Crime & Safety
Do You Recognize This Couple? They're Wanted For Robbery
Pasco detectives are searching for the people who used stolen credit cards at the Lutz Walmart shortly after striking and robbing a woman.
ZEPHYRHILLS, FL -- Pasco detectives are searching for the people who used stolen credit cards at the Walmart in Lutz shortly after striking and robbing a woman in Zephyrhills.
The victim was in the parking lot of a friend’s apartment complex at 34914 Teeview Lane shortly after 2:30 a.m. Sunday, April 1, when a woman approached and spoke to her. Suddenly, someone struck her from behind, cut her neck and pushed her to the ground. When she collected herself, she realized her purse containing her cell phone and wallet with multiple credit cards was gone.
About an hour later, the stolen credit cards were used at the Walmart at 1575 Land O’ Lakes Blvd. in Lutz. Store surveillance cameras captured a white woman and a black man using the stolen credit cards.
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The victim said this is the same woman who approached her in the parking lot.
Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies say the stolen credit cards were used at the Walmart on Dale Mabry Highway and at two other Walmarts in Hillsborough County as well.
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Crime Stoppers of Tampa Bay is offering a reward of up to $3,000 for information that leads to the identification and arrest of the robbers. If you recognize these people, contact Crimestoppers at 1-800-873-8477, reference case 18-13089.
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