'Cookie robbers' wanted in gunpoint stickup at South El Paso grocery store

Daniel Borunda, El Paso Times
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A couple of "cookie robbers" are being sought by El Paso police investigators in connection with a bungled armed robbery at a South Side mom-and-pop grocery store earlier this month.

The two young men are suspected in a robbery at gunpoint at El Fandango grocery at 1928 Olive Ave., next to Eucalyptus Street, a few blocks from Bowie High School. The unsolved cookie caper is Crime Stoppers of El Paso's Crime of the Week.

About 1 p.m. on March 14, the pair entered the grocery with their faces masked by black shirts, security camera photos released by Crime Stoppers of El Paso show.

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One of the men approached the store clerk, pulled out a handgun and demanded money from the cash register. After the clerk was unable to open the register, the robbers each grabbed a pack of cookies and fled, Crime Stoppers said.

The "cookie robbers" are wanted for stealing cookies after failing to get cash during an armed robbery on March 14 at El Fandango grocery store, 1928 Olive Ave., in South El Paso.
The "cookie robbers" are wanted for stealing cookies after failing to get cash during an armed robbery on March 14 at El Fandango grocery store, 1928 Olive Ave., in South El Paso.

The man with the gun appeared to be in his late teens, with a thin build, and had his eyebrows shaved off. The other man appeared to be in his early 20s with a medium build.

The first robber wore a white T-shirt, a necklace, black pants and red sneakers. The second man had a white T-shirt with a logo of a snake and red flowers on the back and light-blue jeans with patches on the front.

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Aggravated robberies are up more than 85% in El Paso this year with 26 cases, compared with 14 last year as of March 4, according to Police Department statistics.

Anyone with any information on the cookie robbers or any other robberies may anonymously call Crime Stoppers at 915-566-8477 (TIPS) or leave a tip online at cselpaso.org.

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One of the two "cookie robbers" wore a T-shirt with snake and flowers on its back during the robbery at El Fandango grocery store on Olive Avenue in South El Paso.
One of the two "cookie robbers" wore a T-shirt with snake and flowers on its back during the robbery at El Fandango grocery store on Olive Avenue in South El Paso.

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