Suspect threatens cashier with knife during robbery in northeast columbus
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Suspect Threatens Cashier with Knife During Robbery in Northeast Columbus

April 18, 2023

COLUMBUS, OH – The Columbus Police Robbery Unit is seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect involved in an armed robbery that occurred on April 7, 2023, at a business in the 1400 block of Cleveland Avenue. The suspect in the surveillance video threatened a store employee with a knife before taking money from the register.

The suspect appeared to buy a two-liter bottle of soda before pulling out a knife and demanding all the money from the register. The suspect is described as a white man, 20 to 30 years old, around 5’8″, 150 to 160 pounds, with a goatee, brown hair, and wearing a black hoodie, gray pants, and black shoes.

Anyone with information that can help investigators is asked to contact the Columbus Police Robbery Unit at (614) 645-4665. Tips can also be made to Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS.

Suspect threatens cashier with knife during robbery in northeast columbus
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Ryan Dickinson

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