ATLANTA, Ga. (Telemundo Atlanta) – A 29-year-old man is facing multiple charges following reports that the subject robbed an Atlanta police cruiser this Saturday.
Police officials said that at approximately 2:10 am, a police officer was speaking with a driver he had just pulled over for a minor violation in the area of 2841 Greenbriar Parkway SW. The official report indicates that a man identified as Mickal Parker got into the police vehicle and sped east on Highway 166. With the assistance of the Georgia State Patrol, Atlanta police were able to locate the stolen vehicle near the intersection of McDonough Boulevard SE and Hank Aaron Drive SE.
Authorities told our sister station Atlanta News First that Parker “crashed and flipped the vehicle onto a rail just as a train was approaching. A police officer managed to get Parker out before the vehicle was hit by the train.”
Parker was initially taken to Grady Hospital and later arrested. He faces charges of escaping and eluding officers, reckless driving and damage to municipal property.
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