NEWS RELEASE
For Immediate Release
December 22, 2008
Contact: Michele Nicholson
Public Information Officer
(850) 651-7420
ARMED ROBBER CAPTURED
Reference the
News Release a few moments ago on the search for a weekend armed robbery
suspect: The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office has in fact arrested a suspect in
those cases, and another.
The
additional supplement outlining the arrest had not yet been added to the system
at the time of the release.
Charged
with robbery with a weapon is 36-year old David Charles Mackoff, no known
address. Along with the two armed robberies noted in the previous news release,
investigators say Mackoff also robbed a third business, the AOC Food Mart, 306
Racetrack Road, on Sunday, December 21st, around 5:15 a.m. A witness spotted him
getting into a dark green Volkswagen. Deputy Sheriff Matt Abbott then spotted a
car matching the suspect vehicle. When Deputy Abbott initiated a traffic stop,
the driver tried to take off, but
was detained and arrested by multiple officers who converged on the scene.
Deputies say Mackoff
had a large amount of currency in his pockets and an axe was found inside the
car.
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