Suspects Charged in Cumming Pawn Shop Robbery

CUMMING, GA — Five adults and one juvenile are under arrest after the early-morning New Year's Eve robbery of a Forsyth County pawn shop.

The suspects, one of them a 16 year old, broke into the store after backing a truck into the front of the building at about 5:25 a.m. Saturday, according to the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office.

Seven male robbers entered the store, at 211 Atlanta Rd., wearing sweatshirts and bandannas. They began to steal firearms from the store.

An employee of the store who was staying there discovered what was happening and fired a single shot at the robbers. No one was injured during the encounter, police say.

A law-enforcement lookout was announced and the truck was spotted soon afterward traveling southbound on Ga. 400 near McFarland Parkway. When a deputy attempted a traffic stop, the driver of the truck fled.

The chase continued into Alpharetta and ended with the truck becoming disabled on Morris Road at Deerfield Parkway.

The seven suspects ran from the vehicle in different directions.

Law enforcement — including the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office, Alpharetta Department of Public Safety, Cumming Police Department, Milton Police Department and the Georgia State Patrol — gave chase and two suspects were arrested very quickly.

Another four have been taken into custody since, the sheriff's office says. The final suspect, Altavious Jackson, 32, of Atlanta, remained on the run Sunday morning.

The investigation in the case is ongoing, with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms assisting.

The suspects currently in custody are charged with armed robbery.

Anyone with additional information in the case is asked to contact Detective Norton with the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office at (770) 781-3087.

Photo courtesy Forsyth County Sheriff's Office