HOUSTON — Police are searching for the men responsible for throwing a man down to the ground and stealing a bag of money from him in Asiatown in July.
The robbery was caught on surveillance video in a parking lot.
Investigators with the Houston Police Department’s Robbery Division said the victim had just withdrawn cash for a Bank of America on Westheimer Road near Wilcrest Drive in the Westchase area.
The robbery happened just a few miles away in a commercial parking lot on Bellaire Boulevard near Corporate Drive. This happened just after 11 a.m. on July 5
Police said the victim was suddenly approached from behind by an unknown man, who threw him to the ground. The thief then grabbed a money bag from the victim and ran back to a dark-colored Ford Fusion before speeding away.
Police said the men were in two separate vehicles, the Fusion and a black Chrysler 300 with fake paper tags.
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