The girls, 12 and 13, had stepped away from their sales set-up but saw one of the teens pulling the wagon toward a waiting vehicle, police said.

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One of the girls took chase, caught up and grabbed the wagon, and the would-be robber jumped into the waiting vehicle, police said.

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The girls yelled out that they were being robbed of their cookies, and neighbors responded by getting into their own vehicle to chase the suspects, police said. The neighbors who chased the suspects contacted police along the way.

And police found the suspects’ vehicle at a nearby gas station. The two suspects, 18 and 17, were arrested without incident.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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