Las Vegas Sun

May 5, 2024

Police release photo of suspect in Strip armed robbery

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Las Vegas Metro Police released this surveillance photo Monday afternoon of a suspect in the March 30 robbery of a business near the intersection of South Las Vegas Boulevard and Sands Avenue. Police said the man in the photo entered the back office of the business and pointed a gun at an employee and instructed the employee to take the cash out of the safe and place it into a duffel bag the suspect was carrying.

Robbery

Metro Police today asked for the public's help in identifying a man suspected of robbing a Las Vegas Strip business at gunpoint during the evening of March 30.

Police released a surveillance photo, which shows a white man with brown hair and a goatee wearing black sunglasses with yellow reflective lenses. The man was also wearing a long-sleeved blue plaid shirt, yellow gloves and dark green pants, police said.

Police said the robbery occurred about 9:10 p.m. March 30 when the man in the photo entered the back office of the business and pointed a gun at an employee and instructed the employee to take the cash out of the safe and place it into a duffel bag the suspect was carrying. The robber then fled.

Police did not release the name of the business, but said it is in the area of Las Vegas Boulevard South and Sands Avenue.

That intersection has the Fashion Show mall on the northwest, the Wynn Las Vegas and Encore on the northeast, the Palazzo Las Vegas resort on the southeast and Treasure Island on the southwest.

Anyone with information is urged to contact Metro's Robbery Section at 702-828-3591. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 702-385-5555 or visit www.crimestoppersofnv.com.

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