Three individuals have recently been arrested after police alleged they were involved in a series of robberies and burglaries across Atlanta. Police are saying that the most recent theft happened at an Atlanta coffee shop during what they are claiming was an armed robbery. While police allege that two teenagers robbed a coffee shop at gunpoint, officers freely admit that the arrest of a 25-year-old man was not related to the supposed coffee shop robbery.

According to the East Atlanta Patch, the robbery, which took place at 9:30 a.m., also involved the theft of a number of electronic devices owned by the patrons of the shop. Nobody was hurt in the supposed robbery and the investigation is still ongoing. The 25-year-old was allegedly found with some of the stolen goods, but was not suspected of having any part in the actual robbery. What is unclear, however, is whether the man actually knew that the electronic equipment he either received or purchased was stolen.

The 25-year old was arrested after police and the owner of the coffee shop apparently caught the man trying to sell the electronics on Craigslist. The items were identified as stolen due to the serial numbers on the device and were advertised on the site hours after the incident occurred. There is no indication, however, that the man was doing anything illegal. If thought he had legally purchased the electronics and wanted to sell them for a higher price, it would not demonstrate any culpability in a crime.

Though the man is not suspected to have been a part of the actual robbery, he is facing a burglary charge. Because theft crimes are extremely serious and because it is unknown exactly how much the man actually knew about the electronics he was supposedly trying to sell, it is important that he get an experienced criminal defense attorney to protect his Constitutional rights.

Source: East Atlanta Patch, "APD Makes Additional Arrest In Drip Armed Robbery," Péralte Paul, Dec. 22, 2011