Deputy was wearing camouflage pants and a red shirt when he arrived at the home in response to a call from another resident.
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Tuesday, May 7
A lack of communication between a woman and her daughter-in-law led to an armed encounter with Barrow County Sheriff's deputies at a Bethlehem home on May 1. The woman, who thought she was home alone, heard someone upstairs and called authorities to report a burglary in progress. The first deputy to arrive at the scene was in plain clothes, wearing a red shirt and camouflage pants with his badge displayed on his belt. That information was relayed to the woman, who stayed on the line with 911 until a uniformed deputy arrived at the Saddle Ridge Drive home. The woman told the uniformed deputy everyone had left the house earlier that morning. The woman said she called 911 after hearing someone moving around upstairs, opening and closing doors…
WSB TV reports the men are suspected in a string of North Broad Street break-ins.
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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Winder police serving arrest warrants on Charles Court noticed items they think were involved in recent burglaries on North Broad Street and made arrests in connection with those cases, WSB TV reports. Police arrested Casey Tuggle, 24, and Dylan Carithers, 18, in connection with the burglaries, the TV station reports. Both men face multiple burglary- and drug-related charges. Officers executing a search warrant found several items that had been stolen in the buglaries, the report says. See also:
What was this week's most unusual story?
It was a relatively quiet week for unusual police stories in Northeast Georgia, after some pretty wild examples in February. But here are some of the more interesting capers of the past few days: What's the strangest thing you saw last week? Tell us in the comments.
What was the most unusual story in Northeast Georgia this week? You decide.
Lots of strange things happened in Northeast Georgia over the past week. Let us know in the poll and comments below what you think was the strangest:
