Brandon Wayne Cole
ATHENS-Athens Police Chief Floyd Johnson issued a release on the arrest of two suspects who have been charged in a rash of burglaries in Athens
“Brandon Wayne Cole and
Lauren Ashley Moore Tapscott
were arrested Thursday, June 14 for 6 counts of burglary 3rd degree each.
Both Cole and Tapscott are accused of breaking into storage units at Westside Mini Storage on Kings Drive and M&M Mini Storage on Lucasferry Road. Investigator Jonathan Caldwell has been working several burglaries of storage units since early May of this year.
Some of the items taken were fishing equipment, tools, vacuums, dishes, a laptop, flowers, a Chinese statue, pop up tent, baskets, refrigerator and other appliances.
Both suspects were booked at the police department and transferred to the county jail. The investigations into these cases are continuing.”
