Boca beauty store armed robbery suspect nabbed in Toledo
September 30, 2010 · 0 Comments
BOCA RATON – With help from police in Toledo, Ohio, Boca Raton authorities have located a suspect in connection with the Sept. 19 knifepoint robbery of a clerk at Sally’s Beauty Supply, 1950 NE 5th Avenue.
During the initial investigation, Boca Raton Police Detective Hanley circulated a photograph of the suspect, taken from surveillance video. A member of the Boca Raton Police Tactical Team saw the photograph and notified Detective Hanley that the suspect’s name was Toby Berry, 45,
Toby Berry
with no listed address.
The police officer had spoken to Berry Sept. 16 during a routine street encounter in the parking lot of the Fifth Avenue Shops. During that encounter, Berry had a gold and silver medium size folding pocketknife in his possession, and said he was staying with a friend at Boca Manor Apartments on North Federal Highway.
Berry was arrested Sept. 27 in Toledo. Boca’s Public Information Officer Sandra Boonenberg said Detective Hanley filed for a warrant for Berry for the charge of robbery with a deadly weapon. She said the investigation revealed that Berry had previously lived in Toledo, Ohio and still has family there. Detectives notified officials in Ohio that Berry might be heading to their jurisdiction. Berry was arrested in Toledo without incident.
Boonenberg said Boca Raton detectives went to an apartment at Boca Manor and spoke with the resident, who said Berry had been staying with her for the past week. The resident identified Berry as the person in the surveillance video at the beauty store.
