Police say two Contra Costa County Fair employees were robbed at gunpoint of nearly $90,000 when they went to deposit the fair money at an Antioch bank after 2 a.m. Monday.
A nearly $90,000 heist happened in Antioch, California, and it involved money that you may have spent at the Contra Costa County Fair.
The Contra Costa County Fair ended late Sunday night, but it's what happened in the overnight hours after the fair that is raising eyebrows.Minors now need a chaperone to attend Contra Costa County Fair "Two of our employees were taking a large cash deposit to a bank not too far away and were robbed at the bank, not on the fairgrounds," said Craig Cannon who is president of the Contra Costa County Fair Board of Directors.
He says nearly $90,000 of fair money was stolen outside the bank, which is located in a strip mall where stores are boarded up and unhoused individuals are living in the parking lot.
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