Suspects Pepper Sprayed Employees, Stole Items From Shop: Sheriff

SARASOTA COUNTY, FL — Detectives are asking for the public’s help in identifying three suspects who pepper sprayed employees and stole several items from a store on Cattlemen Road, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office shared on social media.

On June 16 just before 2 p.m., deputies responded to a theft at an unnamed store.

As the three suspects – two men and one woman – approached the store’s exit with several stolen items, the woman pepper sprayed employees, the sheriff’s office said.

They were seen driving away from the area in a black hatchback vehicle.

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Anyone with information is asked to contact the SCSO’s Criminal Investigations Section at 941-861-4900.