Crime & Safety
Bank Robbery Suspect Holds Knife to Woman in Cascade Heights
Man gives note to teller on Monday morning that demanded she hand over one hundred-dollar bills and included a threat that read, "Don't make me hurt you."
The Atlanta Police Department’s Commercial Robbery Unit is seeking the public’s assistance regarding a robbery of a Cascade Heights bank on Monday morning.
According to police, a man entered the Wells Fargo Bank located at 2280 Cascade Road around 10 a.m. and handed a note to a teller. The note demanded that she hand over one hundred-dollar bills and included a threat that read, “Don’t make me hurt you.”
According to Atlanta police Sgt. Greg Lyon, the teller gave only five- and ten-dollar bills and this angered the subject. He then grabbed a woman from the customer service desk and held a knife to her side while exclaiming he would kill her if he wasn’t given the proper denominations.
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The teller complied and the subject fled the scene on foot with an undisclosed amount of money. There were no injuries reported.
The subject is described as a black male with dark skin, standing 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-9 and weighing 140 to 170 pounds.
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Persons do not have to give their name or any identifying information to be eligible for the reward of up to $2,000 for the arrest and indictment of the suspects.
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