Parents turn in Cabbagetown kidnapping suspect
A suspect in a brazen Cabbagetown kidnapping was delivered to police late Thursday night by his parents after they spotted him in surveillance footage captured at a Bank of America ATM.
Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos said the youth was charged with robbery and kidnapping for his role in the July 3 incident. He was turned over to juvenile authorities.
It was not known Friday afternoon if the 15-year-old suspect would be tried as an adult.
According to investigators, three young men brandishing guns forced a group of friends from the front porch of a Estoria Street rental home. Inside the house, the victims were ordered to hand over their cell phones.
The suspects ransacked the home for other valuables then took captive a man they assumed had money because he was well-dressed, police said. They allegedly drove him to several nearby cash machines, where he was forced to make withdrawals.
The unidentified victim told police that one of the kidnappers wanted to kill him after he ran out of cash. But a female accomplice advised against it, he said, and the thieves threw him out of their car near Memorial and Columbia drives.
On Thursday police, released the surveillance footage that revealed a clear picture of one of the suspects as he hovered over his captive. Hours later, the teen was under arrest after his parents saw the video on TV news and handed their son over to authorities.
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A native Atlantan, Boone joined the AJC staff in 2007. He quickly carved out a niche covering crime stories, assuming the public safety beat in 2014. He's covered some of the biggest trials this decade, from Hemy Neuman to Ross Harris to Chip Olsen, the latter of which was featured on Season 7 of the AJC's award-winning "Breakdown" podcast.
