Pasco Deputies Arrest 2 Accused Robbers In Separate Crimes

HUDSON, FL –Pasco County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested two men in separate armed robberies in Hudson and Holiday.

On Monday, Jan. 15, deputies responded to an armed robbery call at the Family Dollar Store at 12225 Little Road in Hudson where two victims reported that a man armed with a hatchet threatened to harm them and their families if they didn't give him their cell phones.

The sheriff’s helicopter and K9 teams tracked the accused, Michael S. Gorsuch, 30, to a homeless camp in the woods. He was arrested without incident and led deputies to the stolen property in the tent where he lives.

The same day, deputies responded to a complaint of a robbery from a man who arranged over the Internet to have sex with a couple.

The victim said he responded to a Craigslist ad asking for partners willing to have sex with a couple. When the victim arrived at the couple's home at 1445 Jennings Drive, Holiday, a woman answered the door and invited him into a bedroom where he removed his clothes. At that point, according to the victim, Robert Roser, 39, burst in and announced this was a police sting. The victim told deputies that Roser took him to a laundry room and searched him, taking $60 cash and two condoms before escorting him to his car and ordering him to leave.

Deputies charged Roser with strong-armed robbery.

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