PEORIA HEIGHTS, Ill. — The Peoria Heights Police Department is looking for a suspect after a restaurant was robbed Wednesday evening.
Police responded to Oliver’s in the Heights at approximately 11:20 p.m. after an employee told police a white man entered the front door holding a gun and demanded money.
The employee gave the man an undisclosed amount of money from a cash register and the suspect fled on foot, running westbound.
A police K-9 unit responded to the scene in an attempt to track the suspect, and the track was followed to the Pearl Companies parking lot, where it ended at the corner of the alley and Atlantic Avenue.
Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Peoria Heights Police at (309) 688-3461.
