BROOKHAVEN, Ga. — Brookhaven police are sharing video of a theft suspect running down the road and hopping in a car to try and get away from officers.
Police say they responded to a snatch-and-grab theft at a CVS on Buford Highway last month that led to a man stuffing $800 worth of nutritional supplies, electric clippers and razors into a bag.
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Video shared with Channel 2 Action News shows the suspect, later identified as George Blakely, walking in the parking lot of a Chevron station at the intersection of North Druid Hills Road and Buford Highway.
Blakely then took off running down North Druid Hills Road as the police department’s drones followed him to a nearby parking lot, where he got into a car and drove away.
Police followed Blakely’s car and stopped him at the intersection of West Druid Hills Drive and Buford Highway.
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Officers arrested Blakely and recovered the stolen property.
Blakely is currently being held in the DeKalb County Jail on a charge of theft by shoplifting.
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