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Police search for DeLand jewelry store robber

DELAND, Fla. — DeLand police are looking for the man who robbed a jewelry store at gunpoint Thursday.

Police said the man walked into Sanders Jewelry on Woodland Boulevard around 3:15 p.m. and after talking to an employee, grabbed some jewelry and produced a handgun.

They said he drove away in a silver car.

The man is believed to have ties to robberies in St. Johns, Duval and Flagler counties.