On Wednesday,
May 9, 2018, Officers responded to several incidents throughout the City to
include an incident of Shoplifting, Narcotics Possession, Theft by Taking
(Auto) and Burglary (2 counts) all committed by the same suspect during the
course of the day.
Just before
11:00 am., an Officer was patrolling the area of East Main Street and Brown
Industrial Parkway when she alertly noticed a white Dodge Caravan occupied by
two (2) males sitting in the roadway.
The Officer turned around to assist the stranded motorist when she
observed the individuals quickly exit the vehicle and leave the scene on
foot. As the Officer made it to the
vehicle, the persons were nowhere to be found, the van’s engine appeared to be
smoking and it was obstructing the roadway.
At that time, the vehicle was towed out of the lane of travel and still,
no contact was made with the occupants who left the scene.
Later in the
early afternoon, just after 2:00 pm., Officers responded to the report of a
Shoplifting in progress at Kohl’s located at 2034 Cumming Highway. Upon arrival, the responding Officer made
contact with Loss Prevention who advised they stopped a man who previously was
walking through the store taking assorted articles of clothing and placing them
in his backpack. The stolen items were
recovered from the suspect and the Officer determined the male had outstanding
warrants through the City of Canton and Cherokee County. As the reporting Officer took the individual
into custody for the outstanding warrants and the charge of shoplifting, he
discovered the suspect was in possession of four (4) Schedule IV Narcotic
pills. The perpetrator was then
transported to the Cherokee Sheriff’s Office Adult Detention Facility.
As the
afternoon progressed, Officers discussed the fact the male who was arrested at
Kohl’s may be one of the subjects who earlier walked off from the abandoned
vehicle on East Main Street. Around 4:30
pm., Units responded to the Mr. Clean Carwash at 220 Riverstone Parkway in
reference to the report of a stolen auto.
As the reporting Officer arrived, it now became clear why the
individuals left the scene of the abandoned vehicle, because it was stolen
overnight. During the course of the
investigation, Officers obtained store surveillance video, which shows the male,
who was previously arrested at Kohl’s and left the abandoned vehicle on East
Main Street, to be the same suspect who entered the carwash earlier that
morning around 1:16 am. Once in the
carwash bay, the perpetrator took the white caravan and as he left, he damaged
one (1) of the facility bay doors.
The calls
involving this person did not stop there because later in the evening at
approximately 11:00 pm., Officers responded to the report of a Burglary that
occurred at 120 Westview Street. The
reporting party advised responding units that he left for work in the morning
and when he arrived home just before he called, he noticed someone forcibly
entered the front door to his residence and took his large screen TV. During the course of the investigation,
Officers and the assigned Detective discovered a possible suspect name, which
turned out to be the same person our Officer arrested earlier in the day for
the aforementioned criminal activity. At
that time, the reported stolen TV in the burglary incident was located in the
rear of the recovered stolen Dodge Caravan that was towed previously in the
day.
Chief Mark J.
Mitchell stated, “I am proud of the teamwork of our Officers and Detectives,
which was very important in connecting and solving the cases involving this
suspect. One of the points in our
Mission Statement is to create a safer Canton by reducing crime and by taking
this person off our streets, it goes a long way toward improving the quality of
life for our great community.”
Suspect:
Christian Davis
Hawkins age: 19 of Decatur, Ga.
Charges:
Burglary (2
counts)
Theft by Taking
(Auto)
VGCSA
Possession of a Schedule IV Narcotic
Theft by
Shoplifting (M)
