Crime & Safety

Fifth Third Bank Is Robbed

A man received cash from the Fifth Third branch inside a Roswell Road Kroger store Wednesday.

are searching for a man who held up a bank inside an East Cobb grocery store Wednesday afternoon. 

According to police, the robber approached a teller at the inside the , 2100 Roswell Rd., shortly after 1:30 p.m.

The man handed the teller a note demanding money, then received an undisclosed amount of cash and left on foot, police spokesman Sgt. Dana Pierce said.

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Pierce said the robber is a white man around 5-foot-8 and 30 years old. A bank surveillance camera showed the man wearing a black hooded jacket with "GEORGIA" in red letters and a dark cap with a star logo and gold trim. 

The robber was wearing sunglasses and white gloves.

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Police ask anyone with information about the robbery to call 770-499-3945.


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