Twenty gang members in Georgia were arrested after an investigation that started in Cedar Park. Events leading to the significant arrests began on March 14 “when Cedar Park police responded to an aggravated robbery call at Black Rock Vape.” See photos of guns and drugs confiscated from a home in Georgia where 20 gang members were arrested.
A person identified as a “victim” told police he had been attending an event in Austin when several men approached him and asked about buying what were described as “exotic flowers”.
As reported, “the victim took the men to his store. When they arrived, the victim reported the men pulled out guns and robbed him. As alleged by the victim, the robbers took “his phone, money from the safe and register, and numerous vape products from the store.” Police disclosed that “An investigation tracked the suspects to a location in Georgia and revealed they were affiliated with a gang there.”
Background information discloses that on April 5, Cedar Park detectives, alongside Georgia law enforcement officials, “served search and arrest warrants on a home on Cleethropes Drive in Lithonia, Georgia.” The CPPD says that “the gang had been using the home as a drug distribution hub and a launching pad for violent crimes.”
The firearms seized were illegal under federal gun control legislation. The DeKalb County Police Department says that law enforcement “seized 20 firearms, eight of which were classified as machine guns, with six illegal mechanical switches.” Additionally, “Approximately 60 pounds of mushrooms, 70 grams of mum gummies, 212 grams of marijuana gummies, three pounds of marijuana, two bottles of promethazine, eight Xanax pills and one oxycodone pill were also seized.”
The twenty gang members and associates arrested were wanted on aggravated felony charges. “Four of the suspects were wanted for the murder of 27-year-old Nicholas Grierson who had been killed at a nearby gas station just a few hours before the arrests.” The four that seem to be facing the most serious Cedar Park charges are 17-year-old Ashton George of Decatur, Georgia ; 18-year-old Jakai Tyere Lewis of Brookhaven, Georgia; 19-year-old John Ben Frazier of Decatur, Georgia; and 31-year-old Brandon Lovett Thomas. For a detailed description of the current charges arrayed against these four people, see here. The photos of four of these arrested defendants can be seen here. “This investigation is active and ongoing. Additional charges are expected.”
