Home Depot Robber Caught On Camera: Cornelius Police

CORNELIUS, N.C. — The Cornelius Police Department released surveillance photos Thursday of a man who was scared away from robbing a local Home Depot store earlier this month, and it's asking the public for help in identifying the individual and a getaway car captured on camera. Police officers responded at about 5 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, to the report of an armed robbery at the store, at 17111 Statesville Road.

Several witnesses told the officers that the robber, identified as a black man, acted as if he had a handgun and told a cashier to open a cash register, the Cornelius police said.

"The cashier loudly told the suspect to take whatever he wanted," and another cashier called 911, scaring off the would-be robber, the police said. The individual then fled to the Home Depot's parking lot, where two other black males were waiting.

Two of them fled on foot through the woods towards Interstate 77, and the third individual fled south on Statesville Road in a tan/gold-colored Mercury Marquis.

Anyone with information on this incident should call North Meck Crimestoppers at (704) 896-7867 or the Cornelius Police Department at (704) 892-7773. Callers can remain anonymous.

Images: The Dec. 16 armed robbery suspect in the Home Depot, and two images of the Mercury Marquis driven by one of the suspects (Cornelius, N.C., Police Department)