robbery

March 9, 2013

Grocery store robber demands cash, threatens chaos

Southwest FloridaCrime Stoppers is seeking the public’s help identifying a man who robbed a Cape Coral Publix store last weekend, threatening to shoot employees and customers if he didn’t get his way.  Shortly after 7:30 p.m. last Sunday, an unknown man walked into the Publix at 1631 Del Prado Boulevard, and waited in line at the customer service counter.  When he approached the store’s clerk, he implied that he had a weapon, and threatened to shoot the clerk and the store’s patrons if she failed to comply.

Cape police are trying to identify and locate a man who robbed a Cape Coral 7-11 store just a few weeks ago.  But this armed thief doesn’t fit the profile of your typical criminal.  Trish Routte with Crime Stoppers has the story. 

The victim told responding deputies a heavy set male wearing a black mask, black hood and white shorts entered the store and demanded money while pointing a gun.

The victim gave the suspect an undisclosed amount of money and the suspect fled the scene. A customer approaching the store witnessed the male run out of the store and get into a blue four door Oldsmobile.

Robbery detectives with the Lee County Sheriff's Office Major