Lakewood police are asking for residents’ help in locating a man believed to have robbed a Lakewood Best Buy and pepper sprayed one of the employees who tried to stop him.
The robbery happened around 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 16 at the Best Buy located at 384 S. Wadsworth Blvd.
The suspect is white or Hispanic in his mid-twenties. He is around 5-feet-10-inches tall and weighs around 170 pounds. He was carrying a black shoulder-slung satchel and was wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, gray beanie cap, black jeans and black and white shoes.
According to information supplied by the police, after spending a short time in the store the suspect left through the front doors with electronic equipment he had not paid for. A loss prevention officer attempted to stop the man and the suspect sprayed him in the face with what is believed to have been pepper spray.
During the confrontation, the loss prevention officer was able to retrieve at least one piece of the electronic equipment. It is possible the suspect may have had additional items from the store in a satchel he carried.
Detectives are asking anyone who may have information as to the identity of the suspect or that would assist them in their investigation to call Lakewood Police Detective Bryan Feik at 303-987-7111.