Dunkin Donut bandit arrested after burglarizing two Gwinnett establishments

GWINNETT COUNTY, GA – A DeKalb County man has been charged with burglarizing two Dunkin Donuts in Gwinnett County.

Lavan Hickman, 36, of Clarkston was arrested and booked into the Gwinnett County Jail on Feb. 3 and charged with two counts of felony Burglary.

after a collective investigation involving the Gwinnett County Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division and Uniform Division,

The first burglary occurred on Jan. 13.   Officers assigned to the West Precinct responded to a burglary call at the Dunkin Donuts located at 4941 South Old Peachtree Road in Peachtree Corners.  The front glass door of the business was smashed overnight and cash was stolen from the business, according to investigators.

The second incident occurred on Jan. 31. Officers assigned to the South Precinct responded to a burglary  at the Dunkin Donuts located at 3941 Stone Mountain Highway in unincorporated Snellville.  Similar to the previous case, the suspect smashed the front door glass and stole cash.

Officers learned that the suspect was driving a black Infiniti SUV. With that information, they utilized various FLOCK cameras to determine the identity of the registered owner. The lead detective assigned to the case obtained an arrest warrant for Hickman. Over the weekend, officers from the West Precinct, the lead detective, and the DeKalb County Police Department located the suspect at a restaurant on South Hairston Road in Stone Mountain.

Images provided by Gwinnett County Police Department.