Crime & Safety

Burglar Climbed Down Balcony And Escaped, Other Captured: ADPS

Police say they were able to arrest one burglary suspect on Thursday, but the other got away.

ALPHARETTA, GA — Alpharetta police arrested a man accused of burglar on Thursday, Jan. 9, according to a Facebook post by the department.

Police responded to the Avalon on reports of two men using a crowbar to pry open apartment doors, they said in a Facebook post.

When the suspects saw the police, they're reported to have tried to get away by climbing down the balconies from the apartment they were in.

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Police captured one suspect, they said, but the second, pictured below on the balcony, got away.

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