Crime & Safety

King of Pops Robbed in Decatur

The popsicle vendor said a customer on the Court Square snatched his bank bag.

This is a story about pops and robbers.

A vendor working the Decatur Square told that a customer grabbed a bank bag and ran the afternoon of July 1.

The vendor said a man bought a popsicle, then walked around the stand asking questions. He grabbed a blue bank bag on the ground underneath the popsicle stand and ran toward Church Street.

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The man was described as a dark-skinned black male, about 5-foot-8, with a slight gap between his two front teeth. He wore a black ball cap, gray shirt and long black jean shorts.

Inside the bank bag: $115 in cold cash.

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