Robber puts woman using ATM in choke hold

Deputies search for man who robbed woman at ATM in West Palm Beach

Surveillance photographs show a robber putting a woman in a choke hold at an ATM in West Palm Beach.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – Deputies are trying to find a man who put a woman in a choke hold while she was using an ATM in South Florida.

The robbery was reported early Tuesday morning at an ATM on Okeechobee Boulevard in West Palm Beach.

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Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Teri Barbera said the masked man approached the woman from behind, grabbed her and put her in a choke hold. Barbera said he stole various items from her before he got away.

Surveillance photographs released Wednesday showed the man wearing a black T-shirt with a long white shirt underneath, black pants, a black mask and black gloves.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 800-458-TIPS.


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