my weekend...
Two Kenosha women robbed at gunpoint in grocery store parking lot
BY MARCI LAEHR TENUTA
Journal Times
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 10:24 AM CST
RACINE - Two Kenosha women were robbed at gunpoint Saturday night while loading groceries into their minivan in the Pick 'N Save parking lot, 2406 Green Bay Road.
Racine police said the women, both age 22, had just finished grocery shopping at 6:46 p.m. They loaded the grocery bags into the minivan and started to get into the driver's and passenger's seats when they were approached by two suspects wearing dark hoodies and bandanas over their faces.
One of the suspects walked up to the driver's window, pulled out a blue semi-automatic handgun and demanded the driver's purse. When she told him she didn't have one, he demanded the passenger's purse. The woman in the passenger's seat threw her purse to the second suspect.
Police said the two men started to flee and were picked up by a dark colored vehicle.
Reports said no one was injured. The 2-year-old daughter of one of the women was sitting in the van during the robbery.
The suspects are described as men in their 20s with thin builds. Both are thought to be between 5 feet 4 inches and 5 feet six inches. They were both wearing black hoodies with white lettering on them.
Sgt. Bernie Kupper, a spokesman for the Racine Police Department, said the robbery was a pretty brazen act in such a visible parking lot. He did offer these suggestions to people on how to avoid becoming the victim of a similar crime:
- Be selective about when you go to the store. Try to leave and complete your shopping during daylight hours.
- If you do shop when it's dark, try to park in well-lit areas, such as directly under a parking lot light.
- If you notice anyone in the parking lot, especially someone hanging out near the parked cars, don't walk to your car alone. Go back to the store and ask for an escort to your vehicle.
- If someone does approach you in a parking lot, notify store personnel immediately, so they can take actions for the safety of all of their customers.
Anyone with information on the above robbery is asked to call the department's detective bureau at (262) 635-7756.
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BY MARCI LAEHR TENUTA
Journal Times
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 10:24 AM CST
RACINE - Two Kenosha women were robbed at gunpoint Saturday night while loading groceries into their minivan in the Pick 'N Save parking lot, 2406 Green Bay Road.
Racine police said the women, both age 22, had just finished grocery shopping at 6:46 p.m. They loaded the grocery bags into the minivan and started to get into the driver's and passenger's seats when they were approached by two suspects wearing dark hoodies and bandanas over their faces.
One of the suspects walked up to the driver's window, pulled out a blue semi-automatic handgun and demanded the driver's purse. When she told him she didn't have one, he demanded the passenger's purse. The woman in the passenger's seat threw her purse to the second suspect.
Police said the two men started to flee and were picked up by a dark colored vehicle.
Reports said no one was injured. The 2-year-old daughter of one of the women was sitting in the van during the robbery.
The suspects are described as men in their 20s with thin builds. Both are thought to be between 5 feet 4 inches and 5 feet six inches. They were both wearing black hoodies with white lettering on them.
Sgt. Bernie Kupper, a spokesman for the Racine Police Department, said the robbery was a pretty brazen act in such a visible parking lot. He did offer these suggestions to people on how to avoid becoming the victim of a similar crime:
- Be selective about when you go to the store. Try to leave and complete your shopping during daylight hours.
- If you do shop when it's dark, try to park in well-lit areas, such as directly under a parking lot light.
- If you notice anyone in the parking lot, especially someone hanging out near the parked cars, don't walk to your car alone. Go back to the store and ask for an escort to your vehicle.
- If someone does approach you in a parking lot, notify store personnel immediately, so they can take actions for the safety of all of their customers.
Anyone with information on the above robbery is asked to call the department's detective bureau at (262) 635-7756.
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