BOCA RATON — Detectives from the Boca Raton Police Services Department are investigating an armed robbery which occurred in the Palmetto Park Square Plaza on Palmetto Park Road around 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 2.
A police report said the victim was loading shopping bags into her car south of the Kmart in the parking lot when she was approached by a black male who pointed a handgun at her and forcibly took her purse. The suspect was last seen fleeing west through the parking lot.
The report described the suspect as a short black male, 5’8”-5’10”, 170 pounds, baggy pants, wearing a blue baseball cap and a black polo shirt with an emblem on the left pocket over a white t-shirt and dark shoes. He also had a bandage on his left hand.
The suspect used the victim’s credit card at a Mobil gas station on Glades Road west of the Turnpike shortly after the robbery, police said. The suspect was wearing the same pants and shoes but was wearing a tank top instead of a polo shirt. He was seen leaving in a green midsize SUV with tinted windows.
Anyone with information is asked call Detective Ron Mello at 561-620-6186 or Crime Stoppers at 800-458-TIPS
