Six suspects arrested after two smash-and-grab burglaries.

By Mike Morris

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Smash-and-grab burglars struck two southwest Atlanta shoe stores just minutes apart early Tuesday, and police arrested six people a short time later at an apartment complex south of downtown.

Enlarge photo

Mike Morris, mmorris@ajc.com Investigators process a van believed to have been involved in a pair of smash-and-grab burglaries early Tuesday in southwest Atlanta.

Enlarge photo

Mike Morris, mmorris@ajc.com Boxes of athletic shoes could be seen inside a van believed to have been involved in a pair of smash-and-grab burglaries early Tuesday in southwest Atlanta.

More Atlanta/Fulton news »

• Arrest made in alleged kidnapping
• Forsyth construction worker dies
• 'Hotlanta' no longer?
• Woman accused of stealing $20K in ID theft
• Atlanta/South Fulton
• North Fulton

The first burglary happened about 3:45 a.m. at the Foot Locker store in the 2000 block of Campbellton Road, according to police dispatchers, who reported that the suspects possibly fled in a green minivan and a white car.

Less than 30 minutes later, the Foot Locker store in the 2600 block of Metropolitan Parkway was burglarized, also by suspects in a green minivan and a white car, according to dispatchers.

About 10 minutes after the second burglary, police responded to a call at an apartment complex at Fulton and Formwalt streets in the Mechanicsville neighborhood about a group of males "putting stuff in a van" from another vehicle.

Officers found numerous boxes of shoes inside the van.

Atlanta police spokesman Eric Schwartz said officers arrested two adults and four juveniles. Two of those arrested are confirmed members of the "30 Deep" street gang, Schwartz said.

All six were charged with burglary, theft by receiving and violating the criminal gang statute.

Last week, police arrested six other alleged members of the 30 Deep gang in connection with other recent smash-and-grab burglaries.