Now that local

police have positively identified the suspect in the armed robbery of

the Flash Foods convenience store in Peachtree City and the Tyrone Amoco

that occurred almost a month ago, the Atlanta Metro Fugitive Squad is

hunting the suspect down.

Peachtree City

Police Chief James Murray said fugitive squad officials were familiar

with the suspect, identified as Howard Lee Duffy, 40, of Atlanta.

Duffy is also

a suspect in several similar incidents throughout the metro Atlanta region,

Murray noted.

Police have

secured warrants for Duffy's arrest for the Peachtree City incident, in

which he got away with money and cigarettes, the same as in the Tyrone

case.

Detectives

got a good look at Duffy's likeness on the video cameras at the Flash

Foods and Tyrone Amoco, police said.

Other police

agencies have issued warrants for a second suspect who assisted him in

other similar incidents, police said.

After the robbery

occurred in Peachtree City, Police Chief James Murray pledged that the

suspect would be caught. He noted that the city has not had any unsolved

armed robberies.

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