Two suspects have been charged after a man wearing a full body unicorn costume robbed a convenience store north of Baltimore.
Jacob William Rogge, 28 entered a branch of High’s dressed in the unusual outfit on Saturday morning used a crowbar to smash a cash register, according to police.
#BCoPD Robbery Unit has released a surveillance video image of the suspect wearing the unicorn costume in the High’s armed robbery, along with a photograph of the discarded costume where police collected it as evidence. Read details here: https://t.co/wV9xNnUHYb ^JzP pic.twitter.com/loV15SWu0r
— Baltimore County Police Department (@BaltCoPolice) March 19, 2019
Baltimore County Police said Rogge fled the scene with the money from the register and cigarettes aided by an accomplice in a a silver Hyundai Elantra.
Officers later tracked down the vehicle but, according to a police statement, it swerved through oncoming traffic and hit a boulder before they could stop it.
Police say Rogge remains in hospital in a serious condition after the car crash.
The unicorn costume, which had been discarded prior to the crash, was later recovered by police from some roadside bushes.
