HOBART | Police are investigating two robberies, one outside a downtown restaurant and one at a store on West 37th Avenue.
Both robberies were reported to police Tuesday.
The first robbery was reported at 6:06 p.m. by a clerk at Family Dollar, 1045 W. 37th Ave., Sgt. Jeremy Ogden said.
A man came into the store, reached around the clerk and grabbed the money bin.
An undetermined amount of cash was taken, Ogden said.
The clerk described the suspect as a white or light-skinned Hispanic man, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches, with a mustache and possible goatee. He was wearing jeans, a dark blue hoodie and white tennis shoes.
The second robbery was reported by a 71-year-old woman who was pushed to the ground and had her purse stolen as she was heading to her car outside Lake Park restaurant, 7 E. Old Ridge Road.
The robbery was reported to police at 6:29 p.m., Ogden said.
She described the two men who robbed her as being in their teens or in their early 20s.
Anyone with information on the Family Dollar store robbery is asked to call Detective Stephen Houck at (219) 942-1125, ext. 1041.
Anyone with information about the Lake Park robbery is asked to call Detective James Gonzales at (219) 942-1125, ext. 1114.
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