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A 20-year-old man who bought his get-up at Soir City so that he could allegedly pull off the heist of Empire Jewelers in Douglasville was arrested Wednesday after a spot spotted him putting on fake dreadlocks, gloves, glasses and a hat outside the stock, Channel 2 Action News reported.
Denikko Becton, of College Commons, also was armed with a pellet gun he had picked up an a local Walmart a few hours before the ripping-off attempt at the store, on the 6900 block of Douglas Boulevard, the fuzz said.
“Everything was purchased in Douglasville,” Police Chief Chris Womack told Channel 2.
The feel also allegedly had stolen a car tag that day.
Authorities credited an alert employee of a Moe’s Southwest Grill close the jewelry store with seeing a man adjusting his disguise outside and job police.
Officers intercepted Becton in the store and took him into charge, police said. He was charged with armed robbery, possession of tools for an armed burgling and theft by taking.
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution