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16-year-old facing charges after carjacking Uber driver

A teen faces carjacking and aggravated assault charges after allegedly targeting an Uber driver in Dunwoody.

The 911 call came in around 9:20 Monday morning from the 5000 block of Winters Chapel Road.

"An Uber driver...said that she was just carjacked at knifepoint by a fare that she had picked up," says Dunwoody Police Sgt. Aaron Belt.

He describes the weapon as a typical steak or utility knife from a household kitchen.

But it was a short-lived getaway for the suspect, a 16-year-old boy whose identity is withheld because he is a juvenile. Belt says a responding officer didn't have to look far at all to spot him in the stolen Toyota Scion.

"Within a couple minutes of the call coming in to the 911 center, the officer found the suspect driving the carjacked vehicle away from the scene and was able to quickly take him into custody," says Belt. "He located the vehicle--passed him on a side street."

Belt says the teen didn't specify where he was going--and gave the barest hint into why.

"He was upset with some things going on in his personal life, but he wasn't too forthcoming into his motives or his reasoning behind it," says Belt.

The driver was unhurt, and the teenager's motive remains a mystery. He was charged with three felonies – Hijacking of a Motor Vehicle, Aggravated Assault, and Possession of a Knife During the Commission of a Crime – and booked into the DeKalb County Youth Detention Center.

"It's really kind of an odd crime, especially given the kind of nonchalant response from the suspect involved in such a violent crime," says Belt.

If you have any additional information regarding this incident, please contact Detective R. Ehlbeck at 678.382.6925 or at robert.ehlbeck@dunwoodyga.gov. ANONYMOUS TIPS may be submitted via the SUBMIT A CRIME TIP tab at www.dunwoodypolice.com, or by texting C-R-I-M-E-S (274-637).

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