Crime

Home invasion suspects arrested

Submitted by Gary Franklin, 11Alive Assignment Editor

Monday, August 20th, 2012, 11:42am

HOLLY SPRINGS, Ga. -- Holly Springs Police have arrested three suspects in connection with a violent home invasion.

One of the home's residents told police two men broke into his Amylou Circle home at around 2:30 a.m. Monday. When he tried to call 911, one of the suspects told him he'd kill him unless he told police everything was OK, according to Holly Springs Police spokesperson Tanya Anderson.

Police responded to the home anyway and saw a man waiting in a van parked outside the house. The man began a chase, which ended when police threw out stop sticks near the intersection of Towne Lake and Woodstock parkways, Anderson said. The driver was arrested and identified as Andra Westmoreland.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012, 12:08pm

KENNESAW, Ga. -- Cobb County Police have named three suspects in a murder case that occurred over the weekend.

The victim, 53-year-old Milton Kelley, was found shot to death in the driveway of his Kennesaw home on Saturday night.

Since then, two men have been taken into custody.

Eighteen-year-old Brandon Love of Woodstock was arrested at an apartment in Smyrna on Tuesday afternoon. Wednesday morning, police arrested 29-year-old Percy Burdine at his Woodstock home. Both men face charges of murder and aggravated assault.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Wednesday, March 21st, 2012, 12:29pm

WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- A Woodstock man was arrested Tuesday after police said he shot his son-in-law during an argument.

Cherokee County Sheriff's spokesman Howard Baker said 47-year-old Tony McDowell is accused of shooting 30-year-old Kamoana Hopeau of Blue Ridge when the latter arrived at McDowell's Bascomb Carmel Road home to pick up his child.

McDowell and Hopeau got into an argument, possibly over allegations of domestic violence between Hopeau and McDowell's daughter, Baker said. McDowell then shot Hopeau with a small caliber handgun.

Hopeau was treated for non-life-threatening injuries at WellStar Kennestone Hospital. He has since been released.

McDowell was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. He is being held without bond in the Cherokee Adult Detention Center.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, January 12th, 2012, 3:20pm

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Monday, January 9th, 2012, 3:26pm

Suspect passing bad checks at various Walmarts

CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. -- Investigators with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office are looking for a man suspected of cashing counterfeit checks at several Walmart stores throughout metro Atlanta.

The unidentified man has struck stores in Acworth, Alpharetta, Cartersville, Cumming, Kennesaw, Lawrenceville and Woodstock so far, according to Cherokee Sheriff's spokesman Howard Baker. So far, he has cashed 10 checks for a total of about $7,000.

The account numbers on the fake checks have been traced back to a bank account at the Tuscaloosa County Jail in Alabama. Cherokee Sheriff's investigators are working with the Tuscaloosa Sheriff's Office on this investigation.

Anyone with information in these cases is asked to call the Tuscaloosa Sheriff's Office at 205-464-8646.

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Submitted by Beth Sawicki, Where U Live Producer

Thursday, January 5th, 2012, 12:28pm

WOODSTOCK, Ga. -- Investigators with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office are working to identify a man suspected of robbing four businesses last week.

All four incidents occurred on Colony Center Drive in Woodstock. Officials say the only missing item is a laptop, but extensive damage was done to the properties.

The suspect was captured on surveillance video. Police describe him as a black man, about six feet tall and 200 pounds.

Anyone with information in these cases is asked to call the sheriff's office at 770-928-0239.

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