Atlanta, GA
Man arrested after returning stolen car while officers still there, Atlanta police say
ATLANTA — A suspect didn’t wait fairly lengthy sufficient to return the automobile he illegally “borrowed” from an Atlanta parking deck final week.
Police say they had been referred to as to a parking deck for an residence advanced on Howell Mill Highway final week after a person reported his truck stolen.
The person informed officers he left the truck working with the keys inside.
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Surveillance footage confirmed a person standing subsequent to the sufferer’s automobile for a couple of minutes earlier than getting in and driving off.
Whereas officers had been nonetheless on the scene, the suspect, later recognized as Brian Middlebrooks, returned within the stolen truck and tried parking it.
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Physique digital camera footage reveals Middlebrooks run from officers as they fight questioning him. He was arrested after a brief chase.
Middlebrooks is presently being held within the Fulton County Jail on fees of auto theft by taking, possession of marijuana and obstruction.
Atlanta police say that within the first 5 months of 2022, greater than 1,000 automobiles had been stolen off of the streets. Greater than half of these automobiles had the keys inside.
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