Someone tried to steal a money bag from a female car hop at Bumpers Drive-In Friday night.
Smithville Police are investigating and Detective Jerry Hutchins, Jr. says while no arrests have yet been made, there are suspects in the case.
The restaurant manager says on Friday night two men in a pickup truck pulled into one of the stalls and stopped. The driver placed an order for a drink.
As the car hop came out of the restaurant to deliver the order, the driver of the truck backed out and drove to another stall at the rear of the building and motioned for the car hop to follow him. A witness reports that as the truck stopped in the stall, the passenger of the truck got out and hunkered down behind the vehicle as the car hop approached. The man then came up behind the car hop and grabbed the apron she was wearing, which contained a money bag. As she screamed for help, the car hop also turned and struck her assailant with the metal serving tray she was holding. The man, who fled on foot, did not get the money bag, but did apparently drop some cash as he made his getaway.
A male car hop, who heard the screams of his fellow employee, initially chased after the man but gave up the chase, to pick up the bills left on the ground.
Meanwhile, the driver of the truck got out and came to the front door of the restaurant, telling the manager that he had forgotten to give the car hop a tip. And when the manager asked him to stay and give an account of what he had seen to the police upon their arrival, the man got back in his truck and left. Restaurant employees got the tag number of the truck and reported it to police.
Police have not yet said whether the driver of the truck and the man who tried to rob the car hop were actually working together.
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