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June 15, 2006

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Camilla Police put out an alert for a red Chevrole Cobalt after an armed robbery in the Camilla Wal-Mart parking lot early Thursday afternoon.

A short time later a Dougherty County Police officer spotted this car that matched the description.

The driver 27-year old John Williams of Albany refused to stopHe hit a stop sign on Dorough road in south Dougherty County and ran, but the officer tracked him down.

Investigators are still searching for a weapon they think was used in the robbery.

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