June 14, 2007
Brandon Haught
Public Information Office

ARMED ROBBERS HOLD UP DEBARY CONVENIENCE STORE 

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an early Thursday morning robbery in DeBary. Two gun-wielding men entered the convenience store and demanded money from the two clerks. While one robber grabbed cash from the registers, the other helped himself to a few cartons of cigarettes. No shots were fired and no one was injured.   

     
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Deputies were notified at approximately 12:55 a.m. that the Kangaroo Express at 399 S. Charles R. Beall Blvd. had just been robbed. The two clerks, who were the only ones in the store at the time of the robbery, told responding deputies that two black males wearing hooded sweaters and bandannas covering the lower half of their faces entered the store. One man had a handgun and the other had a long gun, possibly a shotgun. The one with the handgun demanded money from both of the store’s registers. A clerk opened them for him and the robber snatched up the cash. While he was doing that, the robber with the long gun grabbed a few cartons of cigarettes. The 38-year-old clerk told deputies that the men then left and she heard them say, “thank you.” The 19-year-old clerk saw the men get into a silver car with dents on the rear passenger side and drive away. 

Several deputies and a Sheriff’s Office helicopter began converging on scene within two minutes of getting the call and started setting up a perimeter, but the robbers were not found. The robber with the handgun was a black male, approximately 5’10” tall and 175 pounds. The other suspect was a black male, approximately 6’2” tall and 210 pounds. 

Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to contact investigator Charles Lee at (386) 668-3830 or Crime Stoppers of Northeast Florida toll-free at 1-888-277-TIPS. Callers to Crime Stoppers will remain anonymous and can qualify for a reward of up to $1,000.