BSO: Search on for shoplifter locked in Lauderdale Lakes store
LAUDERDALE LAKES - The Broward Sheriff's Office is looking for an impatient robber who stole several hundred dollars worth of clothing from the Rainbow store on State Road 7 and Oakland Park Boulevard on December 7th.
The heist was caught on store surveillance video.
In the video, you see the man has clothing in his arms and gets frustrated when he can't open the locked front door.
He begins kicking the door. After he figures out how to unlock the door the robber turns around and pushes a worker to the ground.
On Friday, CBS4 talked to the worker who was pushed, about the ordeal.
She said, "He was kicking the door really hard and said 'let me out.' I said we won't call 9-1-1, just drop the clothes and walk away. That's when he pushed me and grabbed the stuff."
She said she became suspicious of the man when he started gathering a lot of clothes and refused to take them to the checkout counter for holding.
She locked the front door. At that point, the robber went to the door, stolen clothes in hand and tried to make a quick exit. Frustrated he couldn't leave the store he began kicking the door.
After that, he figured out how to open the door. That is when he turned around and lunged at the worker.
She said getting pushed to the ground was scary, "I blacked out for a little and didn't think of running after him."
The thief grabbed more clothes and ran out the door. That's when BSO said he got into a getaway vehicle.
"He fled in a red pickup truck that was waiting outside. So, if anyone was on North State Road 7 on December 7th around 8 p.m. and saw a red truck leave the Rainbow clothing store, call detectives," said BSO spokeswoman Miranda Grossman.
Anyone with information is asked to contact BSO Det. Armando Enrique at (954) 321-4233 or contact Broward Crime Stoppers at (954) 493-8477.