Smyrna Police Search For Robbery Suspect Wearing Fur Hat With Ear Flaps, Mid-90s Pickup-Driving Wheelman

`SMYRNA, TN — A man wearing a fur-lined hat with ear flaps and his pickup-driving wheelman are wanted for two Rutherford County gas station robberies.

At 4:15 Sunday morning, a man waited until the cash register drawer opened at the Mapco on Almaville Road in Smyrna and then pulled out a small handgun and tried to grab cash from the open register. He ran out to a waiting green, mid-90s model year Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck which then sped on to Interstate 24 eastbound.

About 25 minutes later, a matching pair of suspects robbed the Exxon on Fortress Boulevard in Murfreesboro, following the same modus operandi. Again, despite the grab attempt, no money was stolen, although the ear-flap-hat-wearing man did make off with a case of beer.

The armed man was described a thin black male in his late 30s or early 40s. In addition to his distinctive headgear, he was wearing blue jeans and a black shirt. The driver was described as a heavy-set black male.

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