$10,000 reward offered to find suspect who robbed Georgia gold mine at gunpoint

DAHLONEGA, Ga. — Deputies are offering a reward for any information in their search for a suspect who robbed a popular Georgia gold mine at gunpoint.

The Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office said a man stole $100,000 worth of gold, cellphones, money and jewelry from the Crisson Gold Mine in Dahlonega on Feb. 3.

Sheriff Stacy Jarrard announced Wednesday that people have donated $10,000 for any information that could lead to an arrest.

“Call us day or night to give us any information. It may not seem like much to you, but it may mean a lot to us,” Jarrard said.

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Crisson Gold Mine in Dahlonega is a gold mine, but also a tourist attraction where families can pan for gold.

The owner’s daughter said she and a co-worker were about to close up shop when a man dressed in black stormed through the front door.

“He came in and said, ‘This is a robbery.’ And we were standing at the other counter, and he made us come over here. Made the young man sit on the floor, and I had to fill his bag, and he had his gun the whole time,” Brianna Weaver said.

Weaver said the suspect pointed a gun at her and made a frightening threat.

“And he said, ‘Any of you follow, my buddy is going to (expletive) shoot you,’ Things like that,” she said.

The man is described as a white man, approximately 5 feet, 10 inches tall, wearing a puffy black jacket with an orange emblem on it. Investigators said he was also carrying a black duffel bag and may be wearing a mask and sunglasses.

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Jarrard said the suspect should still be considered armed and dangerous.

“If someone can point a gun at her, they are a dangerous person. We need to get him off the streets,” the sheriff said.

Anyone who has information is urged to call the Lumpkin County Sheriff’s Office at 706-864-3633.

“We’d appreciate any information that you can give to sheriff’s department. We’d hate for this to happen to anyone else,” Weaver said.

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