ATLANTA, GA - A man suspected of being involved in numerous auto thefts in Atlanta has been arrested after he was found walking in the middle of a southwest Atlanta street, Fox 5 Atlanta reports.
Keshaun Mitchell, 20, was arrested by Atlanta police near the 1300 block of Donnelly Avenue SW, police said. Mitchell was listed by the police department's Auto Crimes Unit as a Top 5 Most Wanted suspect in city auto thefts. Mitchell was the subject of a BOLO issued on Sept. 3 in connection with an Aug. 30 car break-in, department sources said.
Mitchell was charged with possession of marijuana and being a pedestrian in the roadway, police said.
The department also held active felony warrants for Mitchell for theft by taking, two counts of entering an automobile, and second-degree criminal damage to property. There are also active warrants out of DeKalb County for two counts of aggravated assault.
Mitchell was booked into the Fulton County Jail. It is unknown what his bail is or when he is scheduled to be arraigned in court.
Meanwhile, in Connecticut, three teenagers are under arrest in Trumbull and are accused of stealing cars overnight on Thursday and Friday, police said.
Two men aged 19 from Bridgeport, CT, and a 16-year-old from Trumbull were taken into custody, NBC Connecticut reported. The names of the suspects were not reported. The two 19-year-olds were charged with larceny of a motor vehicle and conspiracy to commit larceny of a motor vehicle, police said.
The two were found sleeping in a stolen car in a parking lot in the early morning hours of Oct. 1. The car contained numerous items that were believed to have been stolen overnight from cars in Trumbull and nearby towns "in a recent spree of overnight thefts," police said.
One of the men is a frequent flyer, having been arrested and charged with larceny of a motor vehicle after stealing a car that he later crashed. The two were held on $10,000 bonds and are scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 9.
The following day, a 16-year-old was arrested and charged with larceny of a motor vehicle in a separate case. He was found in a car stolen in Stratford, CT, shortly after midnight on that date. He was released to his mommy and was to appear in court on Friday.
Trumbull police said they had a total of eight stolen car reports and 18 reports of thefts from motor vehicles in the month of September. Many of the vehicles were either unlocked or left with the key inside, police said.
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