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Marietta Krystal robbed st gunpoint
by Marietta Daily Journal Staff
02:31 PM, Wednesday, May 22
According to investigators, two masked men entered the Krystal’s and demanded money at gunpoint. After receiving an undisclosed amount of cash the suspects fled the business on foot northbound on Canton Road.

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