A shoplifter who took three

DVDs from the north Walgreens in Fayetteville led Fayette County sheriff's

deputies on a high-speed chase Monday afternoon that ended in a parking

lot next to a middle school in College Park.

Donta Dewitt Harris, 35, left

his truck in the parking lot near the Ronald McNair Middle School on Burdett

Road in College Park and fled on foot, police said. He was later found

hiding under a porch at a home on Middlebury Drive, police said.

Harris is charged with fleeing

and attempting to elude a police officer, driving with a suspended license

and theft by shoplifting.

Over 20 unopened DVDs were

found in Harris's truck, which he ditched in an empty parking lot

adjacent to the school's football field.

The chase began after authorities

were radioed a description of the vehicle involved in the Walgreen's

shoplifting, which was reported at 1 p.m. Minutes later, a Fayette County

deputy spotted Harris's truck going north on Ga. Highway 85 near

Roberts Road, police said.

The chase reached 80 mph several

times, deputies communicated to radio dispatchers. Harris was followed

up Hwy. 85 to Ga. Highway 314 and then Ga. Highway 138 before entering

a residential neighborhood off Forest Parkway. The chase then passed Bethune

Elementary School which is adjacent to Ronald McNair Middle.

As the pursuit neared Bethune

Elementary School, Fulton County police officers responding to the area

radioed for the schools to enter "lock-down" mode as a safety

precaution.