Men wanted by police in connection to 2 Atlanta business robberies
By FOX 5 Digital Team
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(Atlanta Police Department)
ATLANTA - Officers are asking the public to help them identify men accused of robbing two businesses in Atlanta.
Officials say both robberies happened in northeast Atlanta on May 10.
According to the Atlanta Police Department, the suspects targeted an Ace Check Cashing on the 400 block of Ponce De Leon Avenue and a Kroger on the 1700 block of Monroe Drive.
Investigators have also released images showing the getaway car used in the robberies
(Atlanta Police Department)
If you have any information that could help with the investigation, please call the Atlanta Police Robbery Unit or the Crime Stoppers Atlanta tip line at 404-577-TIPS (8477).
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Police charged Pedro Silva-Renteria in the May 4 death of a Latina transgender woman in her Brookhaven apartment. (Images courtesy Brookhaven Police Department)
Police are searching for an 18-year-old Norcross man charged with murdering a Latina transgender woman in her metro Atlanta apartment two weeks ago.
Pedro Silva-Renteria is suspected of shooting Sophie Vasquez more than once and killing her around 2 a.m. on May 4 inside her apartment near Clairmont Road, according to the Brookhaven Police Department.
Police obtained an arrest warrant charging Silva-Renteria with murder on May 11, but didn’t go public with the information until Tuesday – a week later. On May 12, police briefed media outlets about Vasquez’s death, but they did not disclose the arrest warrant and stopped short of saying they identified a suspect.
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Brookhaven Deputy Police Chief Brandon Gurley said Wednesday that the shooting death of a 36-year-transgender woman was not a hate crime. (Photo by Matt Hennie)
A Latina transgender woman killed in her Brookhaven apartment was shot more than once but was not targeted over her gender identity, police officials said Wednesday.
Sophie Vasquez, 36, was killed in the early morning hours of May 4 but her body was left in the doorway to her apartment for up to six hours before police were called about 8 a.m. Investigators identified at least one person inside the apartment with Vasquez before she was killed, according to Brandon Gurley, deputy chief of the Brookhaven Police Department.
Police in Atlanta, Georgia have warned that thieves are using Grindr to find their victims.
At least eight people have been robbed between February and May after planning dates on Grindr, the City of Atlanta Police Department (APD) said at a press conference on Wednesday (5 May).
The APD said the robberies happened in remote locations throughout the city and that they believe there are more victims, but they may be too afraid or ashamed to come forward.
Sergeant Rodney Jones explained how the suspects use Grindr to “lure the victims to their location”. He said the suspect is usually armed with a handgun and robs the victim after the date has concluded.
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