A 36-year-old Buford man is facing multiple charges after police tied him to package thefts at his apartment complex and found drugs in his home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What Happened:<\/strong> Residents on Laurel Crossing Parkway reported several stolen packages from their community mail room. Police reviewed surveillance footage and identified a suspect who lived in the complex. Officers arrested him without incident on November 26. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A search of his apartment revealed multiple stolen packages, along with marijuana and anabolic steroids.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Charges:<\/strong> The man is being held at the Gwinnett County Jail and faces charges of porch piracy, theft by taking, possession of a Schedule III controlled substance, possession of drug-related objects, and possession of more than one ounce of marijuana. Police say additional charges are possible as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s Next:<\/strong> Police are still investigating and encourage anyone with information to come forward. Tipsters can call Gwinnett County detectives at 770-513-5300 or submit information anonymously to Crime Stoppers at 404-577-8477 or StopCrimeATL.com, where cash rewards are available for tips leading to arrests and indictments.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A 36-year-old Buford man is facing multiple charges after police tied him to package thefts at his apartment complex and found drugs in his home. What Happened: Residents on Laurel Crossing Parkway reported several stolen packages from their community mail room. Police reviewed surveillance footage and identified a suspect who lived in the complex. Officers […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":211640,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[16396],"class_list":["post-211639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","tag-porch-pirate","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=211639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=211639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=211639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=211639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}