Midtown Security Alliance Update on Recent Criminals Caught in Midtown

• Mugshots of Edwards, Burchfield, and Reese at the web version of this post.

1. Nyquarious Edwards - If we were to name a criminal of the year, it would probably be Nyquarious Edwards. He is the suspect in the 9th Street home invasion & carjacking incident. Edwards, a 17-year-old with significant criminal history despite his young age, was easily identified when footage from a home security camera went viral. US Marshals and the Atlanta Police Department tracked him down at a home near Stone Mountain and put him back in jail. He remains in jail as of this writing. Midtown Patch has the rest of the story.

2. Brandon Burchfield - Earlier this week Inman Park reported the arrest of a repeated street criminal who also frequents our area. According to their reports, their patrol chased down a suspicious individual. This suspicious individual, Brandon Burchfield, alledged tossed the shotgun as he attempted to flee through Freedom Park. As an unusual twist, Burchfield told the arresting officer about a shotgun hidden nearby, but that did not save him from arrest. According to police reports, a similar 12 Gauge shotgun was stolen during a recent burglary in that area, and police are investigating whether this is the same shotgun. He also had items that may have been stolen, but police have not yet linked them to any incidents. Once he was captured, the arresting officer found Burchfield to have heroin on his person and charged him accordingly, according to the report.

Burchfield's criminal history is loaded with felony convictions going back to his teenage years, including car break-ins, burglary, and drug offenses. He came under our radar several years ago when people reported him peddling stolen goods in the Ponce & Boulevard area. We called him out a couple years ago as a perfect example of why recycling these clearly incorrigible street criminals hurts the community. Since then we have been watching him closely. This criminal passed the point where it makes no sense to do anything other than to incarcerate them whenever the chance arises. Until Fulton County does this, people will continue to be burglarized and have their cars broken into. In the background we have been on his case rigorously all along, and thanks for the support from the neighborhood for our patrol we likely kept his latest incident from happening here. Burchfield remains in the Fulton County jail as of this writing.

3. We told you about a criminal recently released from prison and showed up here within a month. Jeff Reese was recently arrested for Forgery in the Fourth Degree and was booked into the Fulton County jail. Since he resumed being a regular at Ponce & Boulevard, we have been monitoring him closely and keeping contact with his parole officer. As soon as we saw his mugshot in the jail logs, we did not hesitate to contact the parole officer again. Next thing we knew, an SBPP (=State Board of Pardons & Paroles) entry was added to his booking record, and if convicted of his new charge he will likely be sent back down the road. He still has four years left on his current sentence, and a full revocation would be a nice breather for us especially since we have an inordinate number of felons driving the need for extra security measures in the neighborhood. He's still in jail.