4 months ago
A couple arrested Tuesday is suspected of more than 20 burglaries in five counties, according to the Monroe County Sheriff's Department. They were arrested after a police car chase that started in Monroe County has ended in Butts County, according to Allison Selman-Willis with the sheriff's department.
The chase involved a dark gray Dodge Magnum, the same kind of car that was described as being involved in a string of home invasions in Monroe, Butts, Pike and Lamar Counties.
She said the chase ended at about 1:20 p.m.
Butts County Sheriff Gene Pope says one of his deputies spotted the the car on Highway 18 near Highway 87 around 12:30 p.m.
He says the deputy followed the car which led him on a chase into Butts County, and ended on Highway 87 near the intersection with Highway 42 in Flovilla, where several other deputies were involved.
Sheriff Pope says two people are in custody, and they may have dropped off a third person at a location in Monroe County.
He says Zenya Concepcion and Anton Sowell are in custody and charged with three counts of aggravated assault with a vehicle, against an officer.
Pope says they have issued a search warrant for an address in Clayton County that was found in the car.
He says Concepcion and Sowell are suspects in the string of burglaries in several counties.
They are currently in the Butts County Jail.
