Robbery near Langer’s Deli raises safety concerns as owner considers closing eatery
LA TimesA man walks with his belongings in a shopping cart across the street from Langer’s Deli on Aug. 21. Days after the owner of Langer’s Deli threatened to close the historic establishment because of public-safety concerns, lunchtime patrons got an inkling into what was on his mind. Around 1:30 Thursday afternoon, a woman was assaulted and robbed near the deli on Alvarado Street by an assailant who took a chain from her, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The woman was walking by the deli in distress, crying and talking on the phone when a customer noticed her and recommended that she come into the restaurant to calm down, an employee told the deli’s owner, Norm Langer. An Instagram user who was eating at Langer’s at the time of the incident posted a photo of the woman at the restaurant, but incorrectly stated that the robbery had occurred inside the deli.
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