Man Takes $1,000 in Cash From Rochester Hills Bar

A bartender told police he was counting the cash in his register at a Rochester Hills restaurant early Monday morning when a man approached him and stole more than $1,000 in cash.

According to a report from the Oakland County Sheriff's Office, the incident occurred just after midnight at Tapper's Bar & Grill on Auburn Road. 

The bartender told sheriff's deputies the man approached him with his hand in his pocket and said he wanted the money, the report stated. The bartender, fearing the man had a gun in his pocket, stepped back; the man picked up the money and fled the bar on foot, the report stated. No gun was seen; there were no other patrons in the bar at the time of the incident, the report stated.

A sheriff's office K-9 unit attempted to track the suspect, but lost the trail at the back of the building.

The suspect, according to a description released by the sheriff's office, was a white man, about 30 years old with a thin goatee. He was between 5-foot-8-inches and 5-foot-10-inches and wore a black motorcycle-style jacket.