2 men rob Connecticut Taco Bell with a machete and crowbar

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Monday, August 26, 2019
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CROMWELL, Connecticut -- Authorities are looking for two men they say robbed a Taco Bell armed with a machete and a crowbar after entering the building through an unsecured door.

Police say the suspects entered the Cromwell restaurant around 2:30 a.m. Monday and had employees empty a safe and their pockets of any valuables.

The men allegedly then took the staff outside and had them wait there while they fled the scene in a tan-colored Honda.

Cromwell police responded and tried stop the vehicle, which fled at a high rate of speed.

One occupant was described as a black male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt, and the second was described as a white male wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt.

No injuries were reported.

Anyone with information is urged to contact police.

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