Publix robber wanted for crimes across Florida

Authorities are linking at least four robbery or attempted robberies at Publix stores in Florida to the same criminal.

By Kevin P. Connolly, Staff Writer

4:08 p.m. EDT, July 30, 2013

Authorities are linking at least four robbery or attempted robberies at Publix stores in Florida to the same criminal.

Photos were released Tuesday of a man who robbed a Winter Park Publix on Sunday and attempted to rob a Deltona Publix about 90 minutes later.

"Other incidents with a similar description of a suspect were reported in Osceola County on Saturday, and Winter Park and St. Augustine on Sunday," Brandon Haught, a spokesman for the Volusia County Sheriff's Office said in an email.

Winter Park police responded to a report of a robbery with an "implied weapon" at 5:08 p.m. Sunday at the Publix at 440 N. Orlando Avenue, a police report said.

"No information about the amount stolen will be released,'' Winter Park police said.

A man tried to rob a Publix worker at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at the store at 2100 Saxon Blvd.

"A man presented a note to a clerk at the customer service counter that demanded cash and warned the clerk not to call for help. However, the clerk didn't comply,'' Haught's email said. The suspect then folded up his note and left. There was no weapon seen or implied."

The store manager went outside said the would-be robber vanished after heading toward Finland Drive.

"But a moment later a small white pickup truck, possibly a Chevrolet S-10 or Ford Ranger, with a white camper top drove recklessly northbound on Finland Drive and then turned right onto Saxon Boulevard,'' Haught's email said.

Anyone who has information about the attempted robbery is asked to call the Volusia County Sheriff's Office at (386) 860-7030.

People with information about the Winter Park robbery call CrimeLine at 1-800-423-TIPS or Detective Lisa Suepat at 407-599-3282 or lsuepat@cityofwinterpark.org.

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