Cartersville Police Have a "Possible Suspect" In Renasant Bank Robbery

Cartersville police continue to follow up on leads in Monday’s robbery in which a suspect used a note to hold up a banking institution.

Capt. Mark Camp, spokesperson with the Cartersville Police Department, said “investigators have a possible suspect in mind” in Monday’s robbery of Renasant Bank, which sits at the intersection of Old Mill and Douthit Ferry roads.

“They are working with law enforcement authorities in Polk County and Villa Rica, as the suspect may have been involved in armed robberies in those locations,” he added.

Deputies with the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office initially responded to the bank at 420 Old Mill Road in Cartersville just after 9:20 a.m. Tuesday in reference to the robbery. Cartersville police took over the investigation once the bank reported to authorities it had been annexed into the city.

According to The Daily News Tribune, Bartow sheriff’s office spokesperson Sgt. Jonathan Rogers said the man passed the teller a note, jumped onto the counter, reached into the drawer and snatched an undisclosed amount of money.

The suspect is described as a black man who stands around six feet tall, according to the article. He was wearing all black — with a black cap and a mask covering a portion of his face — and was seen leaving the bank on foot towards Highway 113.

Rogers told the newspaper the suspect possibly stuffed the stolen money into his pockets as he made his getaway because deputies recovered cash along the route the man took.