Latest Headlines
- One Injured In Highway 29 Collision Involving Transit Bus With Seven Passengers
- Century Commits Quarter Million Dollars In Expenditures Not On Agenda During Final Minutes Of Meeting
- McDavid Woman Charged With Methamphetamine, Cocaine and Fentanyl Possession
- One Injured In Highway 29, North Tate School Road Crash
- Century Town Clerk Out On Leave; Town To Hire Temp Interim Clerk
- Shutout Win For Tate Baseball As They Honor ‘84 National Champ Aggies
- Tates Boys Tennis Are District Runner-ups; Two Tate Girls Finish Second
- Scruggs Goes 3-4 As Northview Beats Neal 9-1
- New Playground Equipment Added At Harvester Homes Park I In Cantonment
- Godwin and Hernandez Named EREC Scholarship Winners
Tom Thumb Robbery Under Investigation
September 10, 2016
A Cantonment convenience store was robbed early Saturday morning, the third robbery at the store in the past two months.
According to dispatch logs, the robbery was reported at 12:42 a.m. at the Tom Thumb at the corner of Highway 29 and Woodbury Circle, and deputies were on scene in less than one minute. Deputies quickly established a perimeter around the store, and a K-9 unit was called to assist.
There were no details immediately available early Saturday morning from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office on any arrests or a suspect description. There were no reports of any injuries.
In early August, Sheriff’s investigators said they believe two previous robberies at the store were committed by the same suspect. The store was robbed on July 4 and again on July 29. In both robberies, the suspect walked behind the counter and took cash from the register without producing a weapon.
Anyone with information any of the robberies is asked to call the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 436-9620 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 433-STOP.
Pictured above and below: The Tom Thumb at Highway 29 and Woodbury Circle was robbed early Saturday morning. NorthEscambia.com photo by Kristi Barbour. Pictured bottom: A still image from a surveillance video from a robbery at the store in July.
Comments
7 Responses to “Tom Thumb Robbery Under Investigation”
Really sweet employees work there. They may not know your name, but they sure know your face and speak when you come in. Tom Thumb Inc should put security cameras on all four corners of the building so the escape route (vehicle) can be seen.
“Crime is DOWN in Escambia County”.
Really?
this is a shame poor Pensacola
I think after midnight they should just lock the doors and make people pay at a window with a small opening.
This problem could be fixed if the employees were allowed to carry a firearm behind the counter and trained how to use it properly.
Good to hear the employees and others not injured physically.
Guy sure looks fit enough to have a real job so he doesn’t have to rob stores and take what was never his.
Will be curious for future updates and wondering if drugs are the reason for the robbery.
Another one of societies finest at his best