Cobb Police Look for Rite Aid 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. 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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Cobb Looks for Kennesaw Robbery Suspects

The Cobb County Police Department Tuesday afternoon released surveillance images of the three suspects wanted in connection with Saturday's armed robbery at a Kennesaw jewelry store.

Police Release Footage from Kennesaw Armed Robbery

The Diamonds R Forever on Wade Green Road was robbed Saturday morning.

The Cobb County Police Department this afternoon released surveillance images of the suspects wanted in connection with Saturday's armed robbery at a Kennesaw jewelry store. Around 10:50 a.m. Saturday, three men walked into Diamonds R Forever and pointed handguns at the employees, said Officer Mike Bowman, the spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department.  As one of the suspects grabbed money from the cash register, the other two men smashed several of the display cases and took various pieces of jewelry, he said. The trio, clad in hats and long-sleeved, button down shirts, fled the business and drove away in an unknown type of vehicle. All of the suspects were black, between 5-foot-3 and 5-foot-8, slender and approximately 18 to 20 …

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Kennesaw Jewelry Store Robbed

Three men on Saturday walked into Diamonds R Forever and pointed handguns at the employees.

Kennesaw Jewelry Store Robbed

Around 10:50 a.m. today, three men walked in Diamonds R Forever and pointed handguns at the employees.

Armed robbers today hit a Kennesaw jewelry store, and the Cobb County Police Department needs help locating them. Around 10:50 a.m. today, three men walked into Diamonds R Forever and pointed handguns at the employees, said Officer Mike Bowman, the spokesman for the Cobb County Police Department.  As one of the suspects grabbed money from the cash register, the other two men smashed several of the display cases and took various pieces of jewelry, he said. The trio, clad in hats and long-sleeved, button down shirts, fled the business and drove away in an unknown type of vehicle. All of the suspects were black, between 5-foot-3 and 5-foot-8, slender and approximately 18 to 20 years old, Bowman said. If you have information about the incident…

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Facebook Tip Leads to Kennesaw Man

He's been arrested in connection with the armed robberies of three Smyrna Subway locations.

Social media helped the Smyrna Police Department catch a Kennesaw man wanted in connection with the armed robberies of three Subway restaurants. On Feb. 1, Smyrna authorities posted surveillance footage of the suspect on the city's Facebook page and asked the public to call the police department with any leads. That move provided detectives with the break that they needed in the case. Someone recognized the man in the footage as 30-year-old John Paul Wigart, said Officer Michael E. Smith, the spokesman for the department. Wigart was arrested this week and charged with three counts of armed robbery and three counts of possession of firearm or knife during the commission of or attempt to commit certain felonies.  He is being held in the Cobb…

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Kennesaw Business Robbed

According to police, two armed suspects took an undisclosed amount of cash from Del Taco.

Two black men fled with an undisclosed amount of cash after allegedly robbing a Kennesaw business. According to a news release from the Cobb County Police Department, the suspects entered Del Taco on Chastain Road through a rear door and ordered the employees to the floor. They forced the manager to open the store's safe, took the money and fled on foot. No one was injured during the alleged robbery. One suspect is described as standing 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighing 180 lbs. He was wearing a black “hoodie” and was armed with a knife. The second suspect is described as standing 5 feet, 8 inches tall and weighing 180 lbs. He also was wearing a black “hoodie” and had a bandana covering his face. He was armed with a handgun. Anyone with …

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Armed Robbery at Kennesaw Texaco

Cobb police said a masked man used a handgun to demand cash before fleeing on foot.

The Cobb County Police Department is investigating an armed robbery which occurred Friday morning at a Kennesaw gas station. According to investigators, a masked man entered the Texaco at 3129 Cobb Pkwy., pointed a handgun at the clerks and demanded money. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash, the offender fled the area on foot. The robber is described as a white male, between 5 feet 4 inches and 5 feet 5 inches tall and between 150 to 170 pounds. He was last seen wearing a grey hoodie sweatshirt, jeans and a black mask. Anyone with information about this crime is asked to call 770-499-3945.

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