Armed Robber Hits Buckhead CVS Twice: Police

ATLANTA, GA -- Atlanta police are soliciting the public's help in finding the man who robbed a CVS in Buckhead twice in the span of eight days. The incidents occurred at the store and pharmacy in the 1900 block of Peachtree Street near Piedmont Hospital.

Surveillance cameras show a man with a red hoodie entering the store on May 30 and taking money from the cash register. Police said that he brandished a knife to workers at the store: To get notified of more local news like this, click here to sign up for the Buckhead Patch. Or find your Atlanta-area town here. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app.

In the second incident, which happened on June 7, a perpetrator with a white sweatshirt and gray scarf wrapped around his head enters the store and threatens workers with a pistol, according to police. The man is seen walking up to the cash register and taking an undisclosed amount of money.

Atlanta police believe that the perpetrator in both armed robberies is the same man.

Atlanta police have released video footage from the security camera in hopes of getting leads in the case.

Law enforcement authorities are asking that anyone who might know anything about the robberies or the thief's identity to contact them at (404) 658-6486.

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