Crime & Safety
Suspect in East Cobb Robbery
The armed robbery at a residence in the 500 block of Stepney Court occurred in August.
An iPhone found on a Riverdale man with a history of arrests in Clayton and Fulton is the same phone that was stolen during an Aug. 15, 2012, armed robbery in East Cobb.
According to a Cobb County criminal warrant, two masked armed robbers confronted a man about 2:05 a.m. Aug. 15 when he returned to his home in the 500 block of Stepney Court. At least one had a silver revolver.
After the suspects fled the scene by car with the resident's handbag, wallet, credit cards and $600, a set of keys and an iPhone, he called 911.
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Despite a series of fraudulent transactions in Riverdale immediately after the armed robbery, Cobb only issued a warrant for the arrest of Vada Darnell Taylor of Riverdale on Thursday.
He was arrested March 1 in Fulton County on an unrelated charge out of Clayton County, according to online jail records.
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"The accused was in possession of the victim's stolen iPhone," according to the warrant. "The victim's iPhone's international mobile equipment identity number was associated with a phone number used by the accused, which was documented on a Clayton County Police Department incident report."
Taylor faces a charge of armed robbery related to the East Cobb incident.
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