Crime & Safety

(Video) Two More Family Dollar Robberies, APD Search for Suspect

One suspect, robs 2 Family Dollar stores.

Atlanta Police Commercial Robbery Investigators have released surveillance video from two Family Dollar robberies that occurred in December 2013. 

According to Officer John Chafee, "the first occurred on 12-21-2013 at 3050 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr and the second occurred on 12-23-2013 at 2779 Lakewood Ave."  

You can see in the attached video that in both incidents the suspect approaches the cashier with an item to purchase.  During the transaction the suspect pulls out a handgun and robs the cashier. 

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Officer Chafee says that, "investigators believe that it is the same suspect in these two robberies and are asking for assistance in identifying the male."  

Any information on these cases can be submitted anonymously to the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS (8477), online www.crimestoppersatlanta.org or by texting CSA and the tip to CRIMES (274637). (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.)

Is Family Dollar just 'unlucky' or are they a magnet for crime in our neighborhoods? There is yet another being built in the West End... 
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