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A hot dog stand on Milvia Street between Addison and Center streets was robbed Monday afternoon by a man who threatened its longtime owner. 

The owner of Basketvilles hot dog stand said her son left the stand to park a vehicle, and the suspect walked up to the side door and stood there staring inside, according to Capt. Bobby Miller of the Berkeley Police Department. 

The owner asked if she could help him, and he commanded her with threats to “fill one of those brown paper bags with cash.” 

She complied with the suspect’s threats because he was blocking the only door to the stand. She filled the bag with more than $100 and gave it to him. 

He taunted her asking, “I’m going to the bank; do you need any quarters,” and he laughed and walked south on Milvia Street. 

The suspect is described as an African-American male, about 25 years old, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, 150 pounds. He was wearing a blue and white cap with a wide brim and a flowered print shirt and light-colored, 3/4 length pants.