GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — A Grayson family returned home Tuesday night to find a stranger standing in their house with a dog, and police say the man had already damaged furniture and taken a PlayStation 5 before officers caught up with him down the street.
Police say 26-year-old Jemere Davis walked through an unlocked door at a home on Pinehaven Court in Grayson on Tuesday night.
The family had the house listed for sale, but relatives left the door unlocked because they trusted the neighborhood, according to a police spokesperson.
According to an arrest warrant, Davis damaged a couch and a child’s ride-on car inside the home before walking out with a PlayStation 5 and other items belonging to the family.
Before the homeowners arrived, neighbors told police Davis approached them outside the house with an unusual question.
“Neighbors reported the male as soon as he entered the residence coming out and then asking them if they wanted to party with him,” said Cpl. Angela Carter with the Gwinnett County Police Department.
Officers spotted Davis driving away and pulled him over down the street just after midnight on Wednesday. They recovered the stolen property and arrested him without incident.
Davis is charged with first-degree burglary and is being held at the Gwinnett County Jail.
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