Party Plan Goes Awry After Pair Robbed By Former Classmate

TAMPA—This could be a birthday Daniel Lowery remembers, but possibly not in a good way.

Lowery, 20, and Jessie Kielmann, 19, pulled into the parking lot of the Motel 6 in Bradenton about 12:15 a.m. today with a pocket full of cash, intending to get a room to celebrate Lowery’s birthday, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said.

They saw someone they remembered from high school and as he approached their car, they said they had $400 and asked if the former classmate wanted to party with them, the sheriff’s office said.

He did not want to join them.

Instead he pulled a pistol and relieved Lowery and Kielmann of their party funds, then drove away in a red Lexus, the sheriff’s department said.

The two followed the robber but lost him at the intersection of State Road 64 and Lakewood Ranch Boulevard.

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