A woman walking on a trail last Friday at the State Botanical Garden managed to escape her assailant and to give GBI officials a description of the man.
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The Oconee County Sheriff's Office assisted Athens-Clarke County Police in the search.
The Oconee County Sheriff's Office assisted Athens Clarke County Police Wednesday afternoon in the hunt for a suspect originally thought to have been involved in a home invasion in the Bogart area. Police later clarified, according to the Athens Banner-Herald, that a man had kicked in a door to a residence on Luke Road off of Fowler Mill Road, realized someone was home, and ran. Hilda Sorrow, ACCPD public information assistant, said a resident of the home had been sleeping around 1:10 p.m. when he heard a noise. The resident awoke to find a man standing in the hallway, so he grabbed a handgun and pointed it at the intruder, Sorrow said. Upon seeing the victim and the gun, the man fled. There was no physical contact between the burglar and …
Authorities Friday evening combed the area of of the State Botanical Garden on South Milledge Avenue.
K-9 search teams from Oconee County Friday assisted University of Georgia Police in the hunt for an attempted rape suspect in Athens near the State Botanical Garden of Georgia. A man armed with a knife threatened to rape a woman as she walked on one of the trails but she was able to break free and seek help, the Athens Banner-Herald reported. The woman called UGA Police around 4:20 p.m. to report the incident, according to the newspaper. Shortly before 7 p.m., the Oconee County Sheriff's Office sent out a Nixle alert advising that K-9s were deployed and patrol deputies were assisting with the search. Athens-Clarke County Police were also involved, the Athens Banner-Herald reported. Authorities gave the following description of the …
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Racer X
8:28 am on Friday, January 25, 2013
Yet another case of a handgun being used to successfully defend one's home. If only the resident could have actually shot the post-pubescent perp, they would likely save the future victims of this budding criminal. more ›