I was a little surprised to see this article was not included in the online version of the paper--but as all of the online paper was positive news, maybe they didn't want to put a negative story online for all to see. But I think they should have. Here's the article in its entirety:
Teen carjacking suspect arrested
By Bobby Moore
Staff Writer
An armed carjacking Sunday night near Fairburn Road resulted in the arrest of one juvenile suspect following a car chase down Interstate 20, according to Maj. Oliver Fladrich of the Douglasville Police Department.
Fladrich said around 7 p.m. a 64 year-old man arrived at Flagview Mobile Home Park to feed some cats.
While at the mobile home park, he was carjacked by four meen Fladrich described as young black males.
More than one of the suspects was described as wearing a long coat, officials said, and they allegedly had an automatic pistol in their possession. (Editor's Note: Why say allegedly when officers say themselves on the scanner that they DO have a gun??)
After taking the victim's 1994 Buick Park Avenue, the suspects got on I-20 East, where they were spotted by units from the police department and the Douglas County Sheriff's Office, Fladrich said. The chase continued down the interstate until the suspects were apprehended near Six Flags in Cobb County. (Editor's Note: This sentence is incorrect. Only ONE was apprehended.)
When the stolen vehicle was stopped, three of the suspects fled (Editor's note: Actually ALL of them fled, because the officer that caught the suspect that was arrested was out of breath and was chasing him through the woods, from what I can decipher from the scanner.), but one 16-year-old suspect was arrested. Fladrich said. (Editor's note: This must have been written in a hurry, because that was how it was written.)
No one was hurt during the carjacking, and Fladrich said no cars were sideswiped during the chase.
Editor's Note: Most newspaper articles are about 500 words. This one was a little more than 320 words.
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