Crime & Safety
Suspect Wearing Spider-Man Mask Robs Convenience Store In Canton
BREAKING: The Cherokee Sheriff's Office said the male walked into the store, brandished a firearm and demanded money and cigarettes.
CANTON, GA -- The Cherokee Sheriff's Office is on the hunt for a male subject sporting a mask of a famous comic book character robbing a convenience store at gunpoint over the weekend.
A white male wearing a red Spiderman mask entered the Petro station at 900 Reinhardt College Parkway in Canton around 10:13 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 5, brandished a firearm and demanded cash and cigarettes from the store clerk.
The male, who was also wearing an Auburn University Tigers hoodie, had an unknown tattoo on the web of his left hand, the sheriff's office added. He fled the scene in an black, older model BMW, which had no tag and damage to right rear panel (SIGN UP: Get Patch's Daily Newsletter and Real Time News Alerts. Or, if you have an iPhone, download the free Patch app).
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Anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office at 770-928-0239 or 9-1-1.
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