Money bag containing $6,600 reportedly stolen from Boardman car dealership parking lot
A money bag containing more than $6,600 in currency was stolen from the lot of a South Avenue used car dealership in Boardman shortly before 5 p.m. on July 31.
The suspects, two black females and one black man who were supposedly looking at vehicles during the robbery fled in a white Chevrolet Trailblazer and were last seen heading westbound on Mathews Road. One of the car salesmen was reportedly holding the money deposit bag that carried the cash as he was trying to show the suspects vehicles. According to reports, he had set the money bag down on the front passenger seat of a white Ford Explorer and went inside the sales office to retrieve an item.
When he went back outside, the salesman noticed the suspects in a hurry to leave the car lot. He saw the Trailblazer heading out of the used car lot. The salesman then looked inside the Explorer to discover the money bag missing, the report stated. Video surveillance showed the male suspect taking the moneybag out of the Explorer, the Boardman police report showed.
The suspect descriptions include a female driver about 5 foot 7 and 160 pounds with a black tank top, gray sweatpants and black shows, the two passengers were a light-skin female about 5 foot eight and 160 pounds with a short-sleeve black shirt and tight black shorts and flat sandals. According to reports, the male passenger was about 6-foot tall and weighing about 255 pounds wearing a red shirt, black knee length shorts, black shoes and black socks. His hair was pulled up into what appeared to be a bun.
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