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PTC arrests Kedron Kroger robbery suspectThu, 02/19/2009 - 5:30pm
By: Cal Beverly
PTC cops have got their Kedron Kroger robber, according to Chief H.C. “Skip” Clark II. “On Feb. 18, 2009, at approximately 5:40 p.m., Peachtree City police officers and the department’s Special Response Team (SRT) converged on 301 Pinemount Drive in Peachtree City to serve an arrest and search warrant at that location. During the incident, David Franklin Alewine, 43, was identified and arrested.” That's off Golfview Drive, near Flat Creek Country Club. Alewine is being held at the Fayette County Jail for criminal attempt armed robbery, and his bond has been set at $55,200, police said Thursday afternoon. After the police department released a photograph of the man who robbed the Kedron Village Kroger on Monday morning, Feb. 16, citizen tips led the officers to Alewine, police said. According to a statement released by Chief Clark, “The police department received a great deal of support from the community regarding this case.” Police had been looking for a lone robber who hit the Kedron Village Kroger supermarket in the middle of the night Monday. “The suspect entered the Kedron Village Kroger and demanded money from a cashier,” police said. “After approaching the cashier with his hand in his coat pocket, he claimed to have a concealed .357 caliber pistol. The suspect exited the store through the front doors and walked behind the north end of the shopping center, where he went to the alleyway behind the Blockbuster store.” Police believe the man drove away on Georgian Park in a dark-colored pickup truck, possibly a Chevrolet with a camper shell. The incident is being handled as an armed robbery and happened Monday at 1:40 a.m., police said. The Citizen posted a police photo of the robber on this website Wednesday. Police described the robber “as a white male approximately 45 years of age, 5-feet-10-inches to 6-feet, average build, dark hair, mustache, with a significant recent scratch on his left cheek, wearing a flannel jacket, blue jeans and a black ball cap with white writing.” login to post comments |