By Colin McEwen
Record-Courier staff writer
ROOTSTOWN " The Portage County Sheriff's Department is searching for two masked men who robbed the McDonald's restaurant at the corner of Lynn Road and S.R. 44 at gunpoint Wednesday.
Sheriff Duane Kaley said the men entered the store at approximately 7:40 p.m. One of the men reportedly brandished a semi-automatic hand gun at workers, demanding money from the cash register.
The men then fled on foot, Kaley said, disappearing into the woods north of Lynn Road.
Kaley said deputies responded within five minutes, and a K-9 unit was dispatched, following the robbers' trail until the scent was lost north of Lynn Road.
The men were described as black males, one approximately 6-foot-2 and 150 lbs., and the other at approximately 5-foot-8 and 200 lbs.
The amount of money taken was not disclosed.
No one was injured in the robbery, but one of the witnesses became faint and was treated at the scene by paramedics.
Kaley said this is the first time the McDonald's on Lynn Road had been robbed.
Anyone with information can contact Det. Scott Witkosky or Capt. John Ristity at (330) 296-5100 or (330) 297-3890.