Arrest made in Christmas Eve Homer convenience store robbery

Jarrid Diontae Carter (Banks County Sheriff's Office)

A Baldwin man has been arrested and charged in connection to the 2022 convenience store robbery at the Homer Golden Pantry.

Banks County deputies arrested 38-year-old Jarrid Diontae Carter on January 4. His arrest comes after an “in-depth evidentiary investigation,” investigators say.

The store was robbed on Christmas Eve.

According to Banks County Sheriff Carlton Speed, the suspect kicked through the front door glass, took money from the cash register, then fled the scene.

“Due to pertinent evidence left at the scene and discovered through the investigation, Carter was successfully identified and arrested,” says Speed.

Authorities charged Carter with one count of robbery. He’s being held in the Banks County Jail without bond.