Man arrested in hammer attack on former boss
MANGONIA PARK — A man accused of stealing thousands of dollars from his former employer now faces an attempted murder charge after being accused of a role in a violent attack and robbery of his former manager.
Palm Beach County sheriff ’s authorities arrested Roady Sanozier, 38, on Tuesday, saying he was part of the Feb. 13 attack outside CORD Financial Services’ Mangonia Park office. A man with a sledgehammer — it is unclear whether authorities believe Sanozier wielded the weapon — beat the manager’s face and the back of his head before taking off with $128,000 in cash.
The manager, who declined to comment Wednesday beyond saying that he still is recovering at home, had to undergo facial reconstruction surgery because of the severity of the injuries. Records indicate he had a broken bone near his eye socket, serious gashes to his head and cuts to his forearm and shoulder.
Judge Dina Keever-Agrama on Wednesday morning ordered that Sanozier be held without bond at the Palm Beach County Jail.
Sheriff ’s authorities first were alerted to Sanozier in September, when the Temple, Texas-based company reported that its former employee had been pocketing cash he was supposed to be loading into ATMs. Sanozier, who worked as an ATM technician, was accused of stealing more than $35,000. He told authorities he was robbed while working and was afraid to report it.
Within months of being fired, authorities say Sanozier was a part of a $60,000 theft in West Palm Beach in which he and another person posed as armored truck drivers. He does not appear to have been charged in that case.
Then in February, Sanozier is accused of returning to CORD’s Mangonia Park office in a black pickup. He was with someone else, authorities said, and one of them “ambushed” the manager outside the office, hitting him with a sledgehammer before running off with the $128,000 the manager had in a bag.
Other managers told sheriff ’s authorities that only people who have worked at the company would know when and where that manager picked up the cash deposits.
Sheriff ’s authorities connected the escape truck to Sanozier through his social-media postings, records show.
They secured a warrant and searched Sanozier’s Coral Springs home last week. Inside, they found records indicating he wired $13,000 to a relative in Haiti and bought several vehicles just days after the attack on his former manager.
Sanozier does not appear to have a criminal history in Palm Beach County.