FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) - Police have arrested a man accused of robbing a Fort Lauderdale supermarket while wearing a Halloween mask and wielding a machete.
Investigators said Darin Frank entered the Aldi’s near East Commercial Boulevard and Northeast 17th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale, Tuesday night.
He demanded the cashier open the register and got into a fight with the employee before taking off on foot. While fleeing the scene, police said Frank’s mask fell off, which is when he was recognized by several employees from a prior attempted theft at the business.
Frank appeared in a Broward County courtroom facing an armed robbery charge on Wednesday and was granted $25,000 bond.
He was also ordered not to have any contact with the alleged victim and cannot return to the store.
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