MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Ben & Jerry's is offering five years worth of free ice cream for the arrest of a man caught on surveillance video stealing $160 from a tip jar at a store in Melbourne.

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Police said a man was videotaped at the Melbourne Ben & Jerry's store located on Hibiscus Boulevard near the Premiere Theaters Oaks Stadium 10 reaching into the cow-shaped jar and removing the money.

"It's pretty despicable that someone would steal tip money from teenagers," store owner Matt Solomon told Local 6 News partner Florida Today. "These kids work hard behind this counter."

Ben & Jerry's is offering one free scoop of ice cream -- cone or cup -- every week for five years to anyone who provides information leading to an arrest. Solomon estimated the reward's value at $1,000.

Solomon said the man -- about 6 feet 2 inches tall and heavy-set -- purchased ice cream with a woman and two girls. Security footage reveals he was clutching an ice-cream cup and cradling an ice-cream carton in his arm when the theft occurred.

"When I went back and watched the video, he was actually casing it," Solomon said of the tip jar. "He was looking through fliers and shuffling through them, then he came over and got a (ice cream) sample, then he looked back and actually moved the cow."

Despite "wanted" posters featuring security-camera stills, Solomon said no suspects have emerged.

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