For the second time in two

weeks, a teenager has been arrested for armed robbery in Peachtree City.

A juvenile, 16, is charged

with armed robbery after using a pistol to take $2 from a 17-year-old

on a golf cart behind the Braelinn Village Shopping Center.

The suspect was found at home

minutes after the incident because police saturated the area and quickly

developed information on his whereabouts, Police Chief James Murray said.

The weapon was found just off

the cart path where the suspect had ditched it as he fled the scene on

foot, the chief said. The suspect's mother cooperated with police in their

initial investigation, Murray added.

The suspect was tracked to

his home in the Terrace Tay subdivision in Glenloch Village; he was arrested

and taken to a youth detention center.

Murray said this incident is

not related to the armed robbery of the Braelinn Village convenience store

two weeks ago. Police also arrested four youths in connection with that

case including the suspect who allegedly waved the gun in the store.

As to the close time frame

between the teenager-committed armed robberies, Murray said, "I wish

I had the answer."

"It also makes it more

dangerous for the police officers who patrol the golf cart paths at night,"

Murray said. "You've got a kid with a gun and he's nervous and he

might not make the right decision."

The incidents should serve

as "a message to parents to know what your kids are doing and check

up on them," Murray said.

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