ATLANTA — Police have released video showing the arrest of a man accused of stealing copper wire from a southwest Atlanta home.
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Around 7:40 a.m. on Aug. 15, Atlanta police responded to a burglary in progress at a home on Beecher Street SW.
The victim told 911 dispatchers they were watching surveillance cameras and saw an unknown man break into a crawl space and actively steal copper wire from the property.
When officers arrived, they found the suspect at the scene. Police said the man ran, leading officers on a brief foot chase before he was taken into custody.
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The suspect was identified as Travis Taylor, 44.
Taylor is charged with first-degree burglary, possession of tools for the commission of a crime and obstruction.
He was booked into the Fulton County Jail.
Channel 2’s Brittany Kleinpeter went out to the neighborhood to speak with residents in the area.
And while no one wanted to speak on camera, they did share with us that no one was has lived in the home the thief targeted for some time.
Kleinpeter also saw the damage left behind after the break-in, with the crawl space left still left exposed.
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