A former employee and the store manager at a Mavis Tires & Brakes in Cobb County are accused of stealing 438 tires worth nearly $90,000 over five weeks, with Flock Safety cameras helping police track the truck used to haul them away.
The two men, both from Cartersville, allegedly worked together to take the tires from the shop at 2713 Chastain Meadows Parkway NW in Marietta between June 5 and July 11, according to arrest warrants from the Cobb County Police Department. The former employee is 60 years old.
The estimated total: $89,579.
According to the arrest warrant, the store manager knowingly allowed the former employee to enter the business after hours on multiple occasions to load tires into a truck. The former employee no longer works at the location, WSB-TV reported.
The warrant states the truck was captured on store surveillance and its movements were tracked by Flock Safety cameras, the automated license plate reader network deployed across Cobb County.
As of Tuesday, Aug. 4, the former employee was being held in the Cobb County Jail without bond. The store manager did not appear in jail records at that time, and the Cobb County Police Department has not confirmed whether he has been taken into custody.
Flock cameras in Cobb County
The case is the latest example of Flock Safety's camera network aiding Cobb County investigations. The county was among the first in the nation to deploy the technology.
Cobb County Police Chief Dan Ferrell told the East Cobb Civic Association at its Feb. 26 meeting that the county "had the first five Flock cameras" ever deployed. There are now 60,000 across the United States, he said. Ferrell also noted that Cobb's crime rate has dropped 37% over the past five years and that the county is the safest in metro Atlanta.
Cobb County Police have credited the cameras with helping solve every homicide in the county over a two-year period, according to a July 2026 Washington Times report.
Flock Safety, headquartered in Atlanta, opened a 97,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Smyrna in April 2025. The company says its cameras take point-in-time images of the rear of vehicles on public roadways and delete data after 30 days by default.
The cameras have also drawn scrutiny. Cobb Commission Chair Lisa Cupid announced in August 2026 that the police department would hold town halls to address residents' concerns about the surveillance technology.
What's next
No court date or arraignment has been announced for either suspect. Both men face accusations based on arrest warrants; neither has been formally charged.
The Mavis Tires location is in northwest Cobb County, within Cobb County Police jurisdiction. Anyone with information can contact the department at 770-499-3911.
