Jamall Rashad Thomas. A cellphone that was left behind after a robbery led police to the suspect, according to Hamilton County court records.
Jamall Rashad Thomas, 28, is accused of robbing a Family Dollar store, located at 6901 Lee Highway, at gunpoint on June 13, court records show.
Chattanooga police were called to the scene around 10 p.m. where a store employee told them he was in the process of removing money from the cash register when he realized a man wearing a black ski mask was standing next to him with a gun to next to his head.
The suspect, later identified as Thomas, demanded the employee to hand over all the money and empty the register, court records state.
The employee told police Thomas fled through a wooded area behind the store. Another employee pointed police to where he saw Thomas drop a cellphone.