Crime & Safety

BB&T Bank Is Robbed

The Marietta Police Department is investigating a robbery that occurred at the BB&T branch at 1901 Sandy Plains Rd. in Northeast Cobb.

are searching for a man who held up a BB&T bank in the Northeast Cobb section of the city Monday afternoon.Β 

According to police, the robber approached a teller at bank at 1901 Sandy Plains Rd. at approximately 1 p.m.

The man handed the teller a note demanding money, then received an undisclosed amount of cash and left on foot. He was last seen running behind the bank.

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The robber is described as a skinny white man between 5-foot-7 and 5-foot-10, wearing a shoulder-length black wig, women’s clothing and sunglasses.

Police ask anyone with information about the robbery to callΒ 770-794-5300.

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