Cops: Armed Robbery At Southold Chinese Restaurant

Employees of a Chinese restaurant in Southold reported an armed robbery Tuesday night.

According to two employees, a man brandishing a gun entered the Cai Hong Restaurant on Route 48 in Southold at  8:58 p.m. and demanded cash.

Southold Town police are  investigating the robbery that took place at the Cai Hong Restaurant. According  to police, a subject dressed in all black, wearing a hooded sweatshirt, entered the restaurant, displayed a black handgun and stole approximately $500 from the cash register.

The subject then fled in an easterly direction. No further details were immediately available, police said.

The robbery was the second hold-up of a Chinese restaurant on the North Fork in two days: On Sunday night, a masked gunmen held up a Chinese restaurant in Greenport.

According Southold Town Police, a call was received Sunday at 8:40 p.m. regarding a robbery that took place at the New China Restaurant on Front Street in Greenport.

Police said a subject dressed in all black, wearing a hat and mask, entered the restaurant, displayed a black handgun and stole approximately $400 from the cash register. The subject then fled in an unknown direction.