The Atlanta Police Department is reporting that two more suspect have been apprehended in connection with a spree of violent carjackings and robberies, including Phipps Plaza and the Edgewood Retail District.

The United States Marshal’s Counter Gang Unit arrested Ethan Gathright, 17, in DeKalb County while  the Atlanta Police Gang Unit arrested  Hoye Anderson, 18.

Last week, police arrested Steven Spigner, 17, and charged him with in the carjackings and assaults at Phipps Plaza and Edgewood Retail District where women were beaten and had their cars stolen. In addition to the shopping center incidents, Spigner was also charges with an armed carjacking on Moreland Avenue and a robbery on East Lake Boulevard, using the car stolen during the Edgewood crime.

 

Collin Kelley is the executive editor of Atlanta Intown, Georgia Voice, and the Rough Draft newsletter. He has been a journalist for nearly four decades and is also an award-winning poet and novelist.