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Atlanta Police have arrested two individuals in connection with one of three carjackings that occurred at the Edgewood Retail District this month.

Police announced the arrest of Quinn Byrd, 19, and Antonio Jones, 18. Byrd is charged with aggravated assault, hijacking of a motor vehicle and armed robbery in connection with an incident that occurred on Jan. 26. Jones is charged with theft by receiving stolen property.

Atlanta Police said that on Jan. 26, a man had has Mercedes Benz taken from him at knife-point in the center’s parking deck. It was one of three carjackings that occurred this month. One occurred on Jan. 11 and the other occurred on Jan. 24. There have been no arrests announced in the other cases. To read more about these incidents, click here.

APD spokesperson Ralph Woolfolk said that officers recovered the Mercedes on Jan. 27 and found Byrd and Jones inside the car.

He said APD is working with property management to increase security at the shopping center.

Krissy Venneman, Senior Property Manager at Edgewood, sent the following statement regarding how CentreCorp Management Services is responding to these incidents.