Your tacos or your life

An armed robber who sneaked up on a bicyclist Sunday night didn't want the man's money, wallet or anything else of great value. He wanted his tacos.

The victim, a 35-year-old Fontana man, had just bought about $20 in tacos from a stand at the corner of San Bernardino and Fontana avenues and was riding home when the bandit confronted him.

"He approached him from behind saying, 'Give me your tacos,'" said Fontana police Sgt. Jeff Decker. "He grabbed the bag of tacos, punched him in the face and began to flee."

"The suspect then pointed what appeared to be a black handgun at the victim," Decker said. The taco bandit, standing about five feet away from the victim, threatened to kill him, and then ran.

The suspect is described as a 25- to 30-year-old white man, 5-feet-10 inches tall and 190 pounds. He has brown hair and eyes and wore a black hooded sweatshirt.

Decker said it's not uncommon for food robberies to occur when the victim is a pizza delivery person, but he considered this crime to be odd. "Doing an armed robbery for tacos, that's a little out there," he said.