Teen Suspect in Two Decatur Carjackings in Custody: Police

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Decatur police have arrested a teenager they believe was involved in two carjackings in their jurisdiction last month.

Police spokeswoman Sgt. Jennifer Ross announced the arrest of the 15-year-old suspect late on Monday evening. He is charged with two separate counts of hijacking of a motor vehicle for incidents on March 10 and March 16.

On March 10, the victim was sitting in her gold 2006 Toyota Highlander parked in the driveway of her home in the 100 block of Lockwood Terrace at approximately 10:13 p.m. when she was approached by two black males. Both men were wearing hoodies which partially concealed their faces, but one of them had pulled his right sleeve over his hand to conceal an actual or imaginary handgun, Ross said.

The suspects ordered the woman to get out of her car and surrender all her valuables. The suspects got in the Toyota and drove away; the victim last saw her car being driven northbound on Lockwood Terrace, Ross said. The stolen vehicle has Georgia license plate BGV9792.

Ross said that the victim had seen the two suspects riding around in a nearby intersection on a bicycle and a roller scooter shortly before the robbery. Police recovered the suspect vehicles, Ross said.

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On March 16, a woman and her friend were standing outside her 2009 Toyota Matrix in the 200 block of East Ponce de Leon Avenue at 3:20 a.m. when they were approached by a man who told them to step away from the vehicle. The women abandoned the vehicle only after the victims noticed the grip of a handgun the man may have been carrying.

After the women stepped away from the vehicle, the man got in the car and drove east down Sycamore Street and called out to two other men at the intersection of Sycamore and N. Candler streets, Ross said. The vehicle was last seen heading the wrong way down N. Candler Street.

The woman’s cell phone was still in the Toyota, and police used its GPS tracking feature to follow the vehicle south on Candler Street and then westbound on Interstate 20. The vehicle was eventually discovered in the 2400 block of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, Ross said.

If you have any information about this incident, please contact Crime Stoppers Greater Atlanta by calling 404-577-TIPS (8477), texting “CSA Tip” to CRIMES (274637), or by submitting a tip online. All tips can be made anonymously.