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<\/a>On Saturday, July 28, 2012, at 12:48 a.m., deputies responded to a call in reference to a robbery\u00a0in the area of Alabama Road and Arthur Avenue in Lehigh Acres.\u00a0 Deputies encountered the victim, who is a taxi driver for Blue Bird Taxi.<\/p>\nThe victim had picked up two passengers who were waiting in front of a vacant residence located on Alabama Road South.\u00a0 While the victim was driving, the passengers asked him to stop in front of a residence on Arthur Avenue so one of them could obtain money from a family member for the cab fare.\u00a0 Once the victim stopped the taxi in the driveway of the residence, the passengers began to choke and beat the victim, stating that they were armed with a gun.\u00a0 The passengers demanded the victim’s money and were able to obtain an undisclosed amount of cash during the robbery.\u00a0 The suspects also removed the keys from the vehicle’s ignition and then fled the area on foot.\u00a0 A search of the area was conducted by K-9 and Aviation Units, but no one matching the suspects’ description was located.<\/p>\n
The first suspect is described as a white or Hispanic male, 30-35 years old, medium height, approximately 200 pounds (stocky build) with short dark brown or black hair, wearing a dark colored t-shirt and a pair of dark shorts with a checkered or plaid design.<\/p>\n
The second suspect is described as a Hispanic male, possibly of Puerto Rican descent, 32-37 years old, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall, 225-240 pounds (husky build), with dark brown or black hair, brown eyes, thick eyebrows, a trimmed goatee, wearing a black ball cap facing to the side, white tank top and black baggy pants.<\/p>\n
The victim advised that both suspects had thick Northeastern accents.<\/p>\n
If you know anything about this robbery of a taxi driver, call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 477-1000.\u00a0 Or, to remain anonymous\u00a0and be eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000, call Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers at 1-800 -780-TIPS. Tips may also be made online at\u00a0www.swflcrimestoppers.org<\/a>, through the TipSubmit app on any iPhone or by texting CRIMES (274637) Keyword: REWARD.<\/p>\n Submitted by LCSO<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Saturday, July 28, 2012, at 12:48 a.m., deputies responded to a call in reference to a robbery\u00a0in the area of Alabama Road and Arthur Avenue in Lehigh Acres.\u00a0 Deputies… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11187,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,32],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}