Deputies: Hockey Mask-Wearing Man With Gun, Rock Robbed Pizza Hut
Assailant Wore Mechanic's Gloves, Deputies Say
POSTED: Tuesday, May 20, 2008
UPDATED: 5:31 pm EDT May 20,
2008
  A man wearing a camoflauge hunting mask with a black hockey mask over the top of it and armed with a semiautomatic gun and a rock robbed the Pizza Hut located at 500 Overlook Drive in Winter Haven, deputies said. |
WINTER HAVEN, Fla. -- A man wearing a camouflage hunting mask with a black hockey mask over the top of it and armed with a semiautomatic gun and a rock robbed a Central Florida pizza restaurant, according to sheriff's deputies.According to the Polk County Sheriff's Office, a man entered the Pizza Hut located at 500 Overlook Drive in Winter Haven just before midnight on Saturday and robbed the cashier and others before fleeing.The assailant was described as a black man in his 30s, about 6 feet tall and 250 pounds. He was wearing black shorts, a black baseball-style shirt, camouflage mechanic's gloves and a camouflage hunting mask with a black hockey mask over the top of it. The man had a dark semiautomatic handgun in one hand and a rock in the other, deputies said.Anyone with information about the incident is urged to contact Heartland Crime Stoppers at 800-226-TIPS.Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.
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