Two gunmen rob Conyers Subway

By Alice Queen (984)
alice.queen@rockdalecitizen.com

As of Monday, June 11, 2012
© Copyright 2013 Rockdale Citizen

CONYERS -- Two gunmen held up employees of the Subway restaurant on Sigman Road Friday night and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.

A male employee told the Conyers Police Department that he was working behind the counter at about 10:15 p.m. when two black males entered the restaurant through the front door armed with black semi-automatic handguns. The employee told police that one of the suspects jumped over the counter and told him to open the safe. The other suspect reportedly ran to the end of the counter and followed the employee to the safe.

The employee told the suspects he couldn't open the safe but he could open the cash register. He reportedly opened the cash register and stepped back while the first suspect grabbed the cash and the other grabbed the cash box.

The two suspects then ran out of the back door and headed east.

A female employee who was in the back of the restaurant when the suspects came in gave a similar account of the robbery. Video surveillance footage also corroborated the male employee's account of the incident. According to the tape, the robbery took 29 seconds.

One suspect was described as about 6 feet to 6 feet, 2 inches tall, 15 to 20 years of age, and wearing a black hoodie with a black bandanna over his face, black pants, black shoes and black gloves. The second suspect was described as 5 feet, 8 inches to 5 feet, 10 inches tall, 15 to 20 years of age, and wearing a blue hoodie, gray shirt under the hoodie, dark blue jeans, white shoes with blue accents and black gloves.

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will 11 months, 1 week ago

Did they say black young male wearing a hoodie? I dont think I have ever read about this type of crime being pulled in this part of Atlanta. Does this mean all the loser gangsters are on their way. Im really concerned about a hoodie shortage in Conyers. Just think about how bad it will be if we let MARTA in Rockdale county. Is this the Down Low Zo gang? I hear the DLZ are in the area watch out for them, they have not learned how to pull their pants up or wear clothes that fit so they are easy to pick out.Next we will have home invasions and purse snatchings not to mention a drive by here and there.

MsKito 11 months, 1 week ago

Just because they are wearing hoodies does not mean they are criminals. If Obama had a son, he would look like one of those suspects.

BUBBA 11 months, 1 week ago

we HAVE had home invasions here in rockdale but you have to listen to the scanner to here about it. If they happens north of Conyers I-20 it takes too long for backup to get there to help the responding officer and the bad guys run back to Dekalb before anything happens. Sad I know. Listen to the scanner sometimes it's free on the net.

Clark 11 months, 1 week ago

Good grief! MARTA rail service (not bus service) out to Conyers will only help push BACK the criminal element. People actually want to live near transit, and the more good, hardworking people that we have out here, the less space the criminals have to exist!

will 11 months, 1 week ago

Do your homework Clark Marta is not going to bring much to the area just look at Dekalb its done nothing for them. Is this Clark Griswold. Most people that are productive want nothing to do with Marta. Marta will not push back the criminal element it will foster them.

Clark 11 months, 1 week ago

It's not me that needs to do their homework, it is you. Dekalb had its problems before MARTA even existed and having MARTA couldn't and can't change that. But MARTA rail can change Rockdale for the better, if the people out here are willing to allow it. People want to live in the suburbs, but they also want to be able to connect to the big city. Establishing a fast, safe, reliable rail connection to Atlanta will attract the hardworking "white collar" people that communities try to attract. When these people move in, the criminals won't have a choice but to move out; no more cheap rental houses, more eyes watching the streets, more actual shoppers shopping at local stores. I'd like to see any kind of data that says that MARTA will foster the criminal element. Exactly how will it be fostered?

heresyafacts 11 months, 1 week ago

Are there any surveillance photos police can release to the media? Someone might recognize a photo, but they're not going to recognize a description like that, esp four days after the fact.

Zo 11 months, 1 week ago

Its 4days later because the way it read in the paper the employee was probably a suspect because he's Black.

Read for yourself, "A female employee who was in the back of the restaurant when the suspects came in gave a similar account of the robbery. Video surveillance footage also corroborated the male employee's account of the incident. According to the tape, the robbery took 29 seconds". The female, white, and video had to CORROBORATE the male employee story. Please print 2 time trying to get posted

Sundance 11 months, 1 week ago

Zo, are you saying that the police should believe every witness without validating the story? Or just some of them? Or are you saying that the paper should not put what both witnesses said? You are much more race-focused than I thought. If you are saying that police should never corroborate what witnesses state, then we should call into question your candidate for Sherrif because that would clearly be unwise. Are you really mad that the police don't just accept what people say? I think it is probably standard procedure to double check and verify stories. I never really trusted your opinions before. But now, what you are saying makes no sense and i cannot take you seriously.

AWOL 11 months, 1 week ago

Sundance, don't even bother with Zo. She always questions the police and the paper. Her opinion is the only one she wants to know about.

1ayk 11 months, 1 week ago

A car going 60 miles an hour can travel half a mile in 29 seconds! So shut up! Admit it, the supspects are black. Crime has risen and continues as DeKalb and Fulton move East. Admit it! Ferguson will not stop it. He is a product of Fulton County. MARTA will bring more and more. Companies and the earners will leave you and your ilk to deal with the left overs. Then, you will say this is not good and follow those evil whites and eventually run them away when you find them. It is a trend going on for over thirty years. Admit it!

Clark 11 months, 1 week ago

MARTA does not bring crime to areas. Stop bashing MARTA because racists like you have kept it confined to high-crime areas; if it only runs in places with higher crime, then the crime statistics will be higher! I'm surprised you don't want the roads taken up because after all, roads can bring in criminals too.

Rob 11 months, 1 week ago

Oh Luke, oops I mean Zo. Playing the race card yet again? Such a fool!

Elmo 11 months, 1 week ago

"...the employee was 'probably' a suspect because he's black.". What kind of unmitigated claptrap is that? You live in a world of "probably", "maybe", "coulda", and "shoulda". Are you so wound up in race baiting that color is the only thing you can think about". Police ALWAYS check out ALL witnesses stories when a crime is committed. It's a hallmark of good police work. If ten people see a crime, there will be ten versions of it, as human nature dictates that different details will be picked up by different people. The'hoodies' are committing the crimes and brandishing the guns in Rockdale, that is fact. It's caught on camera, and the camera doesn't lie. The Texaco station on 212 was also robbed by suspects fitting the same description. It's not the "virtual hoods" that are committing the crimes, it's the hoodies. You need to face it, and get over yourself.

BUBBA 11 months, 1 week ago

was the employee the tall white red headed fellow?? He is one of the only male employee's I have ever seen in there. I go there once a week . There are several female employees when I go but maybe one other male. The one I would suspect would probably not be the one envolved. Now guess which one that is. OH GOOD MORNING ELMO HOW ARE YOU TODAY

Frustrated 11 months, 1 week ago

Where in the report does it say the female employee was white and the male employee was black? Do you not think police would look at security video if there is one? Just another example of your race biased thinking.

heresyafacts 11 months, 1 week ago

Victims aren't always calmly (or accurately) able to provide relevant details to investigators. Having a GUN stuck in your face can do that. But there have been countless cases of inside jobs, so in robberies, no employee can be cleared until all have been questioned and any available video has been reviewed. But you knew that already. As others have stated, race was not mentioned, yet you've assumed because of the location, or perhaps because working the counter is a minimum wage job, that the employee up front is black and the one in the back is white.

Zo 11 months, 1 week ago

No based on the way the article was written I know he's Black. And the female was white. They didn't say the video proved both employees story they specified the "male" story was verified by female & video.

heresyafacts 11 months, 1 week ago

Please see a mental health professional.

AWOL 11 months, 1 week ago

Do you not think they should have verified his story? That they should have just believed him? It seems like you have no clue how police work is done and no real conception of the big picture. So no wonder you want that other guy for sherriff

johndoemo_ 11 months, 1 week ago

Is that the new Subway?

AWOL 11 months, 1 week ago

Yet people say that classifying people with hoodies on is ignorant profiling. Listen, I like the rebel flag but I dont wear it because I know people will think I am a racist. I have given it up and will not allow my children to wear it either. SO good people need to give up hoodies and quit saying that it is unfair to say they look like criminals with them on.

yipcabbage 11 months, 1 week ago

Black males....really.........that must be a mistake, young black males are not the type of folk to commit such crimes.

Hey black community, nice job raising this culture, truly inspiring. Time to ask yourselves, "what have I done to change this view on life"?

buck 11 months, 1 week ago

Got to wear them hoodies in the summer time just to keep warm.....

INJUSTICE_FOR_ALL 11 months, 1 week ago

It's not a racist thing, It's just the facts. The blacker the hood,more crime. Look at Rockdale,10 years ago to date. whats the problem. Just saying..ZO rise up and make this fact not true. Change the facts, Please someone,

1ayk 11 months, 1 week ago

Subway sells skittles?

1ayk 11 months, 1 week ago

Chairman and CEO Oden said shop Rockdale, not rob it! I quess they did not get the memo!

Frizzlefry 11 months, 1 week ago

♫ In the ghetto...

AWOL 11 months, 1 week ago

And little Zoey cried.

maryinga 11 months, 1 week ago

Yep here we go again. First the Cleaners and now a Subway. Same 2 guys? Once again I say that it starts at home on raising your children. Teach them, educate them, give them something good to look out for......not just taking. I am so sure these people are not robbing to feed their families.

Spydee 11 months, 1 week ago

YOU crack me up everytime!

Zo 11 months, 1 week ago

We have some armed men out there. I wouldn't think you would put the employee on blast by disclosing what he shared with police. For the employee's safety it seems they would have been more about the surveillance video & what it showed.

Elmo 11 months, 1 week ago

Black-on-black crime? Say it isn't so! The hoodies would never bother that guy! Zo, it's good to know you're a graduate of the "Jessie & Al School of Race Relations".

BUBBA 11 months, 1 week ago

once again I never read where it said the employee was black I shop there (to keep subway fit ) all the time and there are employees of all colors working there

Elmo 11 months, 1 week ago

BTW, Bubba...I posted this on the "Cleaners" discussion but you might not have seen it. I grew up on your side of town, and probably know more about the Yellow River than you'll ever know. Law enforcement can't be everywhere all the time. Some of us are prepared to protect our homes, and as for me, I can't live my daily life afraid of what "might" happen. Whatever happens, I'm prepared. It seems you view law enforcement through a prism designed by your choice for candidate...either that, or watching "Law and Order" too much on TV. And as a closer, I don't know Jeff Wigginton personally, and he doesn't know me. What the lefties are hoping is that folks like you will split the vote, and Fergie will cakewalk right into office. Now, how would that help you in your situation? Is Fergie going to camp out in your front yard to keep the boogymen away? I don't think so.

Frustrated 11 months, 1 week ago

okay so first you claim they should have listened to the employees and ignored the video, now you say ignore the employees and just look at the video? Sheesh can you not make up your mind what you want to think?

Zo 11 months, 1 week ago

No, what I'm saying is per how the story read I would say the male employee is Black. Also, with this crime under investigation why put the employee's account of the robbery in the paper. If you have video & need to report just report what the video showed. That male employee who I think is Black is the actual victim. So, to write a story stating it took the female employee(white) & video to give credibility to the male employee's account of the robbery and with these gunman still out there to disclose what the male employee said is not safe for the employee.

AWOL 11 months, 1 week ago

OK Zoey, let me get this straight. First you are mad at the police because you said they acted like the male employee was a suspect. Your reason for stating this was because they corroborated his story with the video and the other worker. Now, you are saying that you are angry with the paper because they are somehow endangering the male worker(not the female) by printing that he gave descriptions to the police? Your opinions and complaints jump around so much it seems like all you want to do is complain about anything. Are you saying that the kid should not have told the cops anything or that the paper should not have written about it?

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