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2 arrested for PTC bank robberyTue, 10/24/2006 - 12:21pm
By: John Munford
Pursuit reached 100 mph through Tyrone; halted by deputy's stop sticks Two men involved in the noon-time armed robbery of a Peachtree City bank were arrested after they led police on a high-speed chase through Tyrone today, police said. Police are also looking for two more suspects that are believed to have gotten away in a second vehicle that was not involved in the pursuit: a white Ford truck. Those two suspects were armed with a rifle used in the heist at the Kedron Village Wachovia and also had bags of money in their possession, police said. The two suspects in custody were forced to flee on foot in Fairburn after their gray Lincoln Town Car was disabled by stop sticks deployed near the Fayette-Fulton county line by a sheriff’s deputy. The stop sticks deflated the front driver’s side tire of the vehicle, police reported. The chase reached speeds of 100 mph as it passed Carriage Oaks Drive in Tyrone just seconds before the stop sticks were deployed, police said. The two suspects in custody fled into a wooded area but were soon apprehended by two Fairburn police officers who had responded to the scene, police said. Money was found near the scene of the car, police said. During the bank heist in Peachtree City, one of the suspects was armed with a rifle and the suspects got away in a grey Lincoln Town Car according to initial reports. A Peachtree City officer was able to locate the suspects’ car after learning it had left the nearby AMLI apartments and was heading north on Hwy. 74. The suspects initially turned right onto Dogwood Trail and into the driveway to Glendalough Manor before turning around and getting back onto Hwy. 74 heading north, police said. An unmarked police unit was initially involved in the pursuit, joined by at least one Peachtree City unit, police said. The two suspects in custody were first spotted in an open field in the Fieldstone Manor subdivision, police said. Fairburn officer E. Roque grabbed one of the suspects and ordered the second one to the ground just as his backup, officer Eddie Saavedra responded to assist. Police initially ordered the nearby Hampton Inn on lockdown while they searched for additional suspects. Police have recovered a backpack from the heist with money inside. Other evidence was left behind at the bank, police said. The two assailants in the bank were described as a black male and a hispanic male, both wearing black hooded jackets and other black clothing. Hawk 1, the helicopter of the Fayette County Sheriff's Office also responded to assist in the search for the suspects on foot in the Fairburn area. -- Staff Writer Ben Nelms contributed to this report login to post comments
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