Staff report
ALACHUA, Fla. – Denzell Romel Singleton, 31, was arrested on Thursday and charged with two counts of grand theft; Singleton allegedly said he was attacked by a suspect who stole cash from the Hitchcock’s safe in April 2024, but Hitchcock’s bank bags containing $16,000 in cash were later found in his car.
Alachua Police Department initially published an alert on April 2, 2024, stating that they had responded to a report of an armed robbery at Hitchcock’s Supermarket located at 15560 NW U.S. Hwy 441 in Alachua. The alert continued, “Upon arrival, officers discovered that an unknown male assailant had brandished a firearm to an employee as they were closing the store. The suspect then demanded that the employee open the store’s safe. Under duress, the employee complied with the suspect’s demands, resulting in the theft of a significant sum of money from the safe. It was stated that at some point during the incident, the victim was pistol-whipped prior to the suspect fleeing the scene. The victim sustained minor injuries and was transported to the hospital via ambulance.”…