Police Seek Help in Lawrenceville Carjacking, Robbery

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA -- Police are looking for help identifying the men who robbed and carjacked a man at his Lawrenceville home recently.

On May 25, it was shortly after 10 p.m. when the victim got out of his car, having just gotten home.

He was approached by a man wearing a bandanna on his face. The man pointed a gun at the victim and told him to empty his pockets, turn around and lay on the ground.

After taking the victim's keys, phone and cash, the masked man got into the victim's vehicle, backed into a retaining wall and drove away.

The victim told police he remembered a second man waiting near a Jeep in front of his neighbor's home who watched the robbery happen. Police say this was the accomplice who followed the victim home.

The victim reported that he had been at a Quick Trip in DeKalb County earlier in the night. Afterward, he said, he saw a dark colored Jeep, or similar vehicle, driving erratically behind him on Interstate 85.

At the time, he stopped paying attention to that vehicle, but after seeing it at his home, he identified it as the same one he'd seen on the interstate.

The victim's vehicle was recovered in Atlanta.

Detectives have retrieved video surveillance from the Quick Trip and are trying to identify the man in the photo seen here.

Anyone with information in the case is urged to call the Gwinnett County Police robbery unit at (770) 513-5300. To remain anonymous, tipsters may contact Crime Stoppers at (404) 577-TIPS (8477) or www.crimestoppersatlanta.org.

Crime Stoppers tipsters may receve up to $2,000 for information leading to an arrest and indictment in the case.

Gwinnett Police also are urging citizens to pay attention to their surroundings. If you believe you are being followed, call 911 immediately and keep driving until you find a heavily populated area where others can assist you, police say.

(Photo courtesy Gwinnett County Police)