COON RAPIDS, Minn. - Video surveillance images could be the key to finding the person responsible for a strong-arm robbery at a Coon Rapids jewelry store December 30.
Police were called to the Kay Jewelry Store at Riverdale Mall after a man assaulted a female sales associate and stole an expensive engagement ring. The suspect allegedly asked the woman to try on the $16,000 ring, then grabbed her and wrestled it off her finger, breaking it in the process.
Witnesses describe the suspect as a white male, 18 to 25 years in age, approximately 5 feet 9 inches tall. They say the man was clean shaven with shorter sandy blonde hair. He fled the area in a while Toyota Celica.
Anyone who knows the suspect or can help police solve the robbery is asked to call (763) 427-1212.
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