Street racing activity leads to arrest of convicted felon in northeast Atlanta

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) – A convicted felon is facing several charges in connection to street racing activity over the weekend in northeast Atlanta. The Georgia State Patrol says Sunday around 12:20 a.m., Atlanta Police advised GSP of street racing activity near Courtland Street and John Wesley Dobbs Avenue. Numerous troopers, officers, and rangers responded to the area and found the intersection of Memorial Drive and Capitol Avenue shut down by numerous vehicles that were left unattended. There were also several hundred pedestrians in the area. GSP Aviation arrived overhead and began providing updates on several vehicles involved in…