Crime & Public Safety

Police identify 7 arrested after SWAT standoff at NW Atlanta home

Police could be seen removing many boxed electronics, tools
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Credit: John Spink
Atlanta police SWAT units respond to barricaded burglary suspects on Delmar Lane in Adamsville on Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. (John Spink / john.spink@ajc.com)
Updated Nov 14, 2022

Seven people were arrested after an hours-long standoff with patrol officers and SWAT units ended peacefully Monday afternoon at a northwest Atlanta home, officials said.

Officers responded to a home on Delmar Lane in Adamsville for a burglary call around 7 a.m., Atlanta police said in a news release. Witnesses told officers that multiple people were seen entering the home.

Not long after responding, officers saw a man try to leave the house, but he went back inside when they attempted to speak with him, police said. Officers then shouted for the group to leave, but those inside would not follow their orders.

Officers set up a perimeter and called the SWAT units, police said. SWAT officers cleared the home and took all seven of the people inside into custody without incident more than eight hours after police first responded, Channel 2 Action News reported.

All seven were detained and later arrested, police said. Each was charged with one count of criminal trespass. Police identified the suspects as Michael Young, 54; Herman Young, 57; Kenneth Sloan, 59; Mitchell Hill, 32; Renaldo Stephens, 49; Artielia Lewis, 52; and Christopher Jackson, 36.

Seven people were detained after barricading inside this home on Delmar Lane for hours, Atlanta police said. Police were seen removing retail items like tools and electronics from the home, which had a construction permit box out front.
Seven people were detained after barricading inside this home on Delmar Lane for hours, Atlanta police said. Police were seen removing retail items like tools and electronics from the home, which had a construction permit box out front.

After clearing the house, which appears to be undergoing a renovation, officers could be seen removing valuable retail items from the property, like tools and TVs still in their boxes, Channel 2 reported.

No further details have been shared, and police did not say why such a large group had entered the home. The investigation remains active.

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Henri Hollis is a reporter and restaurant critic for the Food & Dining team. Formerly a freelance writer and photographer with a focus on food and restaurants, he joined the AJC full-time in January 2021, first covering breaking news. He is a lifelong Atlantan and a graduate of Georgia Tech.

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