A still photo taken from a surveillance camera provided to media by New Smyrna Beach police shows robbers confronting the young clerk early Wednesday inside TK's Right Stop, 218 N. Dixie Freeway.
Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call the New Smyrna Beach Police Department at 386-424-2200. The green arrow in the locator map pinpoints the robbery.
NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The cops are looking for five people who robbed a clerk at T.K.'s Right Stop early this morning and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Here is a synopsis of the 3 a.m. strong arm robbery at TK's, 218 N. Dixie Freeway, also known as US 1, as described by New Smyrna Beach Police Sgt. Christopher Roos: A dark-colored car with five people in it pulled up to the store.
Three of them walked inside and accosted the 20-year-old clerk, Charles Michaux, with two of the assailants them jumping on him and holding him down while the third grabbed a cash box before they all three bolted out the door and hopped into the car, which sped off.
However, the clerk recognized at least two of the robbers and the cops were able to make a snapshot from surveillance video from a store camera, which was e-mailed along with a press release to New Smyrna Beach-based Headline Surfer, the 24/7 Internet newspaper; the Daytona Beach News-Journal and Orlando TV stations WESH channel 2, WKMG channel 6, WFTV channel 9, Central Florida News 13 and Fox 35.
All five were described as white and one was a woman. The victim identified one of the robbers who entered the store as "Joe," 30 to 35 years of age, close to 6 feet tall, and between 200 and 220 pounds with a muscular build. He had multiple tattoos visible on his arms.
The victim knows the woman with him as "Heather," 30 to 35 years of age, 5 feet 5 and weighing about 150 pounds.
The third man who walked in with the other two was bald with an unshaven face, between 30 and 40 years old. He was close to 6 feet tall like the other man, but heavier at close to 240 pounds.
The clerk was not injured in the robbery. Anyone with information on the robbery is asked to call New Smyrna Beach police at 386-424-2220.