One of three suspects accused

of robbing a Fayetteville family at gunpoint last November is finally

in the Fayette County Jail.

But it's not because police

hadn't been able to find the suspect. He has been locked up in Clayton

County on other criminal charges, according to Lt. Beverly Trainor of

the Fayetteville Police Department.

Oladiran Olufemi Soleye, 18,

of Jonesboro, is charged with being a party to the crime of armed robbery

and a party to the crime of aggravated assault. His alleged conspirators,

Abayomi Cornellius Powers and Warren Antoine Legrand, are still in the

Clayton County lockup and Fayetteville investigators have place a hold

on them once their case is disposed of, Trainor said.

The trio got away with $100

in cash after holding up a family that had just returned home on Paces

Court Nov. 29 of last year, Trainor said. One of the men had a handgun

and wore a bandanna to partially cover his face and another of the suspects

had a rifle and ordered the family members to the ground, Trainor added.

The three suspects were arrested

six days later by Clayton police who pulled over a van matching the description

of the one used by the three during the Paces Court robbery, Trainor said.

Officers found several stolen weapons and other evidence inside the van,

Trainor said.

The three suspects admitted

to participating in armed robberies in Clayton County, Fayette County

and Union City.

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