Crime & Safety
Police Car Chase Ends In Crash, Arrests
Three suspects were arrested by officers from two DeKalb County police departments following a car chase through several counties.
By Matthias Ford
Several car break-in suspects were captured by police Tuesday evening following a car chase and crash, according to WGCL-TV.
Dunwoody and Brookhaven police responded after FBI agents learned of the suspects breaking into parked vehicles near Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Gwinnett County.
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According to the news station, a Gwinnett County police officer tried to stop the suspects’ vehicle when they reportedly fled the scene. He suffered minor arm injuries from grazing the fleeing vehicle.
Officials from the FBI, Dunwoody, Brookhaven and Georgia State Patrol units pursued the suspects through parts of Gwinnett, Cobb and DeKalb counties, according to WSB-TV. The chase ended just before noon in an office park near Ashford-Dunwoody Road and I-285.
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Three suspects ran toward a nearby State Farm building, according to WGCL-TV. Two men were arrested shortly after, and a third suspect was in custody at about 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Police searched the crash scene with a K-9 unit.
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