PINECREST, Fla. — Three Georgia men, including two from metro Atlanta, are facing charges after police say they were caught on camera trying to break into a reality television star’s home.
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Pinecrest police arrested Treison Lachae Booker, 23, of Powder Springs, Cortez Daymon Johnson, 23, of Atlanta, and Elijah Eugene Russell, 18, of Albany, on Sunday.
Police in South Florida say they believe the trio traveled to Florida to try to burglarize the home of ‘Real Housewives of Miami’ star Larsa Pippen.
“She was giving us real-time information as the officers were responding. When the officers approached the house, the getaway car was fleeing and went right past them,” Pinecrest Police Chief Jason Cohen told ABC-affiliate WSVN.
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No one was home at the time, but Pippen, who witnessed the break-in attempt on surveillance video, called police, according to Local10.
An alarm went off, which spooked the three young men.
Authorities said the trio shattered the home’s windows but never got in.
Local 10 reports that Cohen also responded after hearing the call go out. He said the three sped away in a car and then crashed into another car and then a fence on Southwest 57th Avenue. All three bailed out, police said. Cohen told Local 10 he personally took Russell into custody.
“I spot (Russell) walking. He’s trying to walk away, out of the area. It’s just me and him. I get out of my car, I order him to the ground,” Cohen told Local 10. “I start running after him. He crosses Kendall Drive, into a house’s yard. He jumps the fence. I open the gate to the fence. I walk in. He then jumps into the back, which is the canal back there too, the Snapper Creek Canal. He jumps into the canal. When I get to the canal bank, he’s hanging on.”
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The three men were charged with attempted burglary. All three were being held in the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on bonds ranging from $7,500 to $8,000.
Russell also has an arrest warrant from Georgia, according to court proceedings.
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