A Nov. 30 break-in at a computer store at The Avenue in Peachtree City led to a chase up Ga. Highway 74 North and the subsequent apprehension of three Atlanta men.
The men taken into custody included Dontavious Stephens, 21, Frederick Lee Hammonds, 26, and Johntavis Bailey, 24, all from Atlanta, according to Peachtree City Police Department spokesperson Odilia Bergh. She said the men are charged with buglary, attmept to flee and elude and numerous traffic violations.
In the early morning hours of Nov. 30, a Peachtree City officer responded to a burglary in progress that involved several suspects backing a stolen Jeep Grand Cherokee through the front door of the Simply Mac computer store in The Avenue retail area, said Bergh.
Bergh said officers arrived to find the crime in progress, and a vehicle pursuit ensued which resulted in the suspect’s vehicle crashing into the tree line off of Crestwood Lane and Hwy. 74 in Tyrone.
Two suspects were taken into custody without further incident and a third fled on foot, Bergh said.
A large number of local police officers, Fayette County sheriff’s deputies and K-9 units combed the area.
Bergh said the third suspect was found leaving the area at approximately 8 a.m. as a passenger in a vehicle driven by a female acquaintance.
“These two individuals were then pursued by Tyrone and Fayette County Sheriff’s officers and subsequently wrecked close to the BP gas station at Hwy. 74 approaching the overpass at I-85,” said Bergh.
Charges on the female driver are pending.
