A man suspected of shoplifting
three DVDs from the Walgreens in north 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, abandoned
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 Walgreens'
shoplifting, which was reported at 1 p.m. Minutes later, a Fayette County
deputy spotted Harris' truck going north on Ga. Highway 85 near Roberts
Road, police said.
The chase reached 80 miles
per hour 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.
No injuries resulted from the
incident.







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