UPDATE: Phipps Plaza Carjacking Suspect Identified

UPDATE (6:35 p.m.): More information has been released about one of the suspects in a brutal assault and carjacking outside Phipps Plaza on Aug. 4.

Atlanta police suspect 17-year-old Steven Spigner was one of two people responsible for beating a woman as she left the mall. Spigner and another person then stole the victim’s car.

According to police, Spigner is no stranger to beatings and carjackings; they now suspect the teenager was behind three similar crimes in July.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution cites a police spokesman who says Spigner was involved in a July 5 attack in the Edgewood Retail District which saw a woman punched in the head and her Mercedes-Benz ML350 stolen. Two days later, Spigner and the newly-stolen Mercedes were allegedly involved in a robbery where the victim was hit in the face.

Police say that five days later, Spigner carjacked another person on Moreland Avenue, this time threatening the victim with a gun.

Spigner has been charged with two counts of hijacking a motor vehicle, two counts of robbery by force, two counts of battery, and a count of aggravated battery.

UPDATE (1:58 p.m.): WSB-TV reports that Atlanta Police have released the identity of the man they say was part of a team that beat and carjacked a woman outside Phipps Plaza on Aug. 4.

Stephen Spigner has been arrested by police in connection to the brutal attack, and police suspect he has been involved in at least three other robberies.

It is not yet known if the second suspect in the attack has been taken into custody.

ORIGINAL STORY (10:58 a.m.): One of two men who allegedly beat a woman in Phipps Plaza’s parking lot and then stole her car has been arrested by police, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.

Atlanta Police Department Sgt. Greg Lyon was only able to confirm to the AJC that an arrest had been made, but added that he hopes to be able to provide additional information on the suspect soon.

Police say that on Aug. 4, a woman was returning to her car from the Twist Restaurant and Tapas Bar when she was accosted by two black men in their early 20s.

The two men then proceeded to attack the woman, beating her to the ground while demanding the keys to her 2007 silver BMW 5 Series. One of the assailants allegedly threatened to “f***ing shoot” the woman if she did not comply.

Once they got the woman’s keys and her purse, the two men sped off in the BMW and were last seen heading west on Peachtree Road.

The car was recovered in Stone Mountain earlier this week.