MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Md. ( DC News Now ) – On Wednesday, the Montgomery County Department of Police (MCPD) released surveillance video showing a man robbing two businesses in Silver Spring just moments apart last month.
MCPD said a man armed with a gun went into Genet Ethiopian Market and Rhuth’s African Kitchen and demanded money from both establishments. The experience left the owner of each business traumatized.
“It was scary,” Ruth Jalloh said. “It was scary.”
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Jalloh is the owner of Rhuth’s African Kitchen. She said she was opening her restaurant for the day on Sept. 26 when a stranger burst through the door.
“From the video, you see that. ‘Give me the register, give me the register.’ Then, nobody answered him. We moved to the back and then he went over the counter and grabbed the register,” Jalloh said.
As he grabbed the register, Jalloh attempted to see who the man was.
“He had his face covered,” she said. “His nose covered, he had his hand gloves and everything. It was traumatizing.”