Two 17-year-old boys were charged in connection with purse-snatchings along the same street in unincorporated Norcross, according to Gwinnett County police.
Christian J. Williams of Stone Mountain and Deon R. Hawkins of Decatur are facing robbery charges after incidents last Monday and Friday, police Cpl. Michele Pihera said Tuesday in a news release.
Williams was charged in connection with both incidents, and Hawkins was arrested in the Friday robbery, Pihera said. Both suspects are in the Gwinnett jail.
The first robbery happened about 3 p.m. July 24 at the El Jalisco Market in the 6000 block of South Norcross Tucker Road, police said. A 71-year old woman called 911 and said a man took her purse out of her hands and ran away. A witness followed the people to a nearby apartment complex but eventually lost sight of the suspects.
The second incident happened about 7:30 p.m. July 28 at the Crestwood Apartments in the 6000 block of South Norcross Tucker Road, according to Pihera. The victim, a 43-year-old woman, was walking home from a nearby grocery store and thought someone was following her, police said. Shortly after arriving at the complex, she said one of the people began to walk alongside her and snatched her purse. Two people ran toward South Norcross Tucker Road, the woman told police.
Surveillance footage from the apartment complex gave officers a detailed description of the people, according to Pihera.
Officers visited an area convenience store, and employees said two people tried to steal food from the store earlier in the day.
“The employee showed the officer a picture of one of the suspects,” Pihera said. “The man in the photo was the same man as one of the suspects that the officers were looking for.”
Shortly after the officers left the store, an employee called police and said they might be able to find the duo at a nearby restaurant, she said.
Police arrested the suspects inside the restaurant.
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