Man attacked with sledgehammer after armored car drop, thousands stolen
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. Feb 14 2018
A sledgehammer attack and a heist unfolding in a business area as offices and shops were opening for the day.
The FBI and PBSO are trying to catch up with the attacker.
CBS 12 spoke to an eyewitness and what she describes is blood chilling.
A man beaten nearly to death with a sledgehammer — the attacker wrestled away a bag of money– freshly delivered by an armored car.
And the aftermath of the crime could be felt and seen from miles away.
“I watched him just get mauled by the guy with a sledgehammer from my office door,” said the eyewitness.
We are calling the woman Betty Jo and we are not showing her face because the sheriff’s office confirms she was just feet away from the suspect in a shocking armed robbery — the weapon– a sledgehammer!
“It was just nuts,” Betty Jo said.
According to the sheriff’s office– the FBI is now involved– investigators are trying to figure out who the man with the sledgehammer is. And was this whole thing planned?
Tuesday morning at the Mangonia Business Park where 45th and Australian meet, sources in the sheriffs office say the suspect brutalized the business keeper and took a bag with $250,000.
A Loomis armored car had just made a morning stop at the business.
Betty Jo tells investigators she saw the suspect jump into a black Toyota Tundra pickup truck.
As officers were searching the area for that truck –nearby Keiser University was placed on lockdown.
“It looked like the truck was waiting for him -that could’ve been the getaway car definitely,” Betty Jo said.
The suspect description: an African-American man approximately in his 20s –black hoodie black pants –maroon colored sneakers.
If you know anything about this, call the sheriff’s office right away.
CBS12
