A burglary call on Rock Cut Road Tuesday morning turned into a nearly six-hour standoff after one of three suspects locked himself inside the home and refused to come out.
What happened: Clayton County police got the call at about 9:17 a.m. at the 1500 block of Rock Cut Road in Conley. When officers arrived, they found Alonzo Williams outside the home and Rochelle Smith inside. A third person, Joshua Bryant, was still somewhere in the house and would not leave.
The standoff: Bryant barricaded himself inside while officers worked to get him out. At about 3:00 p.m., nearly six hours after the first call, officers found him hiding in the attic and took him into custody without a struggle.
The charges: Williams and Smith each face a burglary charge. Bryant faces burglary and obstruction. In Georgia, obstruction generally means a person willfully blocked or resisted a law enforcement officer doing their job.
The road: Rock Cut Road was closed during the standoff. It has since reopened to traffic.
B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.
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