Crime & Safety

FBI Seeks Bank Robbery Suspect

The suspect has been reported in Atlanta, Morrow, Mableton, and Tucker, agents say.

Special Agent in Charge (SAC) J. Britt Johnson requests the public’s assistance with regard to a series of armed bank robberies in the metro Atlanta area.

On August 12, 2015, at approximately 12:38 p.m., a lone black male entered the Wells Fargo Bank, located at 1120 Fairburn Road, Atlanta, Georgia, and presented a demand note to the teller. The robber obtained an undisclosed amount of money and departed the bank without further incident.

On same date, August 12, 2015, at approximately 4:21 p.m., a lone black male entered the Best Bank, located at 4875 Floyd Road, Mableton, Georgia, and brandished a handgun while demanding money from a bank teller. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of money, the robber departed the bank without further incident.

On August 20, 2015, at approximately 7:03 p.m., a lone black male entered the Publix grocery store, located at 2035 Mt. Zion Road, Morrow, Georgia, and displayed a handgun to a cashier while demanding money.

On August 27, 2015, at approximately 7:07 p.m., a lone black male entered the Kroger grocery store at 3959 Lavista Road, Tucker, Georgia, and displayed a weapon to a cashier and demanded money.

The individual suspected in all of the above robberies is described as being a light skinned black male, late 20’s to early 30’s in age, 6’0” in height, weighing approximately 180 lbs., with curly hair.

Anyone with information regarding these robberies should call Crime Stoppers Atlanta at tel. (404) 577-8477.

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