Crime & Safety
Smyrna Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested
Police say a tipster provided them with the identity of their suspect hours after news broke regarding the incident.
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Smyrna police say they have arrested the man responsible for robbing a bank on May 12.
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Emmanuel Lee Dukes, 26, was identified by a tipster as the suspect captured on surveillance camera footage robbing the SunTrust Bank at 3379 South Cobb Drive. Police say the suspect handed the teller a demand note which read, “give me the 100’s or I will shoot.” After getting an undisclosed amount of cash from the bank, the suspect fled the scene on foot.
Dukes was identified only 24 hours after news of the robbery was released by the media, and he was arrested in Atlanta on Monday morning with the help of the United States Marshals Service. Dukes is also suspected in several other Cobb County bank robberies, police said.
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