04/04/08

ON 04/01/08 AT APPROXIMATELY 2:25 A.M., ROBERT CRUZ JR. WAS A VICTIM OF A ROBBERY THAT OCCURRED ON SCHNEIDMAN ROAD IN PADUCAH KY. MR. CRUZ WAS RIDING HIS BIKE HOME FROM WORK AND WHEN HE GOT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SCHNEIDMAN AND HERZOG ROAD HE WAS APPROACHED BY FOUR MALE SUSPECTS WHO WERE ALSO RIDING BICYCLES. THEY ASSAULTED HIM AND TOOK HIS WALLET. THE STOLEN WALLET CONTAINED SEVERAL CREDIT CARDS THAT BELONGED TO THE VICTIM. ONE OF THE STOLEN CREDIT CARDS WAS USED AT TWO DIFFERENT BUSINESSES IN PADUCAH THAT HAVE SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. DETECTIVES RECOVERED A DVD OF THIS STOLEN CREDIT CARD BEING USED AT THESE BUSINESSES. THE FOUR SUSPECTS WERE IDENITIFED AS WHITE MALES, TWO IN THEIR MID- TWENTIES AND THE OTHER TWO POSSIBLY BEING JUVENILES. THE TWO ADULTS ARE APPROXIMATELY 6'

TALL AND WEIGH AROUND 165 TO 175 LBS. THERE IS A PHOTO OF THE TWO ADULTS ATTACHED TO THIS RELEASE. IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS INVESTIGATION, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT IS ASKING THEM TO CALL 270-444-4719 OR CRIMESTOPPER AT 270-443-TELL. INDIVIDUALS GIVING INFORMATION THAT LEADS TO AN ARREST IN THIS CASE COULD RECEIVE A REWARD OF UP TO $1000.

DETECTIVE R.J. CASKEY