FBI May Take Over Renasant Bank Robbery Case

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The Cartersville Police Department is making some progress in its investigation into last week’s Renasant Bank robbery.

Two suspects were arrested last week following a bank robbery in Floyd County, and investigators believe one of those two ”may be responsible for the robbery at Renasant Bank,” said Cartersville police spokesperson Capt. Mark Camp.

Camp said the Federal Bureau of Investigation has also been contacted about possibly taking over the case “since there may be multiple bank robberies involved.”

“The FBI will be looking over the cases to see if they want to take the case federally,” he added. “There is no definitive word on that yet.”

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, Oct. 21 in reference to the robbery. Cartersville police took over the investigation once the bank reported to authorities it had been annexed into the city.

Bartow sheriff’s office spokesperson Sgt. Jonathan Rogers said the man allegedly 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 said 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.