FBI, Dawson police continue search for OneSouth Bank robbery suspect
OneSouth Bank on Forrester Drive in Dawson was robbed on July 3
Staff Reports
DAWSON — Officials with the Federal Bureau of Investigation are continuing to investigate an armed bank robbery that occurred in Dawson last week.
FBI officials said Monday that Special Agent in Charge David J. LeValley, from the FBI’s Atlanta office, in conjunction with Dawson Police Department Chief Charles C. Whitehead Jr., is requesting information regarding an armed bank robbery that occurred in Dawson on July 3.
Officials said that, at 9:30 a.m. on July 3, a man wearing an orange construction-style reflective vest entered the OneSouth Bank, located at 917 Forrester Drive Southeast, and announced a robbery while displaying a weapon.
The robber obtained an undisclosed amount of money and departed the bank without further incident, the FBI said.
The FBI described the robber as a black man about early- to mid-30s in age, 5-foot-5 to 5-foot-8 in height, wearing an orange reflective vest, sunglasses, a fake beard and long dread-style hair.
Anyone with information regarding the suspect and his whereabouts is asked to contact the FBI at (404) 679-9000 or Dawson police at (229) 995-4414.
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