Freedom Lost: Boca woman speaks out after terrorizing armed robbery

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- A man accused of terrorizing two women at gunpoint in a shopping center parking lot is behind bars tonight.

Police say he went on a crime spree in Boca Raton and Delray Beach. One of the women he victimized has been living in fear the past two months, and tonight she is talking exclusively to CBS 12's Lynn Gordon about the arrest.

RAW: Watch the full interview with burglary victim

Three separate crimes in the parking lot of the Kmart on Palmetto Park Road. Now the armed robber accused of holding up two women at gunpoint is behind bars.

Carmen Rowe: I'm glad they caught him, especially if he did it to me and other victims.

It's been nearly two months since the attack that left Carmen Rowe fearing for her safety.

Carmen Rowe: It's taken a bit of the freedom I used to feel when I would go out shopping in the middle of the day. I get very nervous to walk back to my car.

That's because the Boca Raton woman had her purse stolen at gunpoint in the parking lot of the Palmetto Park Square Plaza May 2, while putting her shopping bags in the trunk of her car.

Carmen Rowe: The freedom, that I used to go out and not think anything was going to happen to me.

Now the man police say robbed Rowe is behind bars. 30-year-old Derrick Ivery of Delray Beach was arrested Tuesday after police set up surveillance to catch a suspect who had broken into a car in the same Kmart plaza June 1.

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