Crime & Safety

Cobb Police Look for Armed Robber

A man jumped the counter in the Wade Green Road Rite Aid while brandishing a handgun at an employee.

The Cobb County Police Department is looking for the suspect in a Tuesday night armed robbery at the Wade Green Road Rite Aid.

At 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, a man wearing a multi-colored motorcycle helmet, long sleeve gray shirt, blue jeans and black gloves entered the Rite Aid, jumped the counter in the pharmacy area and brandished a handgun at an employee, said Officer Mike Bowman, the spokesman for the department.

The suspect, a 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-10 white male in his early 20s, was also wearing a green backpack.

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After receiving an undisclosed amount of various medications, he fled the business in an unknown direction on foot, Bowman said.

If you have any information about this incident, call 770-499-3945.

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