Richmond County authorities have arrested one of two suspects accused of robbing the Bi-Lo grocery store Tuesday morning on Peach Orchard Road in Augusta .
Craig Roberts II, 34, of Aiken, was arrested Thursday and jailed on two counts of robbery by intimidation. There’s been no news of an arrest of the second suspect.
Bi-Lo employees say Roberts came to the service counter at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and asked for a money order application. He then took it and scribbled a note: “Give me all the money in the register or your dead,” according to a sheriff’s report.
The employee filled a plastic bag with money and gave it to the robber. The second suspect distracted the store manager during the hold-up and left with Roberts afterward. They both fled in a black Honda Civic, a report says.
The second suspect was described as a black male, 6-feet tall, 200 pounds with long dreads, wearing a gray hat with lime green on it, dark shirt and plaid shorts.
Roberts is being held under $15,800 bond.