Robber hits North Augusta check cashing business

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Posted: 2:24 PM Oct 6, 2008
Last Updated: 3:30 PM Oct 6, 2008
Reporter: STAFF
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October 6, 2008

NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C.---A robber took money from a North Augusta check cashing business Monday afternoon.

Witnesses at Check Advance on East Marioin Avenue said the man was wearing a black mask.

No one was injured at the business.

Police now say the man got away with an undisclosed amount of money, and they called in the Aiken bloodhounds for assistance in trying to find him.

Police provided this description: Black man about six feet tall with a larger build, wearing a black t-shirt and black pants.

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Posted by: Heather Meadows Location: News 12 on Oct 8, 2008 at 12:19 PM
We do...I removed the link in the comment but didn't realize they had posted a link in the Location field. I'll just delete the comment. Thanks for the catch.

Posted by: perry Location: augusta on Oct 8, 2008 at 11:53 AM
first of all since when does 12 news allow advertising on this blog... Payday loans? did you guys really scan this posting before putting it up?

Posted by: perry Location: augusta on Oct 7, 2008 at 12:43 PM
Places that has large sums of money like that need to have security cameras outside and monitored to see who's coming in to the store. They could have seen that coming before he got into store, wearing a mask at that.