Crime & Safety

Sheriff's Office Seeks Help Identifying Armed Robbery Suspect

Surveillance video from the Circle K captured images of an armed robbery suspect

The Manatee County Sheriff's Office is seeking help in identifying a man who robbed a Circle K convenience store at gun point.

The man showed the clerk his firearm and demanded that the clerk hand over the store's money. The suspect ran from the store at 9608 US 41, Palmetto with an undisclosed amount of cash. But before he got away, the store's surveillance cameras captured his image.

No one was injured during he armed robbery.

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The sheriff's department is asking anyone who recognizes the man in the video or who has with information about the crime to call the MANATEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE at (941) 747-3011 or Crime Stoppers at (866) 634-TIPS (8477).

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