Crime & Safety
Men Attack Store Clerk With Bear Spray, Rob Bitcoin ATM: Police
The store clerk was treated at a nearby hospital and later released, police said. The suspects remain at large.
Do you recognize these robbery suspects? They sprayed the clerk with bear spray and broke into a Bitcoin machine. Contact (972) 273-1010 or ipdcrimetips@cityofirving.org with tips and reference case number 18-6412. pic.twitter.com/8C20X4iAGZ
— Irving Police Dept. (@IrvingPD) April 18, 2018
IRVING, TX — Police in Irving are looking for two men they allege entered a store in the 7200 block of N. MacArthur Boulevard and sprayed a clerk with bear spray before making off with cash from a Bitcoin machine.
James McLellan, Irving Police Department's spokesman, told Patch the men are suspected of robbing the store around 10:00 p.m. on March 22. They can be seen in security footage spraying the store clerk with bear spray, a powerful form of pepper spray, before heading to the back of the store where the Bitcoin machine was located.
The Bitcoin machine is similar to an ATM, McLellan said, and contained an undisclosed sum of cash at the time of the break in.
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The clerk was taken to a hospital for treatment after being sprayed but was later released, McLellan said.
Anyone who recognizes the suspects should contact Irving police at (972) 273-1010 or ipdcrimetips@cityofirving.org with tips and reference case number 18-6412.
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