Cobb County

2 men in their 60s accused of robbing drug stores with machete

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — The machete-wielding robbers who hit local drug stores planned out the attacks and executed their scheme in two days, police said.

A joint investigation between Cobb County police and Smyrna police revealed the suspected robbers are Timothy Soulsby and Vincent McClure.

Surveillance video given to Channel 2’s Chris Jose shows a man in a grey hoodie walk up with a machete and point it at a Walgreens cashier. In fear for her life, the worker cried and opened the register. The robbers walked out with the entire drawer filled with cash.

The men hit Walgreens and CVS, five Smryna-area stores in two days, but detectives revealed the pair didn’t get away with money in all the robberies.

“(The cashier) eventually decided to jump over the counter and tried to run to the back of the store,” said Stephen Sinatra, a Cobb County police detective.

Sinatra testified in a Cobb County courtroom that McClure grabbed the Walgreen’s employee, but he broke free.

Investigators revealed someone in the parking lot got a partial plate number and that helped them find the men with the machete.

No victims were hurt in the robberies.

McClure and Soulsby remain at the Cobb County jail without bond. ​