Police ID three of 11 suspected ‘blue jean bandits’ released

Atlanta police Monday released the names of three of the 11 suspected “blue jean bandits” arrested Friday at a home in southeast Atlanta.

The remaining eight suspects are all juveniles, Atlanta police Sgt. Lisa Keyes said.

Jerome Banks

Ricky Hill

Demetrius Lewis

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Demetrius Lewis, 17, Jerome Banks, 18, and Ricky Hill, 21, were all charged with burglary and theft by receiving.

Bond was denied for Hill and Banks at their first court appearance on Saturday, Fulton County Jail spokeswoman Tracy Flanagan said.

The first appearance for Lewis is scheduled for Monday morning at the jail.

Lewis, Hill, Banks and the eight juveniles were arrested Friday after a tipster alerted police to suspicious activity in the backyard of a house in the 900 block of Farrington Place, Keyes said.

Officers arrived to find the suspects removing tags from shirts and hundreds of pair of high-end jeans, Keyes said.

Six of the suspects tried to hide in a crawl space in the home’s ceiling, but all of the alleged bandits were arrested, she said.

Most of the merchandise still had labels and security tags on it, Keyes said. Police also found two stolen cars — one apparently taken in an armed robbery, she said.

Staff writer Marcus Garner contributed to this article.