Victim fights back, suspects get nothing

By GARY PINNELL | Highlands Today
Published: April 18, 2009
Updated: April 18, 2009 - 12:54 PM

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LAKE PLACID --

At noon Saturday, Highlands County deputies were still looking for the suspects in an early-morning armed robbery.

Lt. Jess Purvis said the victim was held up, but instead fought back. Emergency 911 operators got the call around 6 a.m., and were dispatched to a residence at Highlands Blvd. in Sun 'n Lake of Lake Placid.

"He fought back," Purvis said. "I don't know much about it at this point. We have a Spanish-speaking officer out there to translate. [The victim] only knows the first names of the suspects, and he may know where they live."