A used car salesman in Forsyth County thought he was giving a driver the keys for a test drive, but before he could get into the car, the man took off.
Officers say the Platinum Used Cars salesperson got into another car and tried to chase the Mercedes Benz GLE 43 AMG and Chrysler 300 that had dropped the man off.
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When the seller lost the cars, he called the sheriff’s office. Officers were able to use GPS tracking in the Mercedes to follow it to the area of ​​the intersection between Interstate 85 and Interstate 285.
Officers found both cars at a RaceTrac on Rock Chapel Road and arrested Winston French and Donny Myers. French drove the Chrysler and Myers drove the Mercedes away from the car lot.
While searching the Mercedes, investigators found tools used to remove GPS equipment and a jammer connected to the cigarette lighters.
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They later learned that the 2023 Chrysler had been stolen in Columbus, Ohio and was involved in an armed robbery in LaGrange on October 30. Investigators say the armed robbery suspects matched French and Myers.
Both men are charged with theft by taking. Myers was turned over to DeKalb County EMTs and French was booked into the Forsyth County Jail.
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