Midtown beating victim calls alleged attacker who stole cop car a ‘menace’

The Brief

  • Phelan Thorpe, 30, has been charged with attacking a Georgia State University student in Midtown.
  • Police said he stole an Atlanta police car and crashed it into a tanker truck on I-675 in Clayton County.
  • The student told FOX 5’s Rob DiRienzo that she discovered threatening voicemail recordings on her stolen phone.

ATLANTA – Even after her alleged attacker’s arrest, Georgia State University student Amaris Coleman said she feels nervous and unsafe.

Atlanta police charged 30-year-old Phelan Thorpe after he allegedly attacked her in Midtown on Saturday, then stole and crashed a police car on Monday. The next day, Coleman discovered an unnerving message saved to her stolen phone’s voicemail greeting.

“I don’t even give a f— about the phone no more,” the man’s voice said. “I’m gonna come air that b—- out, on God. Boy, when I found out I [had] your ID, f—- that, shorty, I need $600 on my cash app.”…

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