Austin Police Seek Robber Who Dons Jabbawockeez Mask, Clutches Lit Roman Candle

AUSTIN, TX — A man wearing a mask similar to those worn by the Jabbawockeez hip hop dance crew while carrying a Roman candle firework robbed a convenience store in North Austin early Sunday, police said.

It's the third such incident in a span of five days, according to police officials. In Sunday's incident, the suspect entered the 7-Eleven store on Burnet Road just north of Research Boulevard at around 3:15 a.m. on Sunday while demanding money. The suspect fled on foot with an undetermined amount of cash.

No one was injured as a result of the incident, police noted, while releasing no other details. The incident is similar to a pair of others in North and Central Austin last week, police said in a news conference. Police said a suspect had donned the same mask while clutching the lit firework during robberies at a Shell gas station off MoPac Boulevard just south of Anderson Lane on Wednesday and another the following Friday at a 7-Eleven on Airport Boulevard and East 38 1/2 Street.

In the second incident, the suspect was seen fleeing in an older model, green, four-door vehicle with damage to the rear garbage bag over a broken drivers's side rear window, according to police.

Anyone with information is urged to call the Austin police robbery tip line at (512) 974-5092 or Crime Stoppers at 512-472-8477. A reward of up to $1,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest.

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