Former Employees Of Grocery Store Plan To Rob Manager During The Cash Run — Should Have Counted On The Manager Being Armed

By James England

NEWTON COUNTY, GEORGIA — Two former employees of an Ingles grocery store orchestrated an attempted armed heist of the cash delivery. If you deal with cash on a regular basis, you’re going to need to make a bank run. The former employees found out when the manager made his routine run. One of them put on a mask, found a gun, and tried to hold up the manager. The manager drew his own gun and opened fire on the suspect. The suspect returned fire but only struck the manager’s truck.

According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the two suspects have been identified as 28-year-old Jahmar Smith and 29-year-old Lamont Castleberry. Both have been arrested in connection with the attempted robbery. Information is unclear whether one of them was hit by the manager’s bullets but both are presently in custody so it can be assumed neither suffered significant, life-threatening damage.

Police have also recovered articles of clothing, a gun, and an amount of cash consistent with what the manager reported.

Desperate men will do desperate things. One of those things is walking into a situation where you can safely assume the party you’re intending to rob is armed and willing to fight. Desperate …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation