Dunwoody police have arrested a juvenile for allegedly carjacking an Uber driver on Monday.
At about 9:20 a.m., officers got a report of a carjacking in the 5400 block of Winters Chapel Road, according to a news release.
The suspect was a customer the driver had just picked up. The boy pulled a knife on him, police said.
The suspect fled the scene in the victim’s vehicle but was found “within minutes” by an officer.
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Officer Y. Baum made the arrest without incident.
The juvenile is charged with hijacking a motor vehicle and aggravated assault, police said. He was taken to the DeKalb County Youth Detention Center.
Further information wasn’t released.
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