Crime & Safety
Suspected Spider-Man Robber Caught on Camera
The Lexington County Sheriff's Department released photos of a suspect in a robbery at Computer MD in Irmo.
Deputies are still looking for a man they believe .
The Lexington County Sheriff's Department released surveillance photos Thursday of the man without his mask on.Â
The masked man — along with another man — hit a Columbia dry-cleaning business and an Irmo computer repair store on June 11, acccording to the sheriff's department.
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The two men ran into Computer MD at 4468 St. Andrews Road around 11:35 a.m., took four laptops from the counter and ran away, according to an incident report.
Hours later, a man wearing a Spider-Man mask and an accomplice entered Columbia's Cleaners at 7400 Garner's Ferry Road, knocked down a clerk and stole an undisclosed amount of cash from the cash register, according to the Columbia Police Department.Â
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Lexington County Sheriff's deputies say the two cases are related. The descriptions of the men in both incidents are very similar.Â
The man wearing the Spider-Man mask is described as a black male who was wearing a gray tank top, dark pants and white tennis shoes during the dry cleaners robbery. In the computer store robbery, the man with the Spider-Man mask was wearing a long-sleeve, light-colored shirt, dark pants and white tennis shoes.
The other man is described as a black male who was wearing a red or orange hoodie, black shorts and black socks with white tennis shoes. The hoodie had the number 81 written in white letters on the back.Â
Anyone with information about these incidents should call Crimestoppers at 1-888-CRIME-SC.
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