The Brief
- A suspected fragrance thief was arrested after a string of robberies in the Tampa Bay area over the past month, according to the St. Petersburg Police Department.
- Police say that Brown and other co-conspirators went into multiple businesses late at night with face coverings and disguises to target fragrance storage areas or locked fragrance displays to steal high-value items.
- During one of the robberies, surveillance video shows one of the suspects pepper spraying a CVS employee.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – St. Petersburg police have arrested a man that they say was involved in several robberies across the Bay Area in the past month.
Joseph Brown, 27, was taken into custody on January 6 after police tracked down a gray Mazda that they say was involved in a robbery at a nearby CVS in St. Pete.
Police say that Brown and other co-conspirators went into multiple businesses late at night with face coverings and disguises to target fragrance storage areas or locked fragrance displays to steal high-value items.…