ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – DeKalb County police need your help identifying some burglary suspects focusing on a small perimeter in Decatur.
Police said they’ve been breaking into homes along Second Avenue, Tilson, McAfee, Candler and Whites Mill Roads for a year now.
“We were just about to go to bed and then you get a notification for the camera in the basement. That’s a little sus if you will,” said Matthew Dellaria, a homeowner.
Matthew Dellaria said his home has been hit before, with the latest being Friday and others say they’ve experienced similar things.
“We’ve had people come and take stuff out of our carport in the middle of the day with both of us home with cars in the driveway,” said Dellaria.
“We were wondering when it was going to happen to us, it’s been happening to everybody else, so we just figured it was a matter of time,” said Aaron Kelly, whose home was also targeted.
Nathan Freeze tell us he was gone when a neighbor alerted him.
“My neighbor to my left Phillip gives me a call, tells me ‘Hey, your sirens are going off. Don’t go out there, it’s not a false alarm,’” he said.
Now he has lost that comfortable sense of security and he’s urging DeKalb police to make an arrest fast.
“Your constituents don’t feel safe in their own homes,” he said.
“I’m invested in this community. I want to stay here, I want to raise a family here, and it’s getting harder and harder to stand on that and convince the people I love that this is the right choice,” said Freeze.
DeKalb County police said there were no updates on the case yet.
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