Tampa Bay Criminal Defense Lawyer - Crime Spree

By Nicholas Dorsten, esq.

Courtesy of Bay News 9 website, the police believe they know who did it...

TAMPA: Officials are still searching for two men they say committed a crime spree on Wednesday.

According to the Tampa Police department, two men 30 and 27, are the suspects in the CVS pharmacy robbery and carjacking that followed Wednesday afternoon.

Officials said the duo, who did not have a prescription, stole pain pills (possession of a controlled substance) from the CVS at 6202 Commerce Palms Drive in the Tampa Palms area and fled in a truck stolen from Apopka.

Police began to pursue the suspects on I-75, but lost track of them.

The suspects flipped the stolen pick-up truck on the highway after driving recklessly and then pistol-whipped and carjacked a woman who stopped to help them. After abandoning that vehicle, they carjacked a different woman and stole her Toyota Sequoia, which police believe they're still driving.

Arrest warrants were issued Wednesday night for Torres and Wilkes, who both recently were released from prison.

One man was released in August from two-year prison sentence for felony battery, grand theft auto and robbery. The other man was released in July from three-year prison sentence for aggravated assault.

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