(Duluth, Ga., Jan 8, 2025) – The Gwinnett County Police Department arrested a suspect minutes after committing a $5,000 theft involving the sale of a vehicle.
On January 6, officers assigned to our Central precinct responded to a theft report at 1625 Pleasant Hill Road in unincorporated Duluth. The victim informed police that he was attempting to purchase a white Dodge Charger from a male suspect he met on Facebook Marketplace. The suspect took $5,000 from the victim during the transaction and fled in the vehicle.
Leveraging technology, analysts from our Real-Time Crime Center used DOT and FLOCK cameras to track the suspect’s vehicle. A K9 Officer spotted the suspect vehicle approximately 30 minutes later in the area of Old Norcross Road and Herrington Road and conducted a traffic stop…