The Decatur Police Department needs your help in solving this week’s crime of the week.

On January 1st at 1:14PM, officers responded to an attempted robbery of a person on the north side of Decatur. Upon arrival, Officers spoke to the victim who advised a w/m approached her while standing on the front porch of her son’s residence. The victim advised the w/m demanded she hand over her purse. The victim advised she told the w/m she did not have her purse at which time the w/m knocked a bag of groceries out of her hand and ran away from the scene.

A witness advised the suspect entered an early 90’s tan in color Buick Regal with partial license plate N92. The witness advised the suspect’s vehicle had a dent near the gas fill door. The suspect is described as a w/m, 508/150 early to mid 20’s. The Decatur Police Department needs your help in solving this crime.

If you have any information about this crime, please call crime stoppers at 423-TIPS. You do not have to give your name. Crime stoppers will pay $500 dollars for information that leads to an arrest on the crime of the week. Crime stoppers will also pay cash for information that leads to an arrest of any person responsible for a felony crime in Macon County.