Sheriff Seeks Tips On Convenience Store Cigarette Thieves

WESLEY CHAPEL, FL -- The Pasco County Sheriff's Office is attempting to identify two men who swiped cartons of cigarettes from a Wesley Chapel 7-Eleven.

On June 10 around 12:30 a.m., two men entered the 7-Eleven at 27219 Wesley Chapel Blvd. and asked the employee for cartons of cigarettes. When the employee placed the cartons on the counter, the men swiped the cartons and fled out the door without paying.

Around 1 a.m., the same two men entered the RaceTrac at 27140 State Road 56 and robbed a store employee of several cartons of cigarettes, then again fled the business on foot.

One is described as black with short hair and a goatee wearing a white T-shirt, dark-colored ripped pants and dark-colored shoes.

The other is also black with a goatee and was wearing a Florida Gators hoodie, dark-colored shorts and dark-colored sneakers. Both appear to be in their 20s or 30s.

If you have any information, call the Pasco Sheriff's Office Crime Tips Line at 1-800-706-2488 immediately.