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Friday, May 25, 2012 | 2:51 a.m.

Posted: 10:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011

Guns, drugs found at condo for sale

sky condo guns drugs bust
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sky condo guns drugs bust

By Amy Napier Viteri

ATLANTA —

Atlanta police said they arrested two men after finding assault rifles and thousands of dollars worth of drugs in a vacant condominium.

Neighbors told Channel 2's Amy Napier Viteri they don't feel safe because of something management failed to do.

Residents met with the complex's management Tuesday night, and they told Viteri they didn't get the whole story about what happened there Friday.

Many of the residents said they knew something was going on when they arrived home to lots of police cars. When they asked management what happened they got an email saying two suspicious men were arrested without incident.

"It was a van outside, a police van, an SUV, two trucks and a bike," neighbor Lynn Green said.

Green bought at Sky Lofts condo almost a year ago. She told Viteri as a single woman, feeling safe is a priority.

She asked condo management about the police presence at her building on Friday and showed Viteri the email she got in response.

"Two guys were arrested. That's all she said. I'm like, 'OK,'" Green said.

An Atlanta police narcotics team got called to the complex after a real estate agent made an unusual discovery in a vacant condo owned by the developer.

"Once officers got inside the third floor, they found an AK-47 assault rifle, a pistol and bales of marijuana, in total, 122 pounds of it," resident Zaven O'Bryant said. "I should have known more information. That's what went through my head."

Police said they found two men, Harold Williams and Bruce Bible, inside the apartment and arrested them. Green said she feels unsafe because management never told her the whole story. She and other neighbors went to a meeting with the developer Tuesday night, but still have questions.

"What did they say when you said how did these people get in there?" Viteri asked O'Bryant.

"They said they are looking at our key card access and right now it's proven to be indefinitive," O'Bryant said.

In a statement, complex owner H. Jerome Russell said he's heard of criminals using vacant homes for drug deals.

He added, "Even though this was an unusual isolated incident, we plan to evaluate our security and make changes as needed."

Neighbors said management is going to review video from the property in order to learn more about how the two men got into the gated community and into the unit.

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