IE Ice Cream Worker Robbed At Knife-Point, Police Seek To Identify Suspect

UPLAND, CA — It was just after Christmas when a Upland frozen treat worker was ordered to her knees by a man wielding a knife. Police are now seeking to identify the suspect.

On December 26th, around 2 p.m., a suspect entered a dessert shop near Foothill Boulevard and Euclid Avenue and pulled a knife on a female employee, according to the Upland Police Department.

"He demanded money and ordered her to her knees as he fled," they said. The store's name was not disclosed in the release; however, it was stated that it was a frozen-dessert establishment.

The suspect was described as a Hispanic male, approximately 40 years old, 5’10"tall, with a thick mustache/goatee.

He was wearing a black hooded jacket, the hood pulled up over a DC flat-bill hat, black pants, and a black backpack with red on the right shoulder strap, according to footage released by the Upland Police Department.

If you have any information on his identity, please email Detective Song at psong@uplandpd.org.