24-07-2025
Family teams up for arcade robbery, with mom as the getaway driver, FL cops say
A family outing turned criminal when a man decided to rob an arcade and used his mom as the getaway driver, according to investigators in Florida.
It happened Friday, July 18, at the Kings World Arcade in Fort Myers, and investigators say surveillance video led to the duo's capture days later.
'This family took game night way too seriously,' the Lee County Sheriff's Office wrote in a July 23 news release
'Witnesses reported a man entered the business, held the cashier at gun point, and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Surveillance footage from nearby businesses captured the suspect running and jumping into a RAV4.'
Sheriff's office analysts used Department of Transportation footage and license plate reader data to identify the vehicle's driver as Yideyla Suarez Cedeno, 43, of Cape Coral, officials said.
She was arrested Tuesday, July 22, and 'her son 22-year-old Jose Baez Surez, was also on scene and detained,' the sheriff's office said.
'Following an investigation by Violent Crimes Detectives, it was determined that Jose Suarez entered the arcade, demanded money and fled while his mother waited nearby, acting as the getaway driver,' officials said.
'Deputies recovered clothing along with a black BB gun, resembling the handgun used in the robbery.'
The mother and son have both been charged with robbery, officials said.
Fort Myers is about a 125-mile drive southeast from Tampa.
