Crime

She robbed a Pasco store at gunpoint then pulled off a calculated escape

Pasco police are hunting for a woman who robbed a store at gunpoint, then escaped using two cars and a change of clothes. One car was stolen.

The robber dressed completely in black walked into a check cashing outlet at Fourth Avenue and Clark Street at 11:30 a.m. Sunday.

She was carrying a box and a pistol. She demanded cash and put it into the box before leaving, said Pasco Sgt. Rigo Pruneda.

She toted the substantial amount of cash to a stolen car, which she drove to Second Avenue and Clark Street. Then she got out and into a blue car that was waiting there.

Police are looking for this blue car after a robber got into it from a stolen car.
Police are looking for this blue car after a robber got into it from a stolen car. Pasco Police Department

Pictures show the woman wearing a black sweatshirt, knit gloves, blue jeans and a mask covering her face. A photo from where she switched cars shows her in a pink top.

A robber was wearing a pink shirt when she switched cars near Second Avenue and Clark Street in Pasco.
A robber was wearing a pink shirt when she switched cars near Second Avenue and Clark Street in Pasco. Pasco Police Department

Pasco police asking anyone with information about the robbery or the stolen car to call 911.

This story was originally published December 21, 2020 at 12:46 PM.

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Cameron Probert
Tri-City Herald
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