VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. – Officers with the Ormond Beach Police Department are searching for a man in connection with an armed robbery at a Publix in Ormond Town Square.
Police said around 6:23 p.m. on Tuesday officers responded to the armed robbery at the store.
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Investigators said officers were advised the suspect, who is believed to be in his mid-20s and was wearing a blue COVID-19 mask, a black hat with a CAT logo, a black shirt and blue jeans, requested to speak with a manager about baby food.
Officers said the suspect, while in the baby aisle, displayed a gun and demanded the manager take him to the cash office, where he stole an undisclosed amount of money from a vault, according to police.
According to a police report, the man told the manager and store clerk who were in the cash office to lie face-down on the ground and not to move for five minutes after he left the store or “he would shoot the first pedestrian he saw.”
After collecting money from the office, the man left the store through the front entrance before walking behind the building and fleeing, police said. Investigators said they believe the man had previously come from the area of a nearby movie theater and discount tire store.
No other details were immediately available.
Anyone with information on the incident asked to call 386-676-3518.