Cops: Tattoo photos generate tips that lead to arrest

Surveillance photographs of a man with distinctive tattoos on his hands and forearms generated enough tips for Broward Sheriff’s detectives to identify and arrest a strong-arm robbery suspect.

Elliott Watson, 30, was wanted for robbing a Bank of America customer about 12:40 p.m. Jan. 4, in the parking lot near 3883 W. Commercial Blvd. in Tamarac, investigators said.

When the customer left the ATM and got in his car, Watson walked over and demanded his property. After a brief struggle, Watson ran off with the customer’s cellphone and several bank cards, officials said.

Later that day, investigators said Watson used the stolen cards to spend more than $900 in a Foot Locker store at 3650 W. Broward Blvd. in Fort Lauderdale.

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