14-May-18 – An armed robber struck a River North restaurant after closing time on Sunday night, escaping with an unknown amount of cash, police said.

Around 11:45 p.m., the gunman entered Quartino Ristorante at State & Ontario Streets and found an employee who was counting money. According to police, the robber pointed a handgun at the employee and demanded the money. The employee complied, and the robber ran out of the restaurant. No one was injured in the hold-up.

Police described the offender as a black man between 18 and 25 years old with a light complexion. He was wearing a black hoodie, blue jeans, and a blue baseball cap. He was last seen eastbound on Ontario Street in a tan vehicle that had a smashed grill and a broken window on the driver’s side covered in tape.