Bomb squad responds to Tampa Blockbuster
TAMPA -- The search is on for a man who police said tried to hold up a video store by threatening to blow it up with a fake detonator.
Police said the man entered the Blockbuster Video store at 8416 N. Armenia Ave. just before midnight and placed on the counter a "white package with wires taped to it." Police said he threatened to detonate the device if employees didn't open the safe.
Store clerks told the would-be robber it would take 20 minutes to open the safe, which had been set for a time delay. He ran off empty-handed.
The Tampa Police Bomb Squad was called into detonate the device, later determined to be fake.
Police are searching for the man, described as a white, 6 feet tall and weighing between 180 to 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a scarf or bandanna around his face.
-- Casey Cora, Times staff writer
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Description fits about half of tampas male population going to be kinda hard to find him with no other leads sure they are trying for finger prints he didnthave gloves on by the report givin so hope they find this worthless piece of trash before he does get a actual bomb built
Posted by: bobcatwelder | July 16, 2007 at 12:23 PM