COVINGTON, Ga. — The Newton County Sheriff’s Office was not in a joking mood on April Fools Day when it sent deputies and a SWAT team to assist in the arrests of two teens in west Newton on charges stemming from a January drive-by shooting in Conyers.

Newton County also plans to file charges after Rockdale County deputies charged Maurice Antonio “Glock” Morgan, 17, of Lithonia, and Quanteria “Tay Tay” Petty, 18, of Conyers, with Aggravated Assault and other crimes April 1.

They were charged after barricading themselves inside a residence in a west Newton neighborhood as deputies sought to serve warrants on the pair, said Newton sheriff’s office spokesperson Deputy Michael Gregg.

The pair already were wanted in connection with a Jan. 11 drive-by shooting on Willow Creek Court in Conyers in which the pair allegedly threatened a victim on live video on social media before firing at least eight times into two occupied residences, according to Conyers Police.

Gregg said Newton deputies were called April 1 after being tipped that one of the suspects was seen walking through Fairview Estates neighborhood brandishing a handgun with a long magazine.

Newton deputies then determined Morgan and Petty were in the residence on Fieldview Lane and called Rockdale deputies to the scene after finding their connection to the Jan. 11 incident.

Rockdale deputies attempted to serve warrants and the two suspects barricaded themselves inside the residence and refused to come out, Gregg said.

A juvenile inside the house soon came out of the house and was not charged, he said.

Morgan emerged after about 30 minutes but Petty remained inside for about 90 minutes, Gregg said.

Deputies secured a search warrant for the residence and the Newton SWAT team was called to “clear the house” of any possible dangers awaiting investigators, he said.

Gregg said deputies eventually retrieved two weapons and some illegal drugs.

Morgan was charged with nine counts of Aggravated Assault and one count of Terroristic Threats and Acts related to the Jan. 11 drive-by shooting and a separate incident, according to information from Rockdale County and Conyers police.

Petty was charged with one count each of Aggravated Assault and Terroristic Threats and Acts. Both were being held in the Rockdale County Jail.

The suspects were transported to the Rockdale County jail, he said.

Gregg said Newton also plans to arrest the two for crimes committed in the county.

“We are filing our own charges,” he said.

A Rockdale spokesperson said an incident report was not complete and further details on the suspects was not available.