“Separate the whites from the coloreds,” some laundromats say.
Yeah.
Good idea.
Sarasota police detectives are searching for a suspect who entered a laundromat and robbed the business owner’s daughter.
“I was thinking, ‘This person is acting weird. Like, something is wrong,’ but it was a totally different situation,” said the victim, Michelle Bueg.
It happened around 8 a.m. New Year’s Eve.
In the surveillance video released by the Sarasota Police Department, the unidentified suspect, possibly a female, is seen entering Colonial Laundry and Dry Cleaning, located at 290 North Lime Avenue.
The suspect walked into the business and talked to Bueg. Soon after, the suspect showed her a note, which asked Bueg to hand over all of her money.
“I know that she said, ‘My baby is in the hospital. Give me your money,'” said Bueg.
There was a brief struggle as Bueg tried to quickly walk away from the suspect.
“If felt like a person who really wanted to hurt me,” said Bueg. “In my head, I was like, ‘Give up.'”
The suspect took $1,500 and locked Bueg inside a bathroom before running off.
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The suspect is believed to be a female, between 5-foot 10-inches and 6-feet-tall. She was last seen wearing a red and white tracksuit, sunglasses, a wig, and had on a clear mask while inside the business.
Michelle Bueg.