Albuquerque restaurant stops accepting cash after multiple robberies [View all]

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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.-
The employees at 'Burritos Alinstante' in Albuquerque a worried for their safety. The restaurant has continually been targeted by robbers, and workers have been held at gunpoint.

In an attempt to make employees feel safer, the restaurant is no longer accepting cash. "We've had to make that decision in this store because we have been robbed so many times this year," said Mary Ellen Chavez, owner of the restaurant. Chavez said some of the robbers have ordered food and then pulled a gun.

"Once my register opened, he said 'give me all your money, give it all to me' and then followed me with a gun," said Stephanie Sosa, an employee at Burritos Alinstante. "We went to that register. I pulled it out, threw it on the countertop, and he took everything and bolted out."

Employees have had a gun pointed at them three different times, and witnessed other crimes.

Police reports have been filed, however, Chavez has not heard about anyone being caught.

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