DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Police said the suspect in a morning robbery at a local grocery store holed up in a home near Stone Mountain before he was arrested.
DeKalb County police said an armed man approached an employee at Ingles on Rockbridge Road in Stone Mountain before it opened for business Wednesday morning.
Investigators said the man walked into the store with a gun and demanded the employee open the cash registers. They said the robber got away with a small amount of money and ran off.
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Police said no one was hurt.
Ingles Chief Financial Officer Ron Freeman said in a statement:
“We are working with law enforcement to review security information and provide whatever else they need. We are thankful our associates were not injured.”
Investigators said they then found the man barricaded in a DeKalb County townhouse. The SWAT team was called out, and hours later, the man was arrested without incident.
"I’ve lived here for 25 years, and this is the first excitement I’ve had in a long time,” neighbor Judith Blundell said.
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