Teen Arrested For Several Forced Car Burglaries: Sheriff's Office

CUMMING, GA — Forsyth County deputies have arrested a 16-year-old male from Florida for his involvement in multiple forced car burglaries.

On Sunday, Nov. 7, deputies went to the Deerfield Juncture Apartments, 910 Deerfield Crossing Drive, after a witness called 911 to report people wearing hoodies breaking into cars in the parking lot. Deputies found several vehicles that had been forcefully entered. Deputies also found an unoccupied running car that was stolen from a nearby apartment complex inside the Milton Police Department’s jurisdiction.

Milton Police caught the teen, who matched the description given by the witness, running in a nearby parking lot. He was found with a window punch tool and other items that police suspect were stolen from the burglarized vehicles.

The teen was taken to the Gainesville Regional Youth Detention Center and charged with 17 counts of entering auto, theft by taking motor vehicle, and criminal trespass to property.

He has also been linked to more than 50 car burglaries that happened at Halcyon on Tuesday, Nov. 2. Additional charges are pending.