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The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office said the
conscience-stricken suspect walked into a Quick Save in Arvada,
a northwestern suburb of Denver, on Tuesday at lunchtime wearing
a blue hoodie, jeans and a blue bandana.
"The suspect looked at the clerk and said, '(Expletive), I was
going to rob this place but I know you,'" the sheriff's office
said on Wednesday in a statement.
The man then asked the store clerk whether he knew him, it said,
to which the employee replied that he didn't.
"The suspect then stated, 'Good,' and walked out of the store
while giving a 'thumbs up' sign to the clerk."
The gesture was recorded by a store security camera.
Police said the man drove away and shortly afterward a suspect
fitting his description was reported to have robbed a 7-Eleven
store about a mile and a half away up the same road.
On Thursday, the sheriff's office said the man had also been
wearing distinctive red and yellow shoes, and it urged the
public to get in touch if they recognized him.
(Reporting by Daniel Wallis; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and
Bill Trott)
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