An Arizona Shake Shack employee is facing charges after allegedly robbing his own restaurant at gunpoint, locking two co-workers in a walk-in cooler and then returning to work in uniform just two days later.Keondre Simmons, 33, allegedly called out of work at the Shake Shack at Kierland Commons in Phoenix around midnight on Aug.3 before showing up at the restaurant later that morning to commit the robbery, according to court documents reviewed by FOX 10 Phoenix.Investigators responding to the armed robbery learned that an employee opened a rear delivery door after hearing a bell and believing a scheduled delivery had arrived.CHICK-FIL-A EMPLOYEE BUSTED IN BIZARRE $80K MAC-AND-CHEESE THEFT SCHEMEKeondre Simmons, 33, is accused of robbing the Shake Shack where he worked at gunpoint before returning to the restaurant in uniform two days later, according to court documents.
(Maricopa County Sheriff's Office; iStock)"[The employee] opened the door after hearing the delivery bell, believing a scheduled delivery had arrived," court documents state."When the door opened, the suspect pointed a firearm at [the employee], ordered him inside, and escorted him at gunpoint toward the walk-in cooler.The suspect forced [the employee] inside and locked the cooler door."Police said the suspect then forced the on-duty manager into the office and ordered him to open the store's safe."[The on-duty manager] unlocked the safe and, under threat of firearm, removed approximately $2,800 in mixed denominations and placed it into a black gun case-style container the suspect carried," police wrote.
"The suspect subsequently forced [the on-duty manager] into the walk-in cooler with [the employee], and successfully locked the door."TERRION ARNOLD, LIONS' 2024 FIRST-ROUND PICK, CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND ARMED ROBBERY IN FLORIDANew York City, USA - April 15, 2013: Customers dine at Shake Shack in Madison Square Park.The chain diner opened in 2004 and the Madison Square Park location is the ori...