Security Guard Pepper Sprayed In Attempted ATM Theft

Location: 21 Century Insurance building, 3 Beaver Valley Road, Wilmington, Delaware

Date of Occurrence: Monday, May 17, 2010, at 1:15 a.m.

Suspect(s): Black male, 30 – 40 years old, 5’09”, dark complexion, average build, face covered, blue jacket, dark pants, carrying a black bag

Resume: On Monday, May 17th, Troopers were dispatched to the 21 Century Insurance Building on Beaver Valley Road for a reported robbery / attempted ATM theft.

Officers arrived on the scene and contacted the 30-year-old victim who was a security guard at this location. The victim advised that shortly after 1:00 a.m., a male subject came to the front door and asked to use to phone to call for help in reference to a disabled vehicle.

The victim opened the door only to be sprayed in the face with pepper spray. While incapacitated, the suspect assaulted the victim and forced him to an ATM machine in the building.

The suspect tried unsuccessfully to break into the ATM machine. Each time the victim tried to get up, he was assaulted again by the suspect. The bandit finally gave up; however, he stole the victim’s cell phone before fleeing the scene.

The victim suffered minor injury and did not require medical attention.

Surveillance video is not available to disseminate at this time.

Anyone with information pertaining to this case is asked to call investigators at 302-834-2630 ext. 6 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333.