Police Arrest Cartersville Entering Auto Suspects

CARTERSVILLE, GA — Three adults and a juvenile were charged with entering autos and taking items from vehicles parked at an apartment complex in Cartersville. The four subjects appeared on law enforcement's radar when a Cartersville cop conducted a traffic stop around 3:31 a.m. Nov. 10 on a maroon Dodge Magnum that had its high beams activated.

The vehicle was pulled over because, according to an incident report released by the Cartersville Police Department, its driver did not dim the high beams while other vehicles were on the road. The vehicle pulled into the parking lot of The Home Depot on Gentilly Boulevard and the officer made contact with the driver.

According to the report, three of the males inside the vehicle matched the description of entering auto suspects reported to officers about an hour before the traffic stop. The caller told police the three subjects "were opening car doors in the parking lot of Collins Pointe Apartments and going through vehicles."

The males, who were wearing white and black hoodies with jeans, left the apartment complex in a dark-colored Dodge Magnum. According to the report, the driver of the vehicle said he was "forced" to take the three subjects to the complex so they could break into cars.

"He added that he was just waiting for them in a parking lot," according to the report. "He said he was unsure what they were doing, and he was just asked to park and wait."

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Police interviewed another male, who granted consent to search his person. A small bag of suspected crack cocaine, and a "good amount" of dollar bills and loose change were allegedly found in the man's pockets. A search of the juvenile yielded four debit cards that the young man said he retrieved from a car, the report adds.

A search of the car unearthed a Hi-Point .380 pistol, which was loaded and had a round in its chamber; an Android smart phone; a canister with loose change; and a pair of headphones, the officer wrote in the initial incident report.

The adults, Chattanooga, Tenn., residents Edvin Juarez, 21, Antonio Lebron Daniels, 19, and Federico Damone Brock, 17, were charged with the following:

• Juarez: five counts of entering auto; four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; six counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor; five counts of loitering/prowling; four counts of financial transaction card theft; and one count each of fugitive from justice; driving without a license; and removing/affixing tag to conceal vehicle's identity.
• Daniels: five counts of entering auto; four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; five counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor; five counts of loitering/prowling; four counts of financial transaction card theft; and one count of conspiracy to commit a felony.
• Brock: five counts of entering auto; four counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony; five counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor; five counts of loitering/prowling; four counts of financial transaction card theft; and one count of possession of a pistol or revolver by a person under the age of 18.

According to the incident report, the juvenile was charged with entering auto, loitering/prowling and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. The three adults remain held without bail while the juvenile was released to his guardian.

Photo: from left to right are Federico Brock, Edvin Juarez and Antonio Daniels. Credit: Bartow County Jail