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Inside the Police Reports: Robbed of Powerade

Each week, Stone Mountain-Redan Patch takes a closer look at recent crime reports.

A man was robbed at gunpoint of cash and his sports drinks earlier this month as he was walking on Panola Road in unincorporated Stone Mountain, he told DeKalb County police.

According to the police report, the man said he was walking on Panola toward Biffle Road around 2:30 p.m. July 9 when three males approached him. They walked past him, then, while his back was turned, assaulted him from behind, he told police.

The victim said he tried to fight them off until one suspect pulled a gun on him.

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The man said the suspect took $10 from him as well as a bag with ten bottles of Powerade.

The victim was not injured.

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