Munchee's Lotto Thief Cashed Tickets in Clearwater

Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect who stole scratch-off lottery tickets from a Dunedin Munchee's convenience store on Friday. Authorities believe he may be connected to a recent string.

Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives are asking for the public's help identifying a suspect who smashed through a window and took 100 lottery tickets from a Dunedin convenience store on Jan. 29 and cashed them just hours later in Palm Harbor.  Detectives believe he may be connected to two previous robberies at the same store, including a Jan. 17 armed robbery, after which tickets were cashed at a Clearwater gas station.  Authorities say that on Jan. 29, a white male, about 6 feet tall and 165 pounds, wearing a gray hooded jacket, smashed the window to get inside Munchee's on Bayshore Boulevard at 5:57 a.m. He allegedly went behind the counter, pulled about 100 scratch-off lottery tickets and took several packets of cigarettes. Detectives …

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Munchee's, Dodge Store Robbery Suspects Sought

Pinellas County Sheriff's detectives are asking the public for help to identify suspects involved in an armed robbery at the Munchee's on Union Street in Dunedin Jan. 15. The suspects may also be involved in a robbery at Dodge Store in Clearwater Jan. 19.