{"id":46242,"date":"2026-08-15T08:02:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46242"},"modified":"2026-08-15T08:02:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T03:02:26","slug":"shake-shack-employee-in-phoenix-faces-armed-robbery-and-kidnapping-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=46242","title":{"rendered":"Shake Shack employee in Phoenix faces armed robbery and kidnapping charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">An <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_8468519\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/southwest\/arizona\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arizona<\/a> Shake Shack employee is facing charges after allegedly robbing his own restaurant at gunpoint, locking two co-workers in a walk-in cooler and then returning to work in uniform just two days later.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">Keondre Simmons, 33, allegedly called out of work at the Shake Shack at Kierland Commons in <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_8468520\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/phoenix-scottsdale-and-tempe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phoenix<\/a> around midnight on Aug. 3 before showing up at the restaurant later that morning to commit the robbery, according to court documents reviewed by <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_8468521\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox10phoenix.com\/news\/man-accused-robbing-his-workplace-kierland-commons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">FOX 10 Phoenix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Investigators responding to the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_8468522\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/robbery-theft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">armed robbery<\/a> learned that an employee opened a rear delivery door after hearing a bell and believing a scheduled delivery had arrived.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_8468523\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/chick-fil-employee-busted-bizarre-mac-cheese-theft-scheme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CHICK-FIL-A EMPLOYEE BUSTED IN BIZARRE $80K 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height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Keondre Simmons, 33, is accused of robbing the Shake Shack where he worked at gunpoint before returning to the restaurant in uniform two days later, according to court documents.<\/span> <span>(Maricopa County Sheriff&#8217;s Office; iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;[The employee] opened the door after hearing the delivery bell, believing a scheduled delivery had arrived,&#8221; court documents state.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;When the door opened, the suspect pointed a firearm at [the employee], ordered him inside, and escorted him at gunpoint toward the walk-in cooler. The suspect forced [the employee] inside and locked the cooler door.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Police said the suspect then forced the on-duty manager into the office and ordered him to open the store&#8217;s safe.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;[The on-duty manager] unlocked the safe and, under threat of firearm, removed approximately $2,800 in mixed denominations and placed it into a black gun case-style container the suspect carried,&#8221; police wrote. &#8220;The suspect subsequently forced [the on-duty manager] into the walk-in cooler with [the employee], and successfully locked the door.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_8468524\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/terrion-arnold-kidnapping-armed-robbery-charges-florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>TERRION ARNOLD, LIONS&#8217; 2024 FIRST-ROUND PICK, CHARGED WITH KIDNAPPING AND ARMED ROBBERY IN FLORIDA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/343\/192\/istock-471520039.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/686\/384\/istock-471520039.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/672\/378\/istock-471520039.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1344\/756\/istock-471520039.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/931\/523\/istock-471520039.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1862\/1046\/istock-471520039.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/720\/405\/istock-471520039.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1440\/810\/istock-471520039.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/1200\/675\/istock-471520039.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"New York City, USA - April 15, 2013: Customers dine at Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. The chain diner opened in 2004 and the Madison Square Park location is the original.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>New York City, USA &#8211; April 15, 2013: Customers dine at Shake Shack in Madison Square Park. The chain diner opened in 2004 and the Madison Square Park location is the original.<\/span> <span>(\u00a0)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Investigators said both victims eventually managed to escape the cooler, but the suspect returned moments later, escorted them to the office and ordered them to kneel at gunpoint.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;The suspect took both victims&#8217; cellphones and the office landline, then destroyed them by throwing them into a sink filled with water. The suspect then exited the business through the rear delivery door,&#8221; police wrote.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Investigators later identified Simmons as the suspect, according to the court documents.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Two days after the robbery, Simmons allegedly returned to the Shake Shack wearing his work uniform, where police arrested him.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_8468525\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/six-men-allegedly-kidnapped-two-people-vacation-resort-tortured-boat-ramp-fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SIX MEN ALLEGEDLY KIDNAPPED TWO PEOPLE AT VACATION RESORT, TORTURED THEM AT BOAT RAMP: FBI<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/shake-shack.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/shake-shack.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/shake-shack.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/shake-shack.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/shake-shack.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/shake-shack.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/shake-shack.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/shake-shack.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/shake-shack.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Outside a Shake Shack restaurant.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A Shake Shack employee allegedly stole approximately $2,800 from the restaurant at Kierland Commons in Phoenix after holding two co-workers at gunpoint, according to court documents.<\/span> <span>(iStock)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Simmons later told investigators that he &#8220;discarded the clothing worn during the incident, and a firearm is inside his residence,&#8221; according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Simmons faces charges of armed robbery, <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_8468526\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/genres\/crime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aggravated assault and kidnapping<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">He is scheduled to appear in court Aug. 25.<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <!----> <\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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