Pair sought after theft of $2,600 in sunglasses at Augusta mall

Date: October 25, 2023

A man and woman are being sought for questioning in the theft of six pairs of stylish sunglasses from the Sunglass Hut at the Augusta Mall, authorities said.

The pair walked into Sunglass Hut on Oct. 14 and began looking at Gucci and other expensive sunglasses.

“The Black male handed the black female two pairs of sunglasses,” a sheriff’s report says. “They took six pairs of sunglasses in total.”

The sunglasses were each worth several hundred dollars, including a $505 pair of Gucci sunglasses, model GG1081S.

Anyone with information concerning these subjects, contact Deputy James Price 706-821-1056 or any on duty Investigator at the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office 706-821-1020 or 706-821-1080.

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Greg Rickabaugh is an award-winning crime reporter in the Augusta-Aiken area with experience writing for The Augusta Chronicle and serving as publisher of The Jail Report. He also owns AugustaCrime.com. Rickabaugh is a 1994 graduate of the University of South Carolina and has appeared on several crime documentaries on the Investigation Discovery channel. He is married with two daughters.

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