NSB cops: Would-be robber runs away after intended victims scream for help on North Myrtle and Ronnoc

NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Police are on the lookout for a man with a handgun who tried to rob two people on North Myrtle Avenue just before 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Latrieka Chantel Hinson, 22, told police officer B. A. Morris that she and a friend were approached by a white man on North Myrtle near Ronnoc Lane, who displayed a handgun and demanded money from them.
Hinson told police she and her friend screamed out for help and the gunman ran off.

No injuries were reported.

Editor's Note:
Details in the overnight Wednesday police patrol reports in our NSB Cops section on the Community page.