Police Need Help Identifying Serial Cell Phone Store Robber

ARLINGTON, TX -- The Arlington Police Department is seeking the public's help identifying a man seen on camera robbing a series of cell phone stores. The first offense occurred Nov. 14. The suspect was seen on surveillance cameras wearing black and grey hooded sweatshirt, jeans, shoes, and bandanna covering his face, APD wrote on Facebook.

The suspect is believed to be about 5’03” tall and weighs roughly 200 pounds. The suspect brandished a knife in the first three robberies and a handgun in the last two offenses.

The specific offenses linked in Arlington include:

• 11/14/2018 - Boost Mobile at 3200 S. Cooper St.
• 11/19/2018 – Metro PCS at 8021 Matlock Rd.
• 11/20/2018 – Boost Mobile at 3200 S. Cooper St.
• 11/24/2018 – Boost Mobile at 5975 S. Cooper St.
• 12/06/2018 – Boost Mobile at 2418 S. Collins St.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Robbery Detective Youngblood at 817.459.5336 or Detective Holloway at 817.459.5739. Tipsters can also remain anonymous by contacting Tarrant County Crime Stoppers at 817.469.TIPS.

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Photos via Arlington Police