String Of Armed Robberies

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By Holly Zuluaga

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A string of armed robberies in Pasco. Just this weekend, two different places were hit and police think it was two different robbers. Those two are tacked on to another two in just the last eight

Story Published: Nov 30, 2009 at 6:20 PM PST

PASCO--A string of armed robberies in Pasco.

Just this weekend, two different places were hit and police think it was two different robbers.

Those two are tacked on to another two in just the last eight-weeks.

Is it a growing trend or just that time of year?

Pasco Police say this guy held up the Metro Mart on Lewis and 10th.

He pulled a gun, stole cash, and ran off.

He's still out there.

That same day, someone was lying in wait at US Bank on Court Street.

Workers from the nearby Pizza Hut were held up for the deposit bag.

“It doesn't appear that they would be connected. They are two isolated incidents,” Captain Jim Raymond from the Pasco Police Department said.

These isolated incidents are part of four-recent armed robberies in Pasco.

In October crooks hit the A&A Mini Mart, stealing money and brutally beating the owner.

He just got out of the hospital and cops are still looking for this guy.

Police aren't sure why there has been a sudden string.

“You could speculate from economic hard times to anything, but the bottom line is they're armed robbers and they're crooks. They're taking money from people at gun point or with force and they're crooks and there is no excuse for it,” Captain Jim Raymond from the Pasco Police Department said.

Despite the sudden burst of violence, it's no worse than last year.

I pulled the numbers and found that so far this year there have been 42 robberies in Pasco.

In 2008 there were also 42 for the same time period.

That includes anything from purse snatching to pulling a gun or even knocking someone off their bike and stealing it.

“There's lots of reasons why people rob sometimes they have substance abuse problems or there is some other issues that they're robbing, but generally it's not because they're behind on the mortgage,” Captain Jim Raymond from the Pasco Police Department said.

Pasco Police says when businesses have surveillance it makes a big difference, because sooner or later someone will recognize a face.