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FBI: Serial robbers targeting Atlanta-area Wal-Mart stores

FILE - in this Nov. 13, 2012 photo a worker pulls a line of shopping carts toward a Wal-Mart store in North Kingstown, R.I. Wal-Mart reported improved customer traffic and an uptick in a key sales figure as it topped earnings expectations in the third quarter, even as a stronger dollar pressured its performance overseas. Its shares edged up more than 2 percent in premarket trading Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015 after it detailed results from the quarter that ended Oct. 31. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) FILE - in this Nov. 13, 2012 photo a worker pulls a line of shopping carts toward a Wal-Mart store in North Kingstown, R.I. Wal-Mart reported improved customer traffic and an uptick in a key sales figure as it topped earnings expectations in the third quarter, even as a stronger dollar pressured its performance overseas. Its shares edged up more than 2 percent in premarket trading Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015 after it detailed results from the quarter that ended Oct. 31. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

By Associated Press December 2, 2015 1 min read

ATLANTA – The FBI is asking for the public’s help in identifying those responsible for a series of armed robberies at Atlanta-area Wal-Marts.

In a statement, FBI Special Agent Stephen Emmett says since May, there have been eight armed robberies of Wal-Marts in the Atlanta area that investigators believe are related.

In each robbery, a suspect wearing a surgical mask will enter the store, brandish a firearm and rob the nearest cashier. In at least two of the robberies, a woman poses as a customer in the store and serves as a lookout.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at (404) 577-8477. There is a reward.