Winter Park police still searching for three suspects

The Winter Park Police Department still is searching for three suspects following a series of three unrelated crimes in the last few weeks.

A suspect is still on the loose following a residential burglary in Winter Park Wednesday, March 27. Officers responded to the scene at around 2:02 p.m. and a woman living in the home told officers she was awakened by her security system at about 3:50 a.m. She and her husband searched the home but didn’t notice anything missing. Later that morning, she discovered her wallet was missing from her bag, which had been sitting next to a door leading to the garage. The wallet contained $50, four credit cards, her driver’s license, a Starbucks gift card and a Disney MagicBand — a bracelet that serves as a Disney World theme park annual pass. 

The woman who called Winter Park police later reached out with a photo of a potential suspect wearing her MagicBand while riding the Magic Kingdom ride Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin.

The Winter Park Police Department tweeted the photo in the hopes of catching the suspect.

“Hey friends and #DisTwitter, we need your help identifying this man,” the department tweeted. “A residential burglary occurred and the suspect was captured using a (MagicBand) that was stolen during that time. These guys are definitely not Galactic Heroes.”

It was later determined the man shown in the photo on the ride was not involved in the burglary, and the initial tweet was deleted.

“It has come to light that the person(s) shown in our prior post are not associated with the burglary in WP,” the department tweeted. “The information initially provided to us regarding the photo was deemed to be inaccurate. We apologize to the persons pictured and to anyone who was adversely affected.”

CHIROPRACTOR ROBBED AT GUNPOINT

A man wearing a yellow cloth mask is still at large after robbing a local chiropractor at gunpoint Tuesday, April 9.

Winter Park police officers responded at around 2:51 p.m. to a call of a reported robbery at Pain Free Chiropractic at 1320 S. Orlando Ave. Suite No. 4. While on their way to the scene, officers received a call with a description of a black male suspect, who left the scene in a black Chevrolet Silverado pickup. The suspect was seen crossing Pennsylvania Avenue on Fairbanks Avenue heading eastbound.

“We got behind the pickup — it was stolen; he was in a stolen vehicle,” Winter Park Police Department Lt. John Montgomery said. “He took off and we initiated pursuit. We went up north on Lakemont, up on Lake Howell, and I think it was Tuscarora Trail that he ended up crashing into the back of a car, got out of the truck and took off. We brought all of the troops out to look for him and couldn’t find him.”

The suspect escaped, but an investigation is continuing, Montgomery said.

TD BANK ROBBED

Winter Park police officers also are searching for the suspect that robbed the TD Bank at 810 N. Orlando Avenue Wednesday, April 10.

At about 3:30 p.m., a white, male suspect wearing a baseball cap, a white shirt with a red logo, khaki pants and sunglasses entered the bank and robbed it without a firearm or weapon before fleeing the scene.

An Orlando Police Department canine unit responded as well, but an attempt to track the suspect was unsuccessful.

Winter Park police obtained a still photograph of the suspect through security cameras and believe the suspect is about 6 feet tall and 170 pounds.