PICS: The Moment A Gunman Robbed An Armored Car Courier In DeKalb

LITHONIA, GA -- Federal investigators are searching for two armed robbers who held up an armored car courier in DeKalb County. For more crime news and updates on this and other stories in DeKalb County, click here to get Patch's daily newsletter and free, real-time news alerts.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and Dunbar Armored are offering rewards in the case, which happened in November.

The FBI believes the armed robbers may have scouted out the bank weeks in advance of the caper, which was caught on security video.

In the middle of the day on Nov. 26, an armed robber approached an armed Dunbar Armored Car worker while he was servicing an ATM outside the Bank of America on Turner Hill Road in Lithonia, according to Special Agent in Charge David LeValley of the FBI's Atlanta field office.

The robber put a gun to the back of the courier and demanding money, snatching an undisclosed amount, the FBI said.

The robber then got inside a dark SUV -- possibly a Jeep Compass -- with another man and sped past Stonecrest Mall on Mall Parkway. The SUV's license plate was removed, the FBI said.

Law enforcement officials have released surveillance photos of the SUV, which has a bumper sticker on the upper-left corner of the hatch door.

Investigators are interested in whether anyone witnessed any suspicious activity around the bank in the days prior to the robbery.

One of the thieves was wearing all-black clothing with a hooded sweatshirt and ski mask. The second perpetrator was "at least 5’9,” investigators said.

Anyone with information about this crime, please contact Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404-577- TIPS (8477). All calls can remain anonymous.

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