Robbery suspect arrested after returning to gas station, deputies say

Johnny Big Sims accused of snatching $25 from customer's hand

Johnny Big Sims is accused of snatching $25 from a customer's hand at a gas station where he returned the next day and was arrested.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ā€“ A robbery suspect was arrested Sunday after he returned to the same gas station and was identified by the customer he robbed, according to a Broward Sheriff's Office report.

Johnny Big Sims, 31, faces a charge of robbery by sudden snatching.

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According to the arrest report, a man was purchasing items inside a gas station on Northwest 27th Avenue and was preparing to pay the clerk when Sims walked up behind the man and snatched $25 in cash from his hand.

The next day, Sims returned to the gas station and was identified by the customer, who also happened to be there, the report said. That customer called deputies, who arrived and detained Sims.

While Sims was being handcuffed, the man told deputies, "That's him. That's the one who took my money."

According to the report, Sims repeatedly masturbated while in the interview room despite numerous warnings from deputies to stop. Sims eventually had to be placed in handcuffs to get him to stop.

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