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Canton robbery suspect arrested

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Wednesday, November 16, 2016

A man the Clyde Police Department and Haywood County Sheriff’s Office mentioned as “wanted” in connection to an armed robbery that happened at the Single Stop on Carolina Boulevard in Clyde on Oct. 15 has been arrested.

Scott Anthony Leisey, 18, of Canton, was arrested at Mile Marker 127 on I-75 during a traffic stop after an armed robbery at the Flash Foods in Unadilla, Georgia, in Dooly County. 

Leisey is currently being held at the Dooly County Justice Center charged with aggravated assault, armed robbery, theft by receiving stolen property and possession of firearm during commission of felony.

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