Canton Detectives Investigate Entering Auto Incidents

After daybreak on Sunday, August 19, 2018, Officers responded to multiple reports of vehicles being entered in both the Summer Walk and Park Village subdivisions off Fate Conn Rd. At this time, twenty-five (25) Entering Auto reports have been documented between both neighborhoods. From what Officers and Detectives can determine, all vehicles entered were unlocked at the time of the crimes.

Additionally, homeowners were able to turn over several surveillance videos which, depict four (4) late teen or early 20’s black males walking through the communities between 1:30 – 5:00 am, pulling on vehicle door handles and entering cars they found unlocked. The suspects did not take items out of many of the vehicles but did manage to steal three (3) handguns, an undetermined amount of cash and other personal belongings.

The department has increased patrols in this area, especially during the overnight hours and urges citizens to partner with them to help enforcement efforts by locking their vehicles and removing any personal belongings to include (handguns, laptops, wallets, purses), etc. Furthermore, the agency will be conducting a “Roving Roll Call” program at the Summer Walk Subdivision Club House this Wednesday, August 22, 2018, at 5:30 pm. Please follow the department’s Facebook Page for further details.

Detectives are actively working these cases and request anyone with information about the crimes to call 911 or the department at 770-720-4883.

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Officers arrest male for Public Indecency

On Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at approximately 1200 hrs., an Officer was dispatched to the report of Public Indecency in the Target parking lot located at 2022 Cumming Highway. As the responding unit was en route to the call, the 911 Operator advised the suspect was masturbating / exposing himself in front of pedestrians as they entered the store and was attempting to leave in an older model blue or green Ford Ranger pick-up. The Officer arrived, patrolled the area and was unable to locate the alleged perpetrator.

However, after further keen research and investigation, the responding Officer, along with the Shift Corporal, were able to obtain information on the owner of the pick-up truck and verified his description. They were able to confirm through contact with the male that he was in the parking lot at the time of the incident, but he advised everything was just a misunderstanding. Due to the totality of the circumstances and evidence collected, warrants were obtained for the male and he was arrested on Sunday, August 5, 2018.

Chief Mark J. Mitchell added, “I commend our hard-working Officers for their commitment and diligence in this case. We are very grateful this person was removed off the streets in our community, before he continued this activity and / or harmed someone in the future. Efforts like this greatly strengthen the quality of life for our citizens we serve.

 

Suspect Information:

James Blake Worley age: 28 of Canton, Ga.

Charge:

Public Indecency