Jacksonville Town Center Publix grocery store robbery attempt

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville police are looking for a man who tried to rob the Jacksonville Town Center Publix grocery store on the North end of the St. Johns Town Center on Saturday evening.

An Publix employee said the man went into the store in the 4400 block of Town Center Parkway just after 7 p.m., demanded money and said he had a gun in his pocket, according to police.

The employee told the man to leave, and the man repeated, “Give me that money. I have a gun in my pocket,” according to police.

The man was told to leave again by an employee and then left, police said.

The man was seen leaving the store in a dark Honda.

Anyone with information about the man’s identity or whereabouts is asked to call the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office at 904-630-0500 or Crime Stoppers at 866-845-TIPS.

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