Crime & Safety

UPDATED: Parents Turn In Alleged Cabbagetown Gunman

Police still looking for remaining robbers.

Hours after releasing bank surveillance video of one of the armed suspects in a July 3 Cabbagetown armed robbery and kidnapping, Atlanta police have him in custody.

The teen in the video, 15, was turned in by his parents who saw the video, Atlanta police said.

The boy, whose name was not released because of his age, is charged with robbery and kidnapping and is the custody of juvenile authorities.

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The investigation continues, APD spokesman Carlos Campos said.

The kidnapping victim was one of several men sitting on an Estoria Street porch when several men rushed the porch and forced everyone in at gunpoint.

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He was taken around to several bank ATMs to withdraw money before the gunmen released him on Memorial Drive about two hours later.

Anyone with information about the remaining suspects is urged to call 911 or Crime Stoppers Atlanta at 404.577.TIPS (8477).

It's not the first time parents have turned in their children after seeing them on Youtube.

In August of last year, the mother of a then-15-year-old turned him in after seeing video of him in a July 21 theft of a scooter on Vaughn Street in Kirkwood.


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