2 Charged With Burglarizing Woodstock Home

WOODSTOCK, GA — An 18-year-old male and a juvenile were arrested Wednesday afternoon after deputies with the Cherokee Sheriff's Office discovered they were allegedly behind the burglary of a home in Woodstock.

Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a burglary in progress call around 1:30 p.m. Aug. 9 at a home on Braddock Circle, which is located off Eagle Drive behind Walmart Supercenter. Deputies arrived within two minutes of 911 dispatchers receiving the call, but the suspects fled the scene on foot, the agency said.

However, a deputy spotted the pair later on Bells Ferry Road, and they were taken into custody. Sheriff's office investigators determined the suspects had already entered the home earlier in the day and were attempting to go back into the house when a neighbor called the police, CSO said. A backpack, believed to be taken from the home, was recovered and contained a small amount of marijuana, drug related objects, clothing and two knives, the sheriff's office added.

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Jarrell Bankston, 18, of Woodstock, and a 16-year-old juvenile from Woodstock are each charged with burglary, theft by taking, criminal attempt to commit burglary, possession of tools to commit a crime, possession of a weapon in the commission of a crime, obstruction of an officer, possession of marijuana less than an ounce and possession of drug related objects.

Bankston remains in custody with a $21,449 bond. The juvenile suspect was transported to the Regional Youth Detention Center in Marietta.

Photo: Jarrell Bankston. Credit: Cherokee Sheriff's Office