[MIAMI.CBSLOCAL] LAUDERDALE LAKES - Authorities are on the look-out, and asking the public for help, in finding two suspects who robbed a couple of priests at a church in Lauderdale Lakes.Father Lesly Jean, according to Broward Sheriff's Office, was taking a fellow priest on a tour of St. Helen Church in Lauderdale Lakes on July 18th around 10 p.m.
"You've definitely hit a new low when you'll rob two priests in front of a church and have no remorse about it," said Keyla Concepcion of BSO.
The remorse part comes when they're being sentenced, always assuming they're sentenced. First y'gotta catch 'em.
While walking southbound on Northwest 31 Avenue, the father noticed two men but didn't think much of their presence.
"Hmmm... Two armed thugs. Probably on their way home to eat a bag of Doritos..."
The two suspects were caught on surveillance walking past the church and then prowling around the area. Four minutes later, they walk back toward the church and jump over the fence to confront the priests in the parking lot.
After asking the priests if they knew the location of the nearest bank, one of the suspects then whipped out a rod and pointed it at the victims.
"Stick 'em up, priests!"
One of the priests refused to get down, or hand over his belongings, and told the suspect "shoot me."
"Huh?"
"Shoot me."
"Shoot you?"
"Go on. Pull the trigger."
"Take your finger out of the barrel."
Fortunately he was not hurt.
"Okay. I won't shoot you. I promise. Now take your finger out of the barrel."
[TUG!] "I think it's stuck. Could you give it a little twist?... Ow! Not that hard!"
[POP!]
"Luckily in this instance nothing happened to him but it's definitely not something we would recommend. It's not worth you challenging an armed man and potentially losing your life over just a few belongings," said Concepcion.
The priests were robbed at gunpoint of their cell phones, money and other valuables. The suspects then jumped back over the fence.
"Gimme yer stuff!"
"Okay."
"That's it? You got nothin' else?"
"Sorry. Nobody carries much cash anymore."
"And they don't pay us a lot, son."
The video captured the suspects, after the robbery, running towards the camera where an SUV was backed into a parking spot. The two men jumped in the backseat, and the car sped away.
"Go!"
[SCREECH! SMASH!]
"Go front! Forward!"
[SCREECH!]
BSO describes the suspects as two black males. One suspect is about 5'7" tall and approximately in his late 20s or early 30s. His accomplice is about 6' tall,
"C'mon, Fats! Hurry it up!"
"I'm comin'! I'm almost [POP!] in! There!"
The driver of the getaway car, at one point in the video, gets out and walks around the passenger side. She is described as