Watchful Resident Helps Police Nab Two Car Thieves In Inman Park

An observant resident who saw two men rifling through a car early Wednesday, alerted police, which led to one man's arrest.

The quick-thinking resident flagged down Inman Park Patrol officer to relay seeing the two going into vehicles parked on Austin Avenue, Greg Scott, public safety vice president for the Inman Park Neighborhood Association, said.

James Roy, the man arrested, had a global positioning system, charger and loose change taken from one of the vehicles, according to the police report.

All year, Atlanta police have been pushing the department's "Clean Car Campaign."

Theives break into vehicles looking for laptops, mobile phones, wallets and purses and GPS devices. Left in plain sight, they're magnets for car burglars.

Removing them from vehicles entirely, makes those vehicles less likely targets for thieves, police say.