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Holiday crime suppression yields results

By Andria Simmons
Dec 22, 2011

The Marietta Police officers engaged in holiday crime prevention patrols recently arrested four alleged thieves.

On Thursday morning, officers checked on a suspicious vehicle that witnesses saw circling the Taco Bell at 1180 Powder Springs Road. The driver, Deandre Antonio Conway, 20, ran away and tossed a handgun when he saw police. Conway was charged with attempted armed robbery, obstruction and driving a stolen vehicle.

Since Dec. 19, police also arrested a man breaking into cars on Washington Avenue and two suspects committing a robbery on Franklin Road.

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