Group of teens commit brazen smash and grab in Athens Target

Maid Hill

By Joe Johnson

A group of masked teenagers smashed glass display cases in Target on Atlanta Highway in Athens last Friday night and stole electronics valued at over $16,000,

They made their getaway in a stolen car that wrecked after a police chase through three counties.

Two of the teens were arrested and charged as adults, two are being held at a juvenile detention facility, and a fifth suspect got away.

Authorities recovered the stolen merchandise.

The arrested teens have been identified as Reginald Leon Wooten, 18, of Atlanta; Markis Deon Hill, 19, of Atlanta; Jaylen Larrry, 16, of Greensboro; and Kingston Marable, 16, of Atlanta.

The fifth suspect is unidentified.

Hill is being held at the county jail in Athens, and Wooten remains in custody in Walton County.. He had been bitten by a police dog when arrested by a Georgia State Patrol K-9 unit. Hill had also been bitten and tased.

Atlanta PD has a warrant to arrest Marable for a shooting that happened in the city.

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