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Chattanooga car break-ins lead to charges for teens, 18 and 17

Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / Courtyus Fletcher
Hamilton County Sheriff's Office / Courtyus Fletcher

Police charged an 18-year-old Sunday in connection with 14 car break-ins at a Chattanooga UPS center and two stolen cars.

Courtyus Fletcher faces 13 counts of auto burglary and two counts of auto theft, court records show. A 17-year-old was also charged and has a case pending in juvenile court, police said in a social media post.

(READ MORE: Five charged after drugs smuggled into Hamilton County jail)

Surveillance footage reportedly captured Fletcher and others April 9 arriving in a Kia to a location on Hickory Valley Road where they allegedly stole a Dodge Charger, according to a sworn law enforcement affidavit seeking their arrest. Police said the owner had the only key to the car, which suggests an electronic key programmer may have been used to start the Charger, the affidavit said.

The group then went to a UPS center on Founders Way, off Bonny Oaks Drive, later that day, video showed.