ARMED ROBBERY – TAMPA, FL

On 12/31/19, at approximately 10:42 a.m., a subject entered a jewelry store with his face completely covered by a white hoodie. As two sales associates were standing in the store’s middle island, the subject brandished a weapon and ordered one of the associates to get on the floor. He instructed the other associate to fill up a backpack with rings. The associate complied. Approximately 30 seconds later, the subject became impatient. He went to the area where the associate was filling his backpack. He then grabbed handfuls of rings and stuffed them into his backpack. He proceeded to run out of the door to the nearest mall exit. The subject was described as a 24=year-old White male. He is 5’5” and weighs 145 lbs. He was last seen wearing blue jeans, a white hoodie, and black sneakers. If you have any information regarding this subject, please call the Jewelers’ Security Alliance at 212-687-0328.