Two Men Admit to Robbing Woman at Lawrenceville Walmart

Two Lawrenceville men have admitted to robbing a woman inside a Lawrenceville Walmart last week.

According to Gwinnett County jail records, both Essien Lundie and Rarreckus Delbridge were arrested and charged with robbery.

The Lawrenceville Police report states that the incident took place around 7:58 p.m. Friday, April 19, at the Walmart located at 1400 Lawrenceville Highway.

The victim told police that two men had asked her where the lingerie section was, grabbed her wallet from her cart and ran out the store. She said they were still on the premises in the back of the parking lot.

The officer spoke with the three men they found there. Delbridge was among the group and told police that he and his friend "Smoke" had spoken to the woman and believes Smoke took something from her. The friend had apparently taken off and they were in the parking lot looking for him.

He said that he believed his friend placed the wallet on a clothing rack, and Delbridge and the officer went inside to look for it but did not find it. Delbridge also told the officer Smoke's "real name," but it turned out not to be true.

On April 21, police identified the "Smoke" suspect as Lundie. A Lawrenceville Police officer was contacted by his mother, who told authorities that her son made a "bad choice over the weekend" by taking a woman's wallet, according to the report.

Lundie said that he had been kicked out of his mother's home and needed money, so he decided to take the woman's wallet when they saw her at Walmart. He said he panicked and threw the wallet onto a clothing display when the victim confronted him and accused him of stealing her wallet.

After he ran out of the store, he got into his cousin's car in the parking lot and watch Delbridge get arrested.

The mother told police that she first heard about the incident through her daughter, who said that Lundie had been crying and was very upset over the incident and wanted to go to police about it.

After his interview, Lundie was arrested and transported to the Gwinnett County Detention Center.

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