Deputies: Man holds knife to Academy employee’s side, steals gun

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Courtesy: Bibb County Sheriff's Office
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MACON, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT) – A man is in custody after Bibb County Sheriff’s Office deputies say he robbed Academy Sports + Outdoors on Eisenhower Parkway Saturday night.

Deputies say it happened just before 6 o’clock.

A man, who deputies identified as 28-year-old Earl Daniel Purnell, entered the store and held a knife against a female employee’s side. He demanded a handgun from the gun case and took off running once he got it.

Deputies responding to the store saw Purnell running through the back parking lot and apprehended him after a brief foot chase.

Purnell was taken to the Bibb County Law Enforcement Center and charged with armed robbery.

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(478) 745-4141 ext. 310 Tucker Sargent joined the 41NBC news team in April 2012. He hails from "The Great State of Alabama," as he calls it, but you won't catch him saying "Roll Tide!" Tucker grew up near Auburn, before moving to north Alabama. He graduated from Danville High School in 2007 and loves to return to the Tennessee Valley any chance he gets. He moved back south to Troy, Alabama after high school, where he graduated from Troy University in 2011 with a B.S. in Broadcast Journalism. He interned in Huntsville at WAAY-TV before joining 41NBC. His passion is sports, and his favorite teams are the Auburn Tigers and Troy Trojans. On the weekends you can catch Tucker watching college football on Saturdays and NASCAR on Sundays! He's proud to call middle Georgia home for now and could always use a story idea from you, so don't hesitate to get in touch with him!