Newly released surveillance video shows the “crawling robber” deputies say targeted a pawnshop — and took his sweet time doing it.
Now, deputies need your help in finding him.
Cameras recorded the man — gun drawn — ordering two employees into the back room of Pawn Max, 2868 N. State Road 7 in Lauderdale Lakes. He tied them up and then ordered them to lie on the ground, according to the Broward County Sheriff’s Office.
But the man didn’t seem to be in a hurry.
Deputies say he spent nearly 15 minutes emptying out two safes before crawling to the register. Once he had the cash, he crawled to the back room and escaped through a back door.
Anyone who has information on this Aug. 11 robbery is asked to contact BSO Robbery Detective Steven Hoover at 954-321-4270. If you wish to remain anonymous, contact Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477) or online at browardcrimestoppers.org. You may be eligible for a reward of up to $3,000 if your tip leads to an arrest.
This story was originally published September 6, 2019 at 12:10 PM.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
