Escambia Deputies Investigating String Of Armed Robberies

October 27, 2009

Escambia County deputies are searching for two black males in connection with a string of robberies in Pensacola this morning.

At about 4:40 a.m., two unidentified black males entered the Waffle House located in the 6900 block of Highway 29. The suspects, whose identity was concealed by hunting or camouflage masks, were armed with handguns and ordered the employees to the floor. The suspects ordered one of the employees to open the cash register and then removed the drawer and fled the store and were last seen running behind the Howard Johnson Motel.

At approximately the same time as the Waffle House robbery another report came in from a truck driver who was parked in the Howard Johnson parking lot stating he had been robbed at gunpoint. Contact was made with truck driver for Hungry Howie Distribution. The driver stated he was inspecting his truck before going on his route when he was approached by two black males.

bluelights5.jpgAccording to the truck driver, both suspects brandished semi automatic handguns and demanded his money. The suspects had their identities concealed with what was described as bandanas and sunglasses. The clothing description of jeans with one suspect wearing a windbreaker type jacket along with the physical description, matched the suspects from the Waffle House robbery.

While patrol and K-9 units worked the scene at the first two robberies, a holdup alarm was received from the Tom Thumb convenience store in the 6900 block of Pine Forest Road. Escambia Deputies responded to the alarm and discovered that the business had just been robbed along with customers that were inside the store.

The suspects’ descriptions given matched that of the same suspects from the two previous robberies. The suspects entered the Tom Thumb at approximately 5 a.m. and demanded money from the cash register. The suspects also demanded money from the customers inside the business and one customer that was standing outside the business. The suspects were last seen running down Longleaf Drive where it is believed they entered an unknown vehicle.

No one was injured in the robberies. The suspects are facing multiple charges to include Armed Robbery/with a firearm, Aggravated Assault with intent to commit a felony, public order crimes (wearing a mask/hood during the commission of a felony) and displaying a firearm during a felony, according to Sgt. Ted Roy, public information officer for the ECSO. “Once caught, the suspects will be facing many years behind bars on the multiple felony counts.”

Anyone with any information in this string of robberies is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at 436-STOP.

Comments

5 Responses to “Escambia Deputies Investigating String Of Armed Robberies”

  1. robert on October 30th, 2009 3:44 pm

    Well until the laws get tougher and law enforcement starts killing these scum without having to worry about getting the chair themselves. Nothing is going to change..

  2. sandy on October 29th, 2009 12:35 pm

    it sad we the people work so hard to have somethigng in life and the thugs cant get off thair lazy-h and go to work if thair are not on welfair thay still from hard working folks that trying to make it in this world i hope the punks get what coming to them put me in the jury box

  3. EMD on October 27th, 2009 2:40 pm

    The darkness deepens.

  4. JJ on October 27th, 2009 1:35 pm

    Unfortunately, they have not tried to rob any crack-shot 81-year-olds yet….. I guess one can only hope.

  5. Stuart on October 27th, 2009 1:04 pm

    Happy hunting ECSD!!!

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