Several days after robbing a woman at gunpoint on Halloween at a local grocery store, a suspect has turned himself in to Marion County law enforcement officials.
A woman was sitting in a car at about 8 p.m. Halloween night in the parking lot of the Winn Dixie grocery store, located at 10051 South Highway 41, waiting for her friend who was shopping in the store. While she was waiting, a man wearing a blue “Monster” mask exited a white Dodge Charger, pointed a gun at her and said, “Happy Halloween.” He demanded her purse, which she gave to him, and the suspect then fled the scene in the Dodge Charger.
The victim was able to give deputies a description of the suspect and his car, and deputies were able to locate the suspect vehicle traveling southbound on Highway 41. Deputies initiated a pursuit on the vehicle and then conducted a PIT (Precision Immobilization Technique) maneuver at SW Marine Boulevard. The suspect fled from the vehicle and after an extensive search, he was not located.
A female passenger in the car positively identified 24-year-old Lindon Chance Owens as the driver. Additionally, the robbery victim’s belongings were found in the car, along with the blue “Monster” mask that was used during the commission of the crime.
Over the next few days, detectives searched the area for Owens, and he was eventually convinced by his family members to turn himself in to authorities. Owens has been charged with robbery with a firearm, fleeing and eluding from law enforcement and resisting an officer without violence. He was booked at the Marion County Jail on $61,000 bond.