Shipping store robber concealed identity with motorcycle helmet
SACRAMENTO — After more than a month with no arrest, Sacramento police are hoping the public can help identify the man who robbed a local store clerk at gunpoint wearing a face-covering motorcycle helmet.
The robbery occurred Friday, Aug. 6 at 1:43p.m., when the suspect entered a local mail shipping store located in the 3100 block of Folsom Boulevard and forced an employee to turn over cash. The suspect, described as a thin, 6-2 African American male with curly hair, then fled. At the time of the robbery, he was wearing a gray suit with a salmon-colored dress shirt, black gloves and a black, full-face motorcycle helmet.
Detectives are releasing surveillance video images of the suspect in hopes that someone will come forward with information needed to identify him.
The Sacramento Police Department urges anyone with information pertaining to this crime to contact Crime Alert at (916) 443-HELP or text in a tip to 274637 (CRIMES). Enter SACTIP followed by the tip information. Callers can remain anonymous and may be eligible for a reward of up to $1,000.