Cobb Parkway Target Carjacking Suspect Arrested
A 34-year-old Marietta man faces robbery, assault and child cruelty charges for carjacking incident at local Target last week.
Working with Florida law enforcement, Marietta Police this week filed charges in last Friday’s carjacking case at the Cobb Parkway Target location after a suspect was captured during part of a prostitution sting near Tampa. Marietta detectives have charged Sly Deon Sampson, 34, of Marietta with the assault and robbery that occurred on June 10 at the Target shopping center at 2201 Cobb Parkway South. Sampson is currently in custody in Hillsborough County, Fla., on a fugitive from justice warrant awaiting extradition to Marietta. He faces felony charges of aggravated assault, robbery, false imprisonment and theft by taking motor vehicle, as well as a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to child in the third degree. According to police, the suspect…
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Freya Stark
6:53 pm on Saturday, June 18, 2011
Too scary to think about and too close to home.   more ›