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Cobb cops looking for woman who stole rug from back of store

These are surveillance photos from September that Acworth police say show a woman stealing a rug from Georgia Rug Gallery on Cobb Parkway.

Credit: Acworth Police Department

Credit: Acworth Police Department

These are surveillance photos from September that Acworth police say show a woman stealing a rug from Georgia Rug Gallery on Cobb Parkway.
By Ben Brasch
Nov 5, 2018

Acworth police are asking for the public’s help finding a woman who stole a rug in September.

The police department posted surveillance pictures to Facebook on Friday of the suspect in the act.

In the post, the department said the woman took a rug from behind the Georgia Rug Gallery on Cobb Parkway sometime during the day on Sept. 14.

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The agency didn’t say why the photos hadn’t been posted earlier.

She allegedly put the oval rug in the back of a red four-door car.

Anyone with information can call Acworth investigators at 770-974-1232.

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