A Shake Shack robbery in Scottsdale, Arizona, has drawn attention for its brazen details: prosecutors say a worker allegedly held coworkers at gunpoint, stole cash from the store safe and then came back to the job two days later. Keondre Simmons, 33, is accused of carrying out the armed robbery on August 3 at the restaurant where he worked.
According to the account cited by FOX 10 Phoenix, Simmons covered his face and entered the Shake Shack armed with a semi-automatic handgun. He allegedly forced one employee into a walk-in cooler at gunpoint and made the store manager open the safe and hand over about $2,800. Prosecutors say he then locked both employees inside the cooler and ordered them to kneel while he kept the weapon trained on them.
Investigators say Simmons also took the workers’ cellphones and destroyed them in a sink full of water. Both victims told police that the suspect’s build, voice and familiarity with the restaurant matched Simmons. They pointed to his knowledge of the cooler latch, the location of gloves and cleaning wipes, and the layout of employee-only areas as signs he knew the store well.
Police also said Simmons called out sick that morning earlier than he usually did. Surveillance footage from the restaurant and a nearby property reportedly backed up the workers’ statements, showing a suspect entering and leaving through the rear of the Shake Shack before driving off in a green SUV. Court records say investigators later obtained a search warrant for his cellphone covering records from around the time of the robbery.
