A $10,000 reward is now being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the man who robbed a North Georgia gold mine shop at gunpoint.
According to the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office, the suspect entered the Crisson Gold Mine store on Morrison Parkway just before 4:30 p.m. on February 3 and pulled a gun on two employees. He threatened to harm them if they called police. The suspect got away with an undisclosed amount of valuables including cash, jewelry, and gold nuggets.
“We do have some leads,” says Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard but investigators are looking for more information. Jarrard posted a video to the sheriff’s office Facebook page this week announcing the reward and asking anyone with information to please come forward.
“We have some people who have donated $10,000 for the arrest and conviction,” he says. “Call me anytime day or night and give us any information that might not seem like much to you but it might mean a lot to us.”
‘A very dangerous person’
The sheriff appeared in the video along with Brianna Ray Weaver, daughter of the Crisson Gold Mine owners and one of the workers who was robbed.
“If someone can point a gun at her, they’re a very dangerous person and we need to get that person help,” the sheriff says. “So, call us because we need to get ’emoff the streets because they will hurt someone if we do not get ’em in custody soon.”
Weaver added, “We’d appreciate any information that you can give to the sheriff’s department. I’d hate for this to happen to anyone else.”
Surveillance video captured images of the suspect. Officials describe him as a white male, 5’7″ to 5’10” tall, weighing approximately 225 pounds. He was wearing a black Cincinnati Bengals jacket, ball cap, black mask, light-colored blue jeans, and black boots and was carrying a black duffel bag.
Anyone with information about this crime should contact the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office at 706-482-2622 or Sheriff Stacy Jarrard directly at 706-300-6648.
