September 22,
2017
Richmond Police
detectives need the public’s help to identify the suspect in the attached
photo wanted in connection to an
armed robbery in the city’s East End.
At approximately
4:05 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 21, an officer was flagged down in the 1700 block of
Fairfield Way for a report of an armed robbery. Police were told the suspect
entered a taxicab in the 1900 block of Accommodation Street and asked the
driver to take her to a nearby convenience store. When the driver arrived at
the destination in the 1600 block of Mechanicsville Turnpike, she leaves the
vehicle.
A few moments
later when she entered the taxicab again, she asks the driver to take her back
to the 1900 block of Accommodation Street. When they arrive, she pulls a
metallic object, believed to be a firearm, and presses it against the driver’s
side. She demanded money and after the driver complies, flees the scene on
foot.
The suspect is
described as a black woman with a light complexion and a tattoo of the word
“pain” and hearts on her left hand. At the time she was wearing a green San
Antonio Spurs baseball hat, a light-colored shirt and a pants with a green and
black Aztec print.
Detectives ask
anyone with any information about this woman’s identity to call First
Precinct Detective Gaetano Drago at (804) 510-4182 or (804) 646-3395 or Crime
Stoppers at 780-1000.
