5 arrested after break-in at Sandy Springs home

Pursuit of armed intruders ends in Middle Georgia.

Five people accused of breaking into a Sandy Springs home early Sunday were quickly arrested in Middle Georgia, according to police. Investigators believe the same crew could be responsible for another home invasion two days earlier.

Shortly after 3 a.m., Sandy Springs officers were called to a home on Aberdeen Drive, where residents said five armed intruders had just broken in.

“After realizing that the homeowners were home, the perpetrators fled the home,” Sgt. Salvador Ortega said in an emailed statement.

Officers were able to alert other Georgia police agencies about the incident and alleged getaway car, Ortega said. Deputies with the Dooly County Sheriff ’s Office spotted the vehicle and, after a pursuit and crash, arrested all five people in the vehicle, Ortega said.

The names of the five arrested were not released Monday by Sandy Springs police. The Dooly County Sheriff’s Office identified them as Jarius Johnson, 17, Jacolbeion Demarcus, 20, Jamie Brown, 18, and two juveniles, ages 15 and 16, Channel 2 Action News reported.

Investigators are now working to determine if they are the same suspects responsible for a similar incident Friday night at a home on Northside Drive.

“During this case, five armed intruders held the homeowner and her daughter at gunpoint,” Ortega said about Friday’s incident. “The perpetrators stole various items along with two vehicles belonging to the victim. The victims in that case, although traumatized by the incident, were not physically hurt.”

In social media posts, a woman said she and her 16-year-old daughter were the victims when the five broke into her gated home around 9:45 p.m. The home has nine security cameras, the woman said. Property records indicate the 11,000-square-foot home has seven bedrooms and six bathrooms.

“They held guns to our heads and went room to room stealing valuables, then left in two of our cars,” the woman posted.

Phones and ipads were stolen, but the cars were later found, the woman said.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Sandy Springs police Detective S. Smith at Ksmith@sandyspringsga.gov