ATHENS-Athens Police arrested a suspect on Wednesday, March 23 and charged him with Breaking and Entering a Vehicle. Police Chief Floyd Johnson released a statement:
“Early Wednesday night shortly before midnight the police department received a call from a resident on Sycamore Place that there was a person going from vehicle to vehicle looking inside.
Officers checked the area but didn’t see anything at first. Officer Jason Mullins noticed a vehicle leave the east side of Sycamore Place. He stopped the vehicle on Market Street and identified the driver as Michael Zachary Allen.
After talking with Allen he admitted to entering a vehicle and taking change out of the cup holder. Allen was arrested for unlawful breaking and entering a vehicle. Allen was booked at the police department and transferred to the county jail.”