Crime & Safety
Leads Sought in Cobb Robbery
A Fifth Third Bank branch on Powers Ferry Road was held up on Thursday.
A Powers Ferry Road bank was robbed this morning, and investigators with the Cobb County Police Department hope someone recognizes the man captured in surveillance images and calls them.
About 10:40 a.m. today, a man wearing a gray sweatshirt, Chicago Bulls baseball cap, sunglasses and a long curly wig walked into the Fifth Third Bank at 1920 Powers Ferry Road, said Officer Mike Bowman, a spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department.
"According to investigators, the perpetrator ... immediately approached a teller demanding money," he said. "While the teller was gathering the money, the perpetrator indicated that he had a weapon but never presented one."
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The man left the business in an unknown direction after obtaining an undisclosed amount of cash, Bowman said.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call 770-499-3945.
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