The attack happened about 6 p.m. Monday at Jim Massey Cleaner’s in the 500 block of South Street in Montgomery.
Central Alabama Crime Stoppers on Friday offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to the identity of the suspects.
Crime Stoppers Executive Director Tony Garrett, citing published reports, said Jim Massey III was held at gunpoint, assaulted and forced to open the safe.
Massey was reportedly zip tied at the hands and feet as the robbers took an undisclosed amount of money and his vehicle, Garrett said.
Massey’s car was found abandoned three blocks from the business.
Massey told WAKA 8 he was alone in his office when he heard a loud crash and then encountered a man rushing toward him.
The man told Massey they had accidentally crashed a car through the front door.
“I realized he had on a mask, goggles, and a hat. And about that time, there was a second one behind him. They both grabbed me, and behind them were two more guys,’’ Massey told WAKA. “They said, ‘Let’s go to the safe. Take us to the safe.’ And I said, ‘OK.’ They had a gun. There were four of them. I did not have a gun—probably, thank goodness.”
The suspects were wearing hard hats and reflective construction vests, according to surveillance photos released by Crime Stoppers.
Massey told the television station he was hit, which led to a black eye and a chipped tooth.
Massey, in an interview with WSFA, said he’s working to keep busy following the attack.
“When I’m working,’’ he said, “I’m not thinking about it.”
Jim Massey Sr. started the dry-cleaning business in Montgomery in 1941. Since then it has grown into more than 40 locations in Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
Anyone with information on the identity of the suspects is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 334-215-STOP (7867) or 1-833-AL1-STOP (833-251-7867).
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