Chapel Hill police: One man behind two armed robberies
Police suspect one man armed with a shotgun committed two robberies near the Varsity Theater annd the University Mall within 10 minutes of each other on Sunday.
Posted — UpdatedTwo men were walking south in an alley near the Varsity Theatre toward East Franklin Street around 6:30 p.m., police said. A man approached them, produced a shotgun and demanded money, officers said. The victims said the robber fled north toward East Rosemary Street.
Detectives said that about 10 minutes later, a woman was in her vehicle using at automated-teller machine at a Wachovia Bank at University Mall, at South Estes Drive and U.S. Highway 15-501.
She told police a car pulled up beside her, and a man got out of the car and approached her vehicle. She said he produced a shotgun and demanded money.
The two crimes scenes are less than 2.5 miles apart.
In both crimes, witnesses described the assailant as a black man, between 20 and 25 years old. He had a thin build and stood about 6 feet tall. He wore a black baggy shirt and dark-colored, baggy pants. In the second robbery, the victim said he wore a baseball cap.
He drove away from the ATM robbery in a four-door, older-model 1980s sedan. The vehicle was described as beat-up and either covered with dull, gray primer or was unpainted.
Anyone with information regarding these incidents was asked to call the Chapel Hill Police Department at 919-968-2760 or Crime Stoppers at 919-226-CRIME.
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