Suspect Arrested In Armed Robbery Near Acworth

ACWORTH, GA -- Talk about taking a bite out of crime. A man wanted in an armed robbery near Acworth was arrested after being bitten by a K-9 dog with the Cherokee Sheriff's Office, Patch has learned.

Jayland Hicks, 18, is charged with multiple crimes, including armed robbery, possession of marijuana with attempt to distribute and possession of alprazolam.

Deputies were called to a home in Cherokee County around midnight on April 22 after the owners said a man robbed them at gunpoint and "fired two shots as he was leaving the residence," sheriff's office spokesman Lt. Jay Baker said. A K-9 officer led deputies to a man in the woods who was found after the dog "bit the suspect in the right thigh above the knee and held on until deputies could secure the suspect," Baker continued.

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