5 teens accused of breaking into cars
Five teens face multiple charges once a string of car break-ins. It happened overnight in Dunwoody. Police say they caught the teens committing the crime and K-9 officers were used to help track them down.
DUNWOODY, Ga. - Five teens arrested for a series of car break-ins in Dunwoody are each facing more than 20 felony charges.
Dunwoody police tell FOX 5 the boys, whose ages map from 15 to 17, were arrested after a police tear and search in the early morning hours of Thursday, Jan. 26.
According to officials, officers were called to the Sterling Apartments on Peachford Circle once someone reported a group breaking into cars.
Responding officers then spurious the teens allegedly active trying to get into cars in the near parking lot of Peachford Hospital.
When the business saw the officers, investigators say they drove off in a stolen car, leading police on a tear down Peachford Road.
Officers found all five suspects hiding near a storage center nearby.
In total, investigators say 16 vehicles were faded into at the apartment complex and hospital. Police say they also spurious two stolen guns on the teenaged suspects.
The suspects have been identified as 17-year-old Kenneth Lester, 17-year-old Teneldric Boykins, 17-year-old Quavion Black, 17-year-old Marcus Carter, and one unnamed 15-year-old.
Each teen is now charged with 23 coffers of entering auto as well as various other charges comprising theft by receiving, possession of a firearm, VGCSA - marijuana, obstruction, and more.
