Greenville Police are asking for your help to find a suspect accused of holding up two businesses on Tuesday.
According to incident reports, the first robbery was at First American Cash at 347 South Pleasantburg Drive in Greenville around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The victim says, the man camed to the door when it was still locked, saying he needed a money gram.
She let him in, and he pulled out a gun and demanded money.
The suspect said, "Sorry sweetie I gotta do this."
The victim opened the drawer to show him it was empty, but he told her she was going to have to give him something.
When the victim gave the suspect her keys he pointed the gun at her again and yelled for her to lay down flat on the floor.
Investigators say he took off with her car, which has now been recovered.
After he left she hit the "panic" button and waited for help.
The suspect is described as a black male, 25-30 years old, wearing a dark colored jacket with white trim.
On surveillance video he was wearing a black baseball cap and a pair of dark sunglasses.
Two minutes later investigators say the same man went into Carolina Payday Loans at 299 South Pleasantburg Drive.
The victim says he appared to be talking on a cell phone when he came in.
He asked if she was doing any loans.
She said yes and walked behind the counter.
The suspect walked behind the counter and the victim saw he was holding a gun.
The suspect said, "Give me all you got!"
The victim told him she did not have any cash at the business and she opened up the drawers to show him she did not have anything.
The subject said, "Well how do you give out loans if you don't have any cash?"
The victim explained that they only give out checks.
The suspect got angry, told her to get down on the floor, and then left.
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