Police arrested and charged three adults and two juveniles after neighborhood residents worked with officers to stop multiple thefts from vehicles Wednesday.
Malcolm Xavier Davis, 23, Daquan Jamal Wilson, 17, Jayquan Shakeem Brown, 17, and two juveniles were taken into custody about 3 a.m., said Savannah-Chatham police spokesman Julian Miller.
West Chatham Precinct patrol officers and detectives recovered a stolen car, multiple credit cards and other items stolen from vehicles and a bicycle one suspect had stolen in an attempt to avoid capture, Miller said.
Davis was in possession of a financial transaction card stolen from a vehicle in the Islands Precinct on Monday and the bicycle, police said. He has been charged with theft by receiving stolen property, party to a crime, conspiracy to commit a crime and theft by taking of the bicycle.
Wilson has been charged two counts of theft of a financial transaction card and two counts of entering auto.
Brown, whom Miller said originally lied to police about his name and age and claimed to be a juvenile, has been charged with felony false statements and writings, providing false information, obstruction and entering auto.
The juveniles each were charged with 10 counts of entering auto.
Residents reported to police at 1:43 a.m. Wednesday that several males were walking through the neighborhood near Sunrise Lane and Misty Morning Way. Responding officers found the white Toyota Camry that had been stolen June 24 parked in an isolated area and 10 vehicles that had been entered. Several items taken from those vehicles were found in the stolen Toyota.
Police searched the area for the suspects and were alerted by residents an hour later that four males were walking on Cherryfield Lane where a dark car had picked them up. Police stopped a car matching the description on Grove Point Road and arrested the five suspects.
A handgun and magazine to a separate weapon also were found in the car, Miller said.
The recovered Toyota had been stolen from the 10000 block of Ferguson Avenue when the owner reported. that it had been taken at 4:23 a.m. on June 24. A spare set of keys reported to have been left in the residence was missing.
Detectives from West Chatham and Islands precincts continue to investigate Friday’s thefts and the vehicle theft as well as other cases that may be involved. Police ask anyone with information on the case to call CrimeStoppers at 912-234-2020 or text CRIMES (274637). Tipsters remain anonymous and may qualify for a cash reward