LAKELAND, Fla. – On Saturday, at around 10:23 p.m., a Lakeland Police Officer was conducting a traffic stop in the parking lot of the 7-11 at 851 South Florida Avenue when a citizen notified him that a clerk was in distress inside the store.
Upon entering the store Officer Purdy found a store clerk pointing to the counter area where he saw a male suspect, armed with a knife, holding another clerk on the ground.
Officer Purdy immediately ordered the suspect to drop his weapon, and the suspect was taken into custody.
Police say that evidence gathered showed that the suspect battered the store clerk and stole money and cigarettes during the robbery.
Detectives arrested 42-year-old Antonio Welch and transported him to the Polk County Jail.
Welch is charged with Robbery with a Weapon (F1), Aggravated Battery (F2), False Imprisonment (F3), and Possession of Cocaine (F3).
This remains an open and active investigation and we will update this story if additional details are released.
Crucifixion.
Just execute the scumbag 4 terrorizing innocent people. Folks are working 2 hard 2 earn a living now of days 4 them 2 deal with scums like that. Now that’s a guy the cops should have shot 2 kill.
Crucifixion: Crucifixion is a method of punishment or capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden beam and left to hang perhaps for several days, until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation