Fayetteville police are working on identifying a masked man and woman who robbed the Zaxby’s restaurant on Ga. Highway 85 near the Fayette Pavilion late Monday evening.

One of the intruders had a baseball bat, and five employees were ordered into the cooler, said Police Lt. Beverly Trainor. The assailants also confiscated the employees’ cell phones, but one of the employees managed to keep theirs to call 911, Trainor said.

No one was hurt during the incident, she added.
Trainor said police were following up on some leads in the case Wednesday morning.

The suspects, a black male and a black female, were dressed in all black with black ski masks, and it was the black female wielding the baseball bat, police said

The suspects apparently entered the business after an employee went out the back door to take out trash just before 11 p.m., Trainor said. When the employee came back, he noticed the door was closed and locked, and he went around to the front of the store he was unable to get someone to let him in, Trainor said.

When the employee went back to the rear of the store, he heard the rear door close, Trainor said.

Police have recovered two ski masks that were believed to have been used during the crime in addition to some of the change. The suspects were also wearing black gloves, Trainor said.

The suspects got away with approximately $2,000, police said. It was not known whether they got away on foot or had a vehicle nearby for escape, police said.

A K-9 dog attempted to search the area in an attempt to pick up the suspects’ scent, but he was unsuccessful, Trainor said. When the call was relayed to police, an officer was very close by but several minutes had already passed since the suspects escaped, Trainor added.

One of the ski masks was recovered in the driveway of a day care center just behind the restaurant and the other was recovered in an area off Ellis Road, Trainor said.