Atlanta Gang members facing multiple charges after Hill’s Exxon Burglary attempt

By MJ Kneiser, WLHR

Two Atlanta gang members are in the Franklin County Detention Center after Lavonia Police say they were caught red-handed breaking into the Hill’s Exxon.

It happened in the early morning hours of Monday, June 15, according to Lavonia Police Chief Bruce Carlisle.

Carlisle says one of his officers was on routine patrol when he spotted the pair at the door of the Hill’s convenience store.

When the pair spotted the officer, they entered their vehicle and fled onto the Interstate with the officer following in an attempt to stop the vehicle.

Carlisle said a bolo was put out for the vehicle and the two suspects as they sped south in the Interstate, and two Franklin County Sheriff’s deputies on I-85 southbound spotted the car and gave pursuit.

Carlisle said the pursuit entered Jackson County at which time the deputies were able to get the vehicle stopped on the side of the Interstate.

Two men in the car were arrested and then taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Lavonia to be checked out after complaining of pain.

According to the Chief, the car the suspects were driving had been reported stolen out of Birmingham, Alabama.

Carlisle said surveillance video from Hill’s Exxon shows the pair breaking into the convenience store.

He said both suspects are career criminals, have served time in prison, and are members of an Atlanta gang called 30-Deep.

They are identified as Undra Bradley and Vernard O’Neill – both of Atlanta and they face a laundry list of charges.

Bradley has been charged with burglary, possession of tools during the commission of a crime, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, and six counts of Georgia gang activity. And an additional charge of theft by receiving stolen property for the vehicle and felony fleeing and attempting to elude a police officer.

O’Neal is charged with burglary, possession of tools for the commission of a crime, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, and six counts of the Georgia Gang Act.

Carlisle noted the pair each had Georgia driver licenses with the address of a State Prison located in Forsyth, Georgia.