'Baked Good' Bandit strikes again: Another coffee shop hit

It appears that the robber who emptied the till at Online Coffee after ordering a brownie then handing the cashier a note demanding cash struck again the following week, according to a Seattle Police Department report.

According to the report, a man wearing a surgical mask, a black puffy jacket and a baseball hat entered Uncle Elizabeth's Internet Cafe at 1123 Pike St. just after 11:30 PM on Tuesday, October 13th. The cashier said the man coughed as he walked to the counter and ordered two bagels. As the man received his order, the cashier said the man slid a note across the counter.

"Buddy I ain't jokin," the man said, according to the report. The cashier said the note read, "I have a gun put it in the bag."

The cashier opened the cash registered and placed all of the cash from the drawer in to the bag with the bagels. The man grabbed the bag full of bagels and cash and the ransom note and left the cafe. After the man left, the cashier followed him into the street and saw the suspect get into a silver or tan Ford Taurus and drive away. A search for the car did not turn up the suspect.

The cashier said he could not provide an accurate body type description for the robber because he was wearing the puffy jacket and mask. The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 6 feet tall. The description of the man in the hold-up a week earlier at Online Coffee was very similar: a black male, 6 feet tall, approximately 230 pounds, and bald head.

According to the report, of the five customers in the cafe at the time of the hold-up, only one looked up from her computer screen and saw the man. The witness was unable to provide any additional details or description of the suspect.