Police make arrest at Pittsburgh Cafe

Crista Santucci thought it would be a quiet Monday night behind the bar at Pittsburgh… Crista Santucci thought it would be a quiet Monday night behind the bar at Pittsburgh Cafe.

But that changed when Pitt police and city police arrested a man in the bar’s bathroom for stealing a car.

City police confirmed that they, along with Pitt police, made an arrest at Pittsburgh Cafe after 9 p.m. Monday night for auto theft but wouldn’t release the name of the man they arrested.

Rob North, the head of security for the bar, was there for quiz night, though he wasn’t working. He said a man walked into the bar, patted somebody on the back and walked into the second floor bathroom.

Santucci said the man was “cordial, cool and collected” before the police came in asking Santucci if a man matching his description entered the bar.

North said once the police came in, he got everyone out of the bar except for himself and Santucci, and the police placed the man who had entered the bar earlier under arrest.

“It was a very quick process,” North said.

Shortly after, business resumed at the bar.

Santucci said that unfortunately for the man who police arrested, he just missed the bar’s back exit, which could have been a possible getaway.

“He was two feet away from it when he went upstairs,” she said.

Mallory Grossman contributed to the report.