Hold Up By Drive-Thru at Crestwood Portillo's

In a brazen crime, an employee was held up while working the drive-thru of a popular Crestwood restaurant in the early evening hours of Nov. 5. 

Around 6:05 p.m. a man approached a Portillo's employee who was standing outside in the restaurant's drive-thru line taking orders and money, police said. The man pulled out a 6-inch silver revolver and pointed at the employee and said "give me the money," police said.

The robber got away with $80, police said. Just prior to the incident, Crestwood police responded to a call about a suspicious person at a store in the 13100 block of Cicero Avenue, police said. The man in that incident matched the description provided by the Portillo's employee.

The robber is described as a thin black male who stands about 5-feet, 7-inches tall, police said. He was wearing a black ski mask that covered most of his face and what is believed to be a Chicago Bears hoodie, police said. He may be driving a Chevy Impala with a chipped back bumper, police said. 

If you have any information about the incident, you can reach Crestwood police at 708-371-4800.