Two Charged in Car-Jacking, Home Invasion

Two suspects have been charged in a crime spree through east Atlanta this past Friday.

Two suspects are in custody after an alleged crime spree on Friday that included a home invasion and a police chase through east Atlanta and downtown. East Atlanta Patch first heard about the alleged home invasion by a neighbor who sent an email just after the home invasion allegedly occurred. "One of my neighbors on Candler Street was robbed in broad daylight today," the resident said. "I heard there was a van with some men and a gun and they smashed into a house with a teenager sitting in the living room." Late Saturday afternoon, Officer K.Y. Jones, a spokesperson for the Atlanta Police Department, told East Atlanta Patch that several young males stole a minivan in the Edgewood Shopping Center on Moreland Avenue. "That van was used in …

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