Victims confront burglar outside Parkland car wash

Deputies search for man who burglarized vehicles at Rising Tide Car Wash

PARKLAND, Fla. ā€“ Broward Sheriff's Office deputies are searching for a man who burglarized vehicles parked at a Parkland car wash earlier this month.

Employees at the Rising Tide Car Wash, 7201 N. State Road 7, confronted the thief Feb. 3 after they noticed he was going through their cars, according to deputies.

The victims were able to get some of their belongings back from the thief, including cash and a wallet.

The thief Ā is believed to have run from the scene, with stolen cash in his pockets, after the victims went to call police, and he is believed to have jumped over a shopping center wall, and into a residential area, deputies said.

Surveillance videos captured the thief inside a nearby convenience store before the burglary, and leaving the car of one of the victims and placing the stolen items into his pockets.

Detectives describe the thief as a stocky-framed man in his 20s with short, brown hair, brown goatee and a large tattoo on his left arm.

The thief was last seen wearing a black tank top with a green design of the phrase ā€œ#TURNTā€Ā on the front, baggy black shorts and a black baseball-style cap.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Ā Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS (8477). Ā