Crime & Safety
Pizza Hut Robbed On New Year's Eve
Sheriff's Office searching for suspect of a 17th Street Pizza Hut robbery.
A Pizza Hut on Lockwood Ridge Road was robbed late Monday night and the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has released a description of the suspect.
Deputies responded to the Pizza Hut, 3251 17th St., Sarasota at 10:48 p.m. Monday for a reported robbery where a man in his 40s handed an employee a note demanding money and implied that he had a weapon, according to the sheriff's office.
The received an undetermined amount of cash and fled on foot; no weapon was observed, according to the sheriff's office.
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The suspect is described as a white man in his 40s with a black beard, is 6 feet 2 inches tall, 160 pounds and wore an off-white hoodie.
Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Criminal Investigations Section at 941-861-4900 or leave an anonymous tip with Crime Stoppers by calling 941-366-TIPS (8477), online at www.sarasotacrimestoppers.com.
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This version corrects the address of the Pizza Hut.
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