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Man Robs Century Coin Laundry, Flees With Change In Plastic Pumpkin
April 22, 2016
Authorities are on the hunt for a man that robbed a coin laundry in Century with a plastic pumpkin Thursday afternoon.
The man walked into the Century Coin Laundry and Self Storage with a children’s trick-or-treat Halloween pumpkin and demanded that it be filed with change, according to Sgt. Andrew Hobbs, spokesperson for the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office. He then fled, with the pumpkin, in an unknown direction.
The man did not produce a weapon, and there were no injuries reported, Hobbs said. The suspect was described as a white male about 50 to 60 years of age wearing camouflage pants and hat, and a dirty gray shirt.
The coin laundry and self storage facility is located on North Century Boulevard near the state line, next to the Food Giant grocery store.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
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14 Responses to “Man Robs Century Coin Laundry, Flees With Change In Plastic Pumpkin”
C’mon people. Any crime is serious, no matter the circumstances. We need to be on the lookout for this guy before he escalates his crimes.
To help us be more vigilant… can we get a better description of that pumpkin?
Chuck E Cheese better be keeping their game tokens under lock and key until this crime wave passes.
Poor guy sounds pretty desperate with his plastic pumpkin.
I am sure glad he did not run into one of those hated NRA, Second Amendment type people……trick or treat.
Can anybody make heads or tails of this dirty crime?? Could it have anything to do with money laundering??
The struggle is real.
Not to worry about crime in Century. Mayor McCall (aka–boss hog) will call code enforcement and have it taken care of.
Sounds like it is time for Century to make a……..change.
Person of same description about the same time on a bicycle on West state line road headed west, no hat, didn’t notice a pumpkin but was just casually looking as I went by. Noticed camouflage long pants and grey hair. Bike had no fenders.
Maybe he can afford a better bucket now…he can also check off another item on his bucket list too
Sounds like the person I had reported as a suspicious person around the West Cottage Street area Thursday afternoon. I wonder if that was him.
A murder commited less than a mile from this location, a robbery in broad day light at a business on 29. Dollar general robbed recently. Be careful folks, it’s getting ugly. Conceal carry, get a permit and watch your backs.
Really!!! Going risk going to jail forever for some coins in a bucket.
So glad my mother decided to quit that place ! That could’ve very well have been her who got robbed !! No where is safe anymore! !