Crime & Safety

Bloomingdale Robbery Suspect Apprehended

Sheriff's deputies arrested Michael Greene in Tampa.

The suspect in the armed robbery of a Bloomingdale Mobil station was arrested today and transported to the Orient Road Jail.

Suspect Michael Greene was arrested at a residence at 3206 E. Henry Ave., in Tampa and taken into custody without incident. 

Greene has been identified as the man who walked into the Mobil 1 convenience store at 615 E. Bloomingdale Ave., Brandon, March 15 at approximately 3:30 a.m. armed with a pair of scissors and physically forced the cashier into the back of the store while threatening her with the scissors. 

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Greene allegedly removed an undisclosed amount of currency from the cash drawer and fled southbound on Kings Avenue riding a black mountain bike.

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