MACON — Investigators are using surveillance video to try identifying teens that were part of a group that ransacked a middle Georgia Wal-Mart early Sunday morning, causing an estimated $2,000 in damage, Macon-Bibb County Sheriff David Davis said.
Up to 50 teenagers bent on destruction raced into a Wal-Mart smashing merchandise. Some of the young people snatched a man from a motorized shopping cart and dragged him to the floor during the rampage around 2 a.m., authorities said.
One of the teens later told a Wal-Mart employee the goal was to see how much damage they could cause, sheriff's officials said in a report. The floors were left covered in broken and damaged merchandise.
Sheriff's officials said the teens ran when deputies arrived, but a 17-year-old boy was arrested when he returned to the store to retrieve his cellphone.
Jail records show the teen has been charged with criminal street gang activity, inciting a riot and criminal damage to property. He's being held on $11,200 bond.
"Hopefully we can identify the others," Sheriff David Davis told The Telegraph of Macon. "Hopefully it's not a pattern of behavior."
