From this week’s police reports comes something of a Bonnie-and-Clyde story.
He came into a Holmes Beach rental shop looking to sell his skateboard — and grabbed $166 from the register.
She told police her “baby daddy” kept texting her: “Come on! Come on!” Which led her to drive to the parking lot of the rental shop.
He then threw his skateboard and the money into the getaway vehicle and she hit the gas. But he was left standing in the lot.
Ronald Wronowski, 35, and his getaway driver, Kristi Kovaleski, 34, were arrested May 21 by Holmes Beach police officers Mike Walker and Jason Higgins.
The incident began at 1:37 p.m. at Just4Fun, 5358 Gulf Drive.
Just as the shop clerk was walking to the front of the store, she heard the money drawer click shut.
The clerk confronted Wronowski, who asked about selling his skateboard. When the clerk declined, he exited the shop.
The clerk then realized the cash in the register was missing.
Walker arrived in the store parking lot two minutes after the 911 call came in and observed Wronowski throw a skateboard and cash into an older model white car.
Walker then saw the car, with Kovaleski behind the wheel, speed off south on Gulf Drive, leaving Wronowski stranded.
Walker arrested Wronowski without a struggle and charged him with a felony burglary.
A few minutes later, Higgins found Kovaleski in a white Toyota driving south on Gulf Drive. The officer stopped her for driving on a suspended license with a tag that didn’t belong to the vehicle.
The $166 in cash from the store was found in the center console, where a couple of bills were observed hanging from the compartment. HBPD believes Kovaleski was trying to conceal the crime, according to the report, which also states a box cutter and rubber gloves were found in the vehicle.
HBPD suggested a felony accessory after-the-fact charge against Kovaleski. She also was arrested for a felony DWSL charge and a tag not assigned, a misdemeanor.
Both suspects were booked at the Manatee County jail and released after posting bonds — Wronowski posted $7,500 and Kovaleski, $9,120.
Their arraignments are set for 9 a.m. Friday, June 22, in the Manatee County Judicial Center, 1051 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton.