Crime & Safety

Purse Thief Gets Lunchbox Instead

Inside the Police Reports: The armed robbery took place along Harbins Road and Singleton Road in unincorporated Norcross.

A man took a woman's lunchbox instead of her purse during a Norcross-area robbery this past Halloween.

According to the Gwinnett County police report, the woman was walking along Harbins Road toward Singleton Road in unincorporated Norcross around 6:20 p.m. that Wednesday.

While she was near the Dollar General on Singleton, a man came out of the woods, pointed a handgun in her face and demanded her purse.

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