Trio Arrested in String of Buckhead Burglaries: Police

BUCKHEAD, GA -- Police in Atlanta hope a string of burglaries in Buckhead will cease after the arrests of three suspects, including one who law enforcement officers believe was responsible for two dozen break-ins in the area.

Burglary suspects Jalim Basheer Hamlett, Krystal Brown and Kareem El-Amin were captured by officers in APD's Burglary Team for Zone 2, which includes Buckhead, police said over the weekend.

Hamlett is suspected as the main perpetrator in 24 burglaries in the area, police said.

" It was important that he was taken off the street. There was video footage from homes that linked Hamlett to the burglaries," the APD said on its Facebook page.

"Investigators used surveillance video and tracked the vehicles used to commit these crimes," Atlanta police said. "As a result the two males were charged for yesterday’s incident with Criminal attempt to commit burglary, criminal possession of burglary tools, conspiracy to commit burglary."

Police said Brown was arrested on an outstanding warrant "out of Atlanta and another jurisdiction."

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Buckhead has been in the news lately after residents complained to community leaders about break-ins.

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