Despite best laid plans two separate robbery attempts at Florida Circle K stores foiled

A man was captured on surveillance cameras at around 2am on Saturday walking into a Circle K store in Palm Bay. The man had a mask and a gun, and was visibly searching for store clerks, but could find no one to rob, according to Palm Bay police.



The man, carrying a gun in his right hand, checked the back for clerks and didn't see anyone. He then found the cash registers had been locked down. He left the store after 17 seconds. Both clerks happened to be at the back of the building getting products out of a shed to restock shelves. Police are still searching for the man.



Meanwhile, a Merritt Island man suspected of robbing a Circle K store in Cape Canaveral on Tuesday night made it easy for police to find him. He left his wallet at the scene. 25-year-old Benjamin Alexander Shaw demanded $40 from a store clerk. Shaw did so by threatening him, stating that if the clerk did not pay the money, Shaw would go home and get a gun and take all the money in the register.


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Subsequently, police responded. When they did, the clerk turned over to them a black wallet and an ID card with Shaw's name on it. Shaw was found a few blocks away during a search,. Shaw was found to have a small glass pipe in his possession that had cocaine residue in it. Shaw was charged with robbery and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was sent to the Brevard County Jail.