[UPDATE 4:07 p.m.:]Man With Gorilla Mask Sprays Clerk With Chemical and Flees Without Anything/Leaves Mask and Knife…
This is a press release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. The information has not been proven in a court of law and any individuals described should be presumed innocent until proven guilty:
The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man who assaulted a store clerk while attempting to shoplift from a Cutten business.
On Jan. 31, 2018 around 5:40 p.m. Humboldt County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to Murphy’s Market in Cutten for the report of a robbery that had just occurred.
According to the business, the male suspect entered the store wearing a gorilla mask. When asked to take the mask off, the suspect complied and began to load a shopping cart with several hundred dollars of merchandise. The suspect then attempted to exit the store without paying. A store clerk confronted the suspect and attempted to detain him for shoplifting.
The suspect sprayed the clerk with a chemical agent and fled the business on foot. The suspect did not take any merchandise with him and left behind the gorilla mask and a knife. The suspect possibly left the property in a white Ford F150.
Anyone with information regarding the identity of the suspect or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.
UPDATE 4:07 p.m.: According to the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Department, “The male suspect wanted in connection to the robbery at Murphy’s Market on Jan. 31, 2018 is described as a white male adult in his late twenties, 6’2” or 6’3” tall, average build, about 220 pounds with short, dark brown hair and a medium complexion.
Anyone with information regarding the identity of the suspect or related criminal activity is encouraged to call the Sheriff’s Office at (707) 445-7251 or the Sheriff’s Office Crime Tip line at (707) 268-2539.”
UPDATE 2/20: Suspect Arrested in Gorilla Mask Robbery
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Are we sure it wasn’t Bigfoot? Gorillas wouldn’t adapt well on the North Coast.
LOL!
I’m dying!
You win the internet today
If he took the mask off and then loaded the cart, do they not have a video of him? A pic of what he looks like would be helpful for others to help identify him.
Robbing Hood, getting desperate, think outside the box.
I hope the clerk is ok. People are way too scary these days.
He wasn’t just monkeying around. Book em’ Dano.
Maybe he was trying to fill his yeti
😂
This place has gone apeshit.
What the hell did he spray the clerk with?!?! That’s crazy
Bear mace is what I heard… and yes clerk is ok…