Police seek Stockbridge cigarette bandit

By Marcus K. Garner

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Henry County police are looking for a man accused of stealing more than $6,000 in cash and cigarettes from a Stockbridge convenience store.

Henry County Police Surveillance image shows man walking out of convenience store with about $2,700 in stolen cigarettes.

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Video surveillance shows a man break out the windows on Oct. 30, of the Shell gas station on 1150 Jodeco Road, according to police.

The man used a garbage can from inside the store to carry out 66 cigarette cartons, valued at about $2,700, police said.

He then returned to the store and broke into a back office where he took two boxes of cigarettes and about $3,500 in cash, police said.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call 770-288-8339.