Posted on 02/28/2023 6:08:47 PM PST by TigerClaws
ATLANTA — Atlanta police have charged a teenager accused of going on a violent weekend crime spree that targeted numerous victims across the city.
Police told Channel 2′s Michael Seiden that the 16-year-old boy committed three armed robberies, a carjacking, and broke into two vehicles in a span of two hours on February 25. Investigators charged the teen with multiple counts of armed robbery and entering auto.
When officers arrested the teen, they recovered more than $13,000, two firearms, and the stolen pickup truck used in the crimes. As of Tuesday, he remained in jail, investigators confirmed.
The crime spree began at 9:29 a.m. when officers received reports of a carjacking at 186 South Ave SE.
When officers arrived at the scene, the victim told them that he spotted the teen breaking into his truck, but when he tried to confront him, the teen pulled a gun on him and demanded his keys and wallet.
At 9:41 a.m., officers received a call of an armed robbery at 20 Boyton Avenue SE. When officers arrived, they met with five victims who told police they were robbed at gunpoint by two men who fled with an undisclosed amount of cash.
Seven minutes later, officers responded to a report of another car break-in at 1031 Violet St. SE, where the victim told police that he was working on a home in the area when the suspect pulled up in the stolen truck and broke into his work van, stealing $15,000 in cash and personal documents.
A witness told Channel 2 Action News that the victim was in the process of putting a down payment on a new home and had stopped at the work site when the crime occurred.
At 10:36 a.m., officers responded to another vehicle break-in at 1360 Miller Reed Avenue SW and then at 11:03 a.m., officers responded to another armed robbery at Moreland Drive SE, where the victim told police the teen pointed a gun at him and demanded his wallet. At 11:40 a.m., officers responded to an armed robbery in progress at 340 Eugenia St SW, where after a brief chase, police arrested the teen suspect.
This is the teen’s sixth arrest, law enforcement sources confirmed.
A homeowner, who asked us not to identify him, told Channel 2 Action News how he witnessed the teen attempting to break into cars parked outside his home, and when he tried to confront him, the teen started shooting.
“I saw what was going on and yelled at him to get away from the vehicle,” he said. " I came off my porch and as I came to the sidewalk, he fired three rounds.”
“The police, I gotta say, are doing their job,” he added. “It’s really up to a judge to kind of do their job and parents everywhere.”
Atlanta police confirmed that they are looking for a second suspect.
I’m betting Son of Barack.
You offering odds?
Teenz
Would have been much better if the headline had read “Neighbors beat teen thug within an inch of his life.”
I don’t gamble, but let’s just call it a hunch.
(When officers arrested the teen)
🤔🤔🤔
Well who knows
Darn teens
“Gee officer, I thought he had a gun. I was afraid for my life!”
I’m thinking either crushing a hand or popping a kneecap.
Then again, it only takes 15 lbs of impact to break a collarbone.
victim:
You punks took 37 trillion dollars in special black entitlements, set asides, welfare, food stamps and trade school and scholarship money since Autumn, 1964 and the LBJ Great Society.
You thugs cause us to pay billions a year in police, judicial system and incarceration costs as tens of thousands of dollars a year for every prisoner being held.
We lose billions a year from shoplifting, looting in riots and lost business from good people refusing to shop and endanger themselves going where you criminals are.
You are in the process of stealing money from me for reparations although my ancestors arrived long after the 1860s slave days you're whining about.
Finally, another mugger stole my money in a carjacking and forced me to withdraw my bank account at the atm or you'd kill my baby in the child seat in back.
So my wallet is empty.
P.S. If they say the "teen" was a non person of color I will withdraw the satire above, apologize and make a small contribution to a good charity.
Pat, I’d like to solve the puzzle.
If you have to have that amount of cash on you, just go directly to where you have to exchange it, preferably armed.
If the amateur civillian crooks don’t get you first, the asset forfeiture cop crooks will go for it.
"I can't get this s__t right?" - Richard Pryor
From the sounds of it the worker who had the massive amount of cash, is an illegal.
Atlanta is a hotbed of South of the border invaders. The other third are blacks and the remaining third are all others.
Tired of this crap, tired, tired!😄😄
no shovels left in GA???
aspiring rapper?
Well, the cops are kinda doing their job. They have arrested the little bastard 6 times. Maybe they can kill him finally soon.
I watched the Atlanta news for this report. I didn’t know there were any white people left in Atlanta.
Even better would be that neighbors beat teen thug to death.
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