FBI: iPhone-Loving Armed Robber Hit Two Gwinnett Stores

DULUTH, GA — The FBI and Duluth Police Department are seeking the public's help in finding an armed robber who held up two local mobile-phone stores at gunpoint — demanding only a specific model of iPhone each time.

Investigators believe the same man is responsible for robberies at a Duluth T-Mobile store on June 11 and a nearby AT&T store on June 14. In both cases, the robber pulled a handgun on store employees and told them specifically to fill a backpack with iPhone 7 Plus smartphones.

At 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, June 11, Duluth Police responded to the T-Mobile store at 2550 Pleasant Hill Rd. Witnesses said a man entered the store, showed a handgun and ordered the store's manager to put the iPhones into a black, orange-lined backpack.

Held at gunpoint, the manager complied and the robber left without further incident.

At about 2:46 p.m. on Wednesday, June 14, Duluth Police responded to the AT&T store at 2570 Pleasant Hill Rd. Witnesses said a man wearing all black with a red towel or bandanna over his face walked into the store with a handgun and ordered an employee to open the store's safe.

He instructed the employee to put only iPhone 7 Plus phones into his backpack, specifically telling the employee not to give him anything else.

Authorities describe the robber as a black male in his mid-to-late 20s with a slender build and facial hair. He was wearing dark jogging pants with vertical white stripes and carrying a black backpack with orange trim and an orange interior liner.

He was carrying a black, semi-automatic handgun that possibly had orange front sights on it.

Anyone with information in the case is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477.

Photos courtesy FBI Atlanta Field Office