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Monday, May 13, 2013

Update: I-75 Reopens After Robbery, Chase Through Cobb

About 10:54 a.m. today, the SunTrust Bank at 1755 Mars Hill Rd. was robbed, and a black woman drove away from the scene. Authorities pursued the woman all the way to Mt. Paran Road, where she wrecked her vehicle.

Interstate 75, which was shut down in both directions this afternoon after a suspected a bank robber who claimed she had an explosive device led authorities on a chase from Acworth to the interstate, has reopened. About 10:54 a.m. today, the Acworth SunTrust Bank at 1755 Mars Hill Rd. was robbed, and a black woman drove away from the scene in an SUV, said Officer Mike Bowman with the Cobb County Police Department. Authorities pursued the woman southbound on Mars Hill Road to Macland Road; eastbound on Macland Road to Windy Hill Road; eastbound on Windy Hill Road to Interstate 75; southbound on Interstate 75 to Mt. Paran Road. The woman wrecked her vehicle at Mt. Paran Road, Bowman said. The "suspect (is) believed to be the bank robber," he…

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Kennesaw Police Seek Help in eBay Fraud Case

More than $12,800 vanished shortly after a Florida man wired the money to a SunTrust Bank account.

The Kennesaw Police Department is looking for a person of interest in an eBay fraud case. More than $12,800 vanished last month after a Ruskin, Fla., man wired the money to a SunTrust Bank account that authorities have learned was opened using a fraudulent passport. The Florida man told investigators that after he showed interest in buying a 1969 Dodge Charger on eBay, a female seller named Linda Caragan directed him to another website to start bidding on it. He won the auction, and someone posing as Caragan's attorney contacted him. The attorney, who identified himself as George Hallmatt, told the man how and where to wire the money for the final purchase. On Dec. 17, the man did what he was instructed to do. His $12,860 wire transfer was…

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