Suspect in East Cobb Robbery

An iPhone found on a Riverdale man with a history of arrests in Clayton and Fulton is the same phone that was stolen during an Aug. 15, 2012, armed robbery in East Cobb.

According to a Cobb County criminal warrant, two masked armed robbers confronted a man about 2:05 a.m. Aug. 15 when he returned to his home in the 500 block of Stepney Court. At least one had a silver revolver.

After the suspects fled the scene by car with the resident's handbag, wallet, credit cards and $600, a set of keys and an iPhone, he called 911.

Despite a series of fraudulent transactions in Riverdale immediately after the armed robbery, Cobb only issued a warrant for the arrest of Vada Darnell Taylor of Riverdale on Thursday.

He was arrested March 1 in Fulton County on an unrelated charge out of Clayton County, according to online jail records.

"The accused was in possession of the victim's stolen iPhone," according to the warrant. "The victim's iPhone's international mobile equipment identity number was associated with a phone number used by the accused, which was documented on a Clayton County Police Department incident report."

Taylor faces a charge of armed robbery related to the East Cobb incident.

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