Crime & Safety
Man Accused Of Breaking Into 400 Cars In Gwinnett Arrested
Police said the East Point man went on a months-long crime spree, breaking into cars and stealing some of them in metro Atlanta.
GWINNETT COUNTY — An East Point man accused of going on a summer crime spree and breaking into hundreds of cars throughout metro Atlanta since May is now facing charges, Gwinnett County Police said Thursday.
Police said Javaris Gamble, 22, was arrested Thursday in Forest Park by the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office Fugitive Task Force with the help of the U.S. Marshals Office, the Forest Park Police Department and the Clayton County Police Department.
Gamble was accused of breaking into more than 400 cars and stealing 15 of them from Gwinnett County. He was also accused of being the leader of a crew that breaks into cars.
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Police said he broke into 30 cars the night of June 22 in Gwinnett, then continued the crime each following night.
He is being held in the Gwinnett County Jail without bond, police said.
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"Detectives will be seeking indictment on hundreds of more charges against Gamble. This arrest illustrates the hard work uniformed officers, crime scene technicians, analysts and detectives have done and the multi-jurisdiction collaboration between metro Atlanta agencies," police said in a news release.
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