Steven Spigner
Steven Spigner

The Atlanta Police Department has arrested a suspect, Steven Spigner, 17, and charged him with a string of carjackings and assaults, including two incidents at Phipps Plaza and the Edgewood Retail District where women were beaten and had their cars stolen.

In addition to the shopping center incidents, Spigner is also charges with an armed carjacking on Moreland Avenue and a robbery on East Lake Boulevard, using the car stolen during the Edgewood crime.

The subject was charged with two counts of hijacking a motor vehicle, two counts of robbery by force, one count of aggravated robbery and two counts of battery.

Police are still looking for a second suspect.

Collin Kelley has been the editor of Atlanta Intown for two decades and has been a journalist and freelance writer for 35 years. He’s also an award-winning poet and novelist.