Location: 16000 Block Ave 328 Ivanhoe

Incident Date: 11-16-2018

Incident Time: 1450

Case Number: 18-14740

Victim: Family Dollar Store

City: Ivanhoe

Posted by: Dispatch

On Friday 11/16/18 at approximately 1450 hrs, Deputies from the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Visalia Substation were dispatched to the 16000 block of Avenue 328 in Ivanhoe regarding a report of a robbery. Upon arrival Deputies contacted the clerk who reported an unknown masked  male wearing a light colored sweatshirt with a bandana covering his face entered the store, demanded money and threatened to shoot the store clerk. The clerk complied and gave the male an undetermined amount of money, no weapon was seen. The male then fled the scene on foot.

This case is currently under investigation by the Tulare County Property Crimes Investigations Unit.  Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office Investigations Unit Det. B. DeHaan at (559) 802-9563 or (800) 808-0488.  Anonymous information about this crime can be reported via Tipnow email tcso@tipnow.net, text or voicemail at 559-725-4194, or download the Tipnow app for Android or Apple phones. Refer to case 18-14740