The Bay County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance to identify three suspects involved in a grand theft case at the Dollar General Store at 2323 E. 15th Street, Panama City.
On October 28, 2013, deputies responded to the store after receiving a 911 call in reference to the theft at about 6:20 p.m. and made contact with a store employee. The employee stated two women had shopped in the store and come to the checkout counter to purchase their items. Just as the employee rang up the items, a man entered the store and spoke to the two women, telling them he was going to take all the items out to the car while they paid. Then one of the women swiped a credit card to make the purchase but the car was declined. The employee asked for the card but the women refused. As this was happening one of the women slipped out the front door. After refusing to give her card to the employee, the second woman ran out the front door without paying for the items, valued at over three hundred dollars.
The store employee ran out the door after them and saw a vehicle leaving the parking lot she thought could have been a ’92 to ’99 white Suburban.
All three suspects are white. One woman is described as 5’2”, 25 to 30 years of age, with blondish brown hair and wearing pink and purple sunglasses. She was wearing a red, white, and blue striped shirt and blue jeans. The other woman was slightly taller with brown hair, and wore a black and white shirt and blue jeans. The male suspect was about 6’ tall with short or shaved brown hair and wore a black shirt and blue grey pants. The incident was captured on store security video.
Anyone with any information on these suspects is asked to contact the Bay County Sheriff’s Office at 747-4700 or Crime Stoppers at 785-TIPS.
BCSO REPORT Prepared by R. Corley with Information by Inv. D. Sullivan and Approved by Major T. Ford November 15, 2013