Crime

Columbus police seek identity of suspect in pawn shop robbery

Officials are seeking the identity of a man accused of committing a robbery October 21, 2016 at the Cash America Pawn shop at 2419 Manchester Expressway in Columbus, Georgia. Police released a photo of the suspect. Anyone who is able to identify him is asked to contact authorities.
Officials are seeking the identity of a man accused of committing a robbery October 21, 2016 at the Cash America Pawn shop at 2419 Manchester Expressway in Columbus, Georgia. Police released a photo of the suspect. Anyone who is able to identify him is asked to contact authorities.

Columbus police are trying to identify the man accused of committing a robbery Friday afternoon at the Cash America at 2419 Manchester Expressway.

Officials released a surveillance photo of the suspect Wednesday afternoon in hopes that someone would be able to identify the man they’ve linked to the 4 p.m. incident.

He was described as a black man who is 5 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 180 pounds. He has short hair and a mustache and was last seen wearing blue jeans, a turquoise shirt and black shoes.

Anyone with information regarding this suspect is asked to contact the Robbery / Assault Division at 706-653-3400.

Sarah Robinson: 706-571-8622, @sarahR_92

This story was originally published October 26, 2016 at 4:02 PM with the headline "Columbus police seek identity of suspect in pawn shop robbery."

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