Another Local Payday Loan Store Robbery Raises Similar Suspicions
By Desmond CarlislePayday Loan Writer
These thieves must love the payday loan business. It's provided them with bags and bags of cash.
So one can assume, after an Athens cash advance/check cashing company was robbed late Wednesday/early Thursday this week. The pattern was similar to previous robberies this year of stories that offer payday loans.
The victim this was was Check ’n Go, located in the 1300 block of East Tyler. As has happened in other burglaries, a blunt object - possibly a sledge hammer - was used to break a hole through the outer wall of the building. Once inside, the robbers stole a safe from inside the store containing cash and checks. The amount of money taken is being withheld to protect the business.
“It’s very similar to crimes recently committed in our area, and it’s possible it’s the same actors,” Athens Police Chief Buddy Hill said.
But he noted the police department has no evidence tying similar cash loan crimes together. He said some physical evidence was recovered at the scene.
A garbage collector picking up dumpsters behind the strip mall where Check ’n Go is located discovered a hole smashed through the back of the business around 5:15 a.m. Thursday. The investigation is ongoing.
