PERRY, Ga. — A man was arrested after police said he was found with a machete outside an elementary school early Friday morning.
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Perry officers were called to Langston Road Elementary around 6:30 a.m. after Houston County 911 received a report of a man beating on a door while holding a machete.
When officers arrived, they spotted a man in possession of a machete.
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The suspect, identified as Cody Alley, was arrested.
Authorities said no children were at the school at the time of the incident and no one was injured.
Custodial staff were inside the building preparing for a field day.
Alley was charged with possession of a weapon on school property, disrupting or interfering with public school, and criminal trespass.
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