Cherokee Deputies Search For Theft, Burglary Suspect

ACWORTH, GA — The Cherokee Sheriff's Office has issued arrest warrants for a 19-year-old man accused of stealing from vehicles in the Acworth area late last month.

Demone Ontray Allen is suspected of entering at the vehicles of two victims Aug. 30 in the Centennial Lakes subdivision and taking items such as a laptop, credit cards and a firearm, sheriff's office spokesperson Jay Baker said.

Detectives have learned those stolen credit cards were used at establishments in Kennesaw and at shops in Atlantic Station. On Friday, Aug. 31, Allen was arrested and charged by Atlanta police following a chase of a stolen vehicle. That vehicle, Backer added, included several items stolen from victims in Cherokee County.

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Allen was charged by Atlanta police with theft by receiving, entering auto, prowling, obstruction, possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime, fleeing and attempting to elude police and criminal damage to property in the second degree. He was booked into the Fulton County Jail on Sept. 1, and released on bond the same day. Baker said that release occurred before Cherokee sheriff's investigators learned of the incident.

Allen, of Lithonia, is wanted in Cherokee County on burglary, entering auto, felony theft by taking, misdemeanor theft by taking, financial card theft and financial card fraud charges. He is described as a black male about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, roughly 145 pounds and has short black hair. Anyone who has information on his whereabouts is asked to call 911.

Image via Fulton County Jail