Dollar Tree Cashier Thinks the Fake Robbery Looks Real—Until Detectives Check the FOOTAGE

Atima Cook told Savannah police a man in a black hoodie snatched her Coach purse outside the Dollar Tree on East Gwinnett Street in Savannah, Georgia, on May 16, 2020, with the store's $1,307.26 deposit inside. Six weeks later, the store cameras she said didn't work told a very different story. Bodycam and interview footage from the Savannah Police Department follow the report, the canvass, the K-9 search, and the June 28, 2020 arrest at a Kroger in McAlpin Square on warrants for false report of a crime and false statements. Atima Cook is presumed innocent; we could not find a public record of how the case ended. Chapters: 0:00 The Cameras She Said Didn't Work 0:40 Chapter 1 · The Deposit Bag 2:14 Chapter 2 · Nobody Can Work the Cameras 3:29 Chapter 3 · Her Version 5:36 Chapter 4 · The Witness in the Car 7:27 Chapter 5 · A Detective's Card 9:28 Chapter 6 · The Parking Lot at Kroger 12:56 Chapter 7 · What the Camera Saw Footage: Savannah Police Department body-worn cameras and store surveillance video (public records), edited for commentary, analysis, and education. Maps: Esri, Maxar. Should a fake robbery report be punished as hard as the robbery it describes? Tell us in the comments. #TrueCrime #PoliceInterrogation #AtimaCook #Bodycam