Friends & Neighbors To "Mob" Sugar-Coated Radical Feb. 26

Friends and neighbors are rallying around Taria Camerino, the owner of Old Fourth Ward's Sugar-Coated Radical, who was robbed in the early morning hours of Feb. 23.

The "cash mob" of the sweets and confectionery shop — Feb. 26 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 108 Howell St. — is designed to bring enough sales to replace the $400 Camerino was forced to give up in the 6:15 a.m. robbery.

Cash mobs are designed to get customers to spend money at locally-owned businesses.

The robber scaled the wall of the building where Camerino lives, smashed the window of one of the bedrooms and entered her home, looking for money.

Looking to protect her family, whom the robber threatened to kill, Camerino convinced him to go to her shop, which is on the ground floor of the building at Irwin and Howell streets.

The robbery occurred just hours after the shooting death of Suhrid Das in the Banna Grocery, another anchor shop located in the same building.

It's unclear if the robberies are connected, but the Atlanta Police Department released a taken from Banna security cameras, showing a masked gunman leaving the store.

Anyone with information regarding either robbery is urged to contact Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404.577.8477. Tips may be submitted anonymously and any information that leads to arrest and indictment may result in a cash reward to the tipster.