Savannah-Chatham police say they charged a 19-year-old man and his 13-year-old accomplice after the robbery and carjacking of a woman in the Highlands area Wednesday night.
Carlos Maurice Boggs Jr. and the youth were taken into custody after a short traffic pursuit on Dean Forrest Road and a foot chase, said Julian Miller, police spokesman. Boggs was charged with armed robbery, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and traffic offenses.
Boggs was released from the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson last September after serving a month of a five-year sentence for burglary, Miller said.
West Chatham Precinct patrol officers saw the pair in a 1998 Toyota Camry that had been taken in the robbery of a 30-year-old woman in the backyard of her residence on Fairgreen Street on Wednesday. Two males had pointed pistols at her, forcing her to surrender the car and its contents just before 7 p.m., Miller said.
Patrol officers followed the Camry, being driven by the younger suspect, into the Southbridge subdivision, where the passenger and driver exchanged places before it sped onto Dean Forest Road, Miller said.
Metro and Garden City police began the pursuit, which ended in a steep curve where the Toyota collided with another car. Boggs led officers on a foot pursuit into a canal where he tried to hide under a bridge, Miller said. The younger suspect was apprehended near a house.
Metro dive team officers searched the water where Boggs was apprehended Thursday, recovering two
weapons, Miller said.
Violent Crimes detectives continue to investigate.