SALINAS (BCN)- A man wearing a trash bag robbed cash registers and a patron at a Jack-in-the-Box restaurant at gunpoint in Salinas and then fled

on a bicycle down Main Street, police said.

Police were called Thursday evening about a robbery by a man

armed with a semi-automatic handgun who entered the restaurant at 975 N. Main

St., police Cmdr. Michael Groves said.

The suspect, described as a man in his 30s, had disguised himself

by donning a trash bag over a long-sleeved shirt, Groves said.

The man waived the handgun in front of customers, jumped over the

front counter and ordered employees to open the cash registers, police said.

He pointed the gun at employees and at one point placed the barrel

of the gun into the mouth of a worker, according to police.

The armed suspect then stuffed stolen cash into a duffle bag,

jumped back over the counter and robbed a patron, Groves said.

The man exited the store, got onto a bicycle was last seen riding

down south down Main Street, police said.

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