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Police: Man with machete robs Domino's, tries to set fire

Police said Curtis Andrew Wallace Jr. told Domino's employees that he would "chop heads off” before locking them in an office and then a freezer.

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Police in North Carolina say a man robbed a Domino's Pizza with a machete and then tried to set the store ablaze. 

The Citizen Times reports that the alleged incident occurred late Monday night in Asheville. Police said in a statement that Curtis Andrew Wallace Jr. told Domino's employees that he would "chop heads off” before locking them in an office and then a freezer. 

Police said Wallace took nearly $700 from a safe. They said Wallace then tried to start a fire in one of the pizza ovens when the employees were still trapped. He was taken into custody when police arrived.  

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