Crime & Safety

Robbery at Marietta Walgreens

Marietta Police are searching for a male who held up the South Marietta Parkway location early Friday.

Marietta Police are looking for a male suspect who held up a Walgreens pharmacy early Friday.

Police said a light-skinned black male entered the store at 23 South Marietta Parkway, at the intersection of Whitlock Avenue just off the Marietta Square, around 12:30 a.m.

The suspect produced a handgun to a store clerk and got away with cartons of cigarettes and cash, then left the store on foot toward South Marietta Parkway, according to police.

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There was no further description of the suspect, and anyone with information is asked to call Marietta Police Detective Mike Freer at 770-794-5477 or the Anonymous Tip Line at 770-794-6990.


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