Attempted armed robbery at Albany curb store

As of Saturday, August 11, 2012
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Dougherty County Police Department officers at the fight corner with an Albany Police Department officer at the Pitt Stop, 3225 Sylvester Road, about 4:40 p.m. Saturday for a possible armed robbery. There were no reports of injuries. No other information was immediately available. The Pitt Stop has been robbed before. On Dec. 21, 2010, a Dougherty County Police Lt. was killed in the line of duty while tracking an armed robber from the Pitt Stop.

Dougherty County Police are at the Pitt Stop curb store at 3225 Sylvester Road, the scene of an attempted armed robbery at 4:40 p.m. Apparently two men wearing masks, one red, the other blue, attempted the robbery, but ran away. Police are currently looking for them.

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bigbob 9 months, 1 week ago

4:40 in the afternoon on Saturday, ya keep telling us how safe Albany is. Very sad.

LuLu 9 months, 1 week ago

They wore masks and ran away? I wouldn't call them "men".

FlunkyMonkey 9 months, 1 week ago

Maybe if the owners were related to Philip Phillips, this would be solved in 12 hours!! Funny how the Phillips pawn shop break in was solved in 12 hours, but the police cant solve a crime committed in broad daylight on one of the major thoroughfares in and out of Albany. How many snatch and grabs does that make in East Albany this week? How many arrests have been made?

1d2ec 9 months, 1 week ago

Don't forget that Phillips Pawn shop break in was done with CITY EQUIPMENT. Recond that encouraged the speed and not Phillip Phillips?

dingleberry 9 months, 1 week ago

Hitting a "stop and rob" may put some smokes, beer, and spice on the street. But hitting a pawn shop puts guns and velvet pictures of Elvis on the street. Perhaps the folks that lived near the Phillip's thugs became concerned about the guns being used to rob the 'hood and for once decided to know the purps. While the guns are back in lockup, the Elvis pictures are likely being fenced so be on the lookout.

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