Robber eludes police by ditching stolen money's tracking device

Police empty-handed after search near I-35, O'Connor

SAN ANTONIO – A man who robbed a Northeast Side Walgreens has managed to elude police by throwing out an electronic tracking device that had been placed with the stolen money.

Officers at the scene said the robber took money from the safe of the store, located at Nacogdoches Road and O’Connor Road, then got away.

San Antonio police were called to the scene shortly after 4 a.m. Wednesday.

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They were able to follow a signal from the tracking device to an area near Interstate 35 and Walzem Road.

However when the arrived there, they realized the robber had dumped the device there and was long gone.

Officers processed the scene for evidence.

They say no one was injured in the robbery.


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Katrina Webber joined KSAT 12 in December 2009. She reports for Good Morning San Antonio. Katrina was born and raised in Queens, NY, but after living in Gulf Coast states for the past decade, she feels right at home in Texas. It's not unusual to find her singing karaoke or leading a song with her church choir when she's not on-air.