Thief robbed store because it didn't hire his "home-girl"

PEMBROKE PARK, Fla. -- One of two men who stole thousands of dollars worth of items from a Family Dollar store said he did it because they didn't hire his "home-girl," reports CBS Miami.

Employees of the store located in Pembroke Park said they were closing up on Sept. 23 when two armed men came in, according to the station.

Police said surveillance cameras captured the robbers' every move.

"You can see as the men lead the women to the back of the store," said Broward Sheriff's Office (BSO) spokeswoman Gina Carter. "At one point they actually put the gun up to one of the victims' head."

One of the men reportedly told them, "I'm doing this because my home-girl filled out an application and y'all [sic] didn't hire her." They said the thief kept asking for them to identify the manager.

The robber then held the assistant manager at gunpoint and asked her for the code to the safe.

At first she told him she didn't know the code, but he replied, "You are lying, I should shoot y'all [sic]."

After she gave him the code, she said the man demanded she put all the cash in a grey backpack.

The three employees and one shopper said they were then forced into the backroom at gunpoint. The shopper was a Family Dollar assistant manager who is currently on maternity leave.

CBS Miami reports that the thieves took all of their wallets, cell phones and other personal items, and then bound the women's hands and feet with duct tape.

The women were able to break free and hit the panic button once the robbers left.

BSO believes the same duo has been involved in similar robberies in Broward County.