant had been informed of the robbery by police and given a suspect description.
At about 2:45 a.m., Kernel reporters spotted a police officer posting campus crime bulletins on North Campus dorms. UK sent out a campuswide e-mail and posted the crime bulletin on its Web site at about the same time.
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