COLUMBUS – Police are looking for two teens who went on an armed-robbery spree on the Northwest Side Friday night, holding up two women and a 16-year-old boy in less than an hour.
One suspect ran up to Samantha Francis, 21, at the drive-through ATM of the Huntington Bank at 3740 Sawmill Road at 8:08 p.m., produced a handgun and demanded her money, Robbery Unit detectives said.
The suspect got into a black Pontiac and rode away with the second suspect behind the wheel.
At 8:38 pm, the suspects, described as black males between 216 and 19 years of age, walked around the Mall at Tuttle Crossing (right) and approached a 16-year-old boy in the food court.
When the pair asked to see the boy’s cellphone, he said no and, during the ensuing struggle, one suspect showed the victim a handgun in his waist band.
Police say the suspects took off out of the mall and got into a black car and drove off.
At 8:54 pm, Danielle Hantak, 32, was at the Chase drive-up ATM in the parking lot at 4810 Sawmill Road when she was approached by both suspects (above). The armed suspect showed her his handgun and she gave them her money.
Both suspects ran off to a black Pontiac and fled the lot, police said.
Investigators were able to get some video from the mall and several photos taken by a passerby of the Chase ATM holdup.