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At approximately 5:24 p.m., on Sunday, October 1, 2017, the victim left her cell phone on the front counter while paying for items at the Kathleen Food Mart located at 6403 Kathleen Road in Lakeland. A white or Hispanic male picked up the victim’s phone and placed it in his pocket.
The suspect is described as being 45 to 55 years of age, approximately 5’8” in height, wearing a dark ball cap, blue jeans, and a maroon shirt. He fled in an older model green minivan in an unknown direction on Kathleen Road.
Anyone with information about this investigation is urged to contact Detective R. Thomas at 863-577-1600 or 863-298-6200.