A suspect in two dozen business burglaries—including the now-closed Tokyo Valentino adult store on Johnson Ferry Road—has been indicted by a Cobb grand jury.
Aron Major, 49, of Atlanta, was indicted on 24 counts of second-degree burglary and one count of racketeering, according to the indictment, which was handed down Thursday.
He was arrested on June 1, 2021, following the execution of a search warrant, and has been detained at the Cobb County Adult Detention Center ever since, according to Cobb Sheriff’s Office records.
His son, Aron Major, Jr., was indicted on a single count of tampering with evidence the day after his father’s arrest.
Cobb Police said in their arrest warrants that for several months, Major crawled his way into numerous Cobb County businesses while they were closed by breaking or removing windows and taking cash and merchandise.
They included the Tokyo Valentino store in October of 2020. An arrest warrant alleges Major took more than $21,000 in money and merchandise, including lingerie, sex enhancement pills, CBD products, sex toys and gift cards.
Police allege that Major started his burglary spree on Sept. 22, 2020, when he hit three East Cobb businesses—The Wing Cafe and Tap House and Marietta Martial Arts at East Lake Shopping Center and the Fuji Hana restaurant on Johnson Ferry Road.
On March 4, 2021, the indictment alleges Major burglarized the Ming’s Asian Kitchen and Red Curry Thai restaurants on Lower Roswell Road and a Havoline Express oil change shop and a Peace, Love and Pizza restaurant at East Piedmont Road and Roswell Road.
He is alleged to have burglarized Mink’s Package Store on Delk Road on March 6, 2021, the Mellow Mushroom on Powers Ferry Road on March 18, 2021 and Laredo’s Mexican Restaurant on Sandy Plains Road on May 31, 2021.
That last incident was the day before he was arrested. Major’s arrest warrant on June 1, 2020 states that the Tokyo Valentino store manager reported to police that 61 lingerie sets were missing, as were 400 male sex enhancement pills, five pairs of high heels, two fetish straps, two doorway sex swings, 25 sex toys, 500 $25 gift cards, 17 bottles of CBD oil and tincture, six tins of Kratom powder and nearly $1,000 in cash.
The warrant further states that when police got a search warrant for Major’s residence they found 447 packets of male sex enhancement pills and a door sex swing, items that the Tokyo Valentino manager verified were from the East Cobb store.
Police also discovered business checks from Fuji Hana in Major’s possession during the search, according to the arrest warrant.
The indictment includes burglary counts for other businesses, many of them restaurants, across Cobb County, including Kennesaw and Acworth, Cobb Parkway, Akers Mill Road, Six Flags Parkway and the Church Street Extension.
Major was sentenced four times for previous burglaries and other crimes elsewhere in metro Atlanta dating back to 1992, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.
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