FBI Alert: Robbers Targeting Metro Atlanta Walmart Stores
ATLANTA - FOX 5 News has learned the Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a series of armed robberies targeting Walmart stores in the metro Atlanta area. According to the FBI, there have been approximately eight armed robberies at metro Atlanta Walmart stores since May. Investigators believe they are all related.
Detectives said the armed robberies all occurred between 10:00 p.m. and midnight.
“An armed robber wearing a surgical mask will enter the store, brandish a firearm and rob the nearest cashier,” the FBI told FOX 5 News exclusively.
In at least two of the robberies detectives believe a woman, described as a black female, posed as a customer inside the store.
“It is believed she is coordinating efforts with the armed robber prior to the actual robbery occurring and then leaving the store after the robbery is conducted.”
The FBI said the robber is described as a black male who is roughly 5’5”. During the robberies, he wears a surgical/dust mask as a disguise. Detectives have released surveillance images of the robber and alleged accomplice.
“The possibility exists that there may be two different female accomplices serving as lookouts during the robbery,” the FBI said.
The FBI is working with the DeKalb County Police Department, Dunwoody Police Department, Roswell Police Department, Riverdale Police Department and the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office in the investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477.
Below is a list of the Walmart armed robberies believed to be related:
- 5/15/2015: 8424 Mall Parkway, Lithonia, Georgia
- 08/11/2015: 970 Mansell Rd, Roswell, Georgia
- 08/18/2015: 4725 Ashford Dunwoody Rd, Dunwoody, Georgia
- 09/13/2015: 7050 Highway 85, Riverdale, Georgia
- 09/21/2015: 8424 Mall Parkway, Lithonia, Georgia
- 09/26/2015: 4975 Jimmy Carter Blvd, Norcross, Georgia
- 10/01/2015: 6152 Covington Hwy, Lithonia, Georgia
- 10/7/2015: 2395 Peachtree Parkway, Cumming, Georgia. During this robbery, the robber fired a round into the floor by the cash register.
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