Crime & Safety
Suspects in Holly Springs Home Invasion and Chase Arrested
At about 2 a.m., the suspects, who were armed, broke into a home in the 200 block of Amylou Circle, Holly Springs Police Lt. Tanya Anderson said. Inside the home were the homeowners, their brother-in-law, their son and his girlfriend.
Three suspects who allegedly broke into a Amylou Circle home, forced the family in the home to get on the floor, and eventually led local authorities on a brief chase, have been arrested.
At about 2 a.m., three people broke into a home in the 200 block of Amylou Circle, Lt. Tanya Anderson said.
Inside the home were the homeowners, their brother-in-law, their son and his girlfriend.
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The suspects, who were armed, robbed the homeowners and fled the scene as Holly Springs Police arrived, Anderson said.
One suspect fled the scene in a van. After a brief chase that ended when the suspect wrecked the van at Towne Lake Parkway in Woodstock, police arrested 21-year-old Andra Westmoreland.
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The two remaining suspects, 31-year-old Sharece McCowan and 20-year-old Damon Johnson, were arrested after Holly Springs Police Sgt. Casey Barton noticed a woman "driving around the neighborhood while talking on a cellular phone," Anderson said.
Barton followed the woman, who Anderson said "was in the neighborhood to pick up the suspects."
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