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Bank robbery suspect arrested near Atlanta

A man accused of robbing eight South Carolina banks was arrested in Decatur, Ga. Saturday.

Frank Douglas, 49, of Beech Island, was being held at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office after being found at a Decatur hotel with a female friend, according to a South Carolina FBI Field Office news release.

Warrants have been issued for Mr. Douglas by the FBI, Aiken County, Orangeburg County, city of Columbia and the city of Cayce. He is accused of robbing several banks by presenting a note to tellers demanding money without any indication of having a weapon.

He will be extradited to South Carolina next week, according to a DeKalb County jail administrator.

Two armed robberies reported on Saturday

An armed robbery was reported at two businesses in the Augusta area Saturday.

On Saturday morning, a man entered the Express Cash on the 100 block of 13th Street wearing a black zip-up hoodie, black knit cap and a black bandana around his face and brandishing a silver handgun, according to a sheriff's office report. He demanded money from the clerk and her purse, the report states. The woman did not have a purse, but the suspect left with an undisclosed amount of cash, heading east on Jones Street.

The suspect is described as black, 5 foot 2 inches tall, and 130 pounds.

That afternoon, a man wearing a black shirt, black shorts and black skull cap entered the China Express at the 2000 block of Tobacco Road in Hephzibah and forced the cashier at gun point to open the cash register, a sheriff's office report states. The man fled with $200 on foot east on Tobacco Road.

The suspect in the China Express robbery is described as a black teen, 6 foot 1 inch tall and 160 pounds.