Tuesday, April 23, 2013
A second suspect also was arrested in the incident.
Police arrested two men recently in connection to a Lilburn home invasion that took place at the house of one of the suspects. Gwinnett County jail records indicate that 20-year-old Kyle Scott Burke and Matthew Willoughby, 26, were charged with aggravated assault and armed robbery. Willoughby, who lives in Clarkston, also was arrested on a burglary charge, and Burke actually lives at the residence where the robbery took place. The Lilburn Police Department report states that the incident occurred around 10:15 p.m. on a recent Sunday off the 400 block of Lilburn School Road. One of the homeowners called authorities to report that four armed men came in, beat him multiple times and robbed him of $1,500. They left in his grandparents' Mercury…
Monday, April 22, 2013
The suspect was shot by police after entering a home in Woodland Ridge Apartments in Norcross. He was pronounced dead at Gwinnett Medical Center.
The suspect in a home invasion is dead after being shot by police in the Norcross area. According to Gwinnett County Police spokesman Cpl. Edwin Ritter, the suspect forced entry into a home at Woodland Ridge Apartments at 301 Tree Trail Pkwy. in unincorporated Norcross Monday morning (April 22). Two pre-teen children were home alone, but they were able to make it out of the apartment safely and contact a neighbor who called police, according to Ritter. Police say they got a call about the home invasion around 7:30 a.m. and arrived on scene at 7:35 a.m. "The first responding officer was confronted by the suspect as he exited the apartment. The suspect presented a deadly force confrontation with the police officer, forcing to officer to …
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Inside the Police Blotter: A man living off Old Manor Court told Lilburn Police that the men entered through the rear of his home, starting beating him and then rummaged through the basement.
A Lilburn man claims that two men went into his home last month, attacked him and then rummaged through his house. According to the Lilburn Police Department report, the incident occurred around 10:15 a.m. Feb. 22 at the man's home on the 4900 block of Old Manor Court. The homeowner, 36, was in his basement bedroom when the two men entered through the rear of his house, he told police. The men confronted him, and one of them struck him over the head with what he believes to be a tire iron. After the attack, the suspects began rummaged through other areas of the basement. This gave the victim the opportunity to escape through the front door. He ran toward another house on the street and flagged down his neighbor, who was in his yard …
Sunday, February 19, 2012
A home invasion in unincorporated Lilburn last week was a rare case of non-drug-related violence, Gwinnett police say.
The Gwinnett County Police Department has stepped up targeted patrols following a home invasion and sexual assault in unincorporated Lilburn last week. On Feb. 13, two men forced their way into a house, even though the family -- a man, his wife and his mother -- was at home. The men stole $100,000 in jewelry and watches, and raped the younger woman. "It is fair to say that we are extra vigilant" following the incident, Cpl. Jake Smith of the GCPD said. "We don't see this in Gwinnett," Smith said. "Violence like that with someone not into drugs is rare." The suspects wore gloves and masks the entire time they were in the house, and no one saw their vehicle. What the police do know is that the suspects are black males. One is about five feet…
Friday, February 17, 2012
Two armed men this week sexually assaulted a woman and stole jewelry after kicking their way into a house in unincorporated Lilburn, reports said.
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Friday, February 17, 2012
Two armed men kicked their way into the house of a jeweler Monday night, sexually assaulted one of the women in the house and made away with about $100,000 in jewelry and watches, the Gwinnett Daily Post reported. The house is in unincorporated Lilburn, according to the police incident report, which included an extensive list of the jewelry taken. Investigators believe the family, who are Indian, was targeted because they own a jewelry store near the Highway 124 corridor close to Snellville, according to the newspaper. The suspects are black males, both about 5 feet 11 inches tall. One weighs about 180 pounds, the other around 185 pounds, according to the police report. The men were wearing ski masks, according to the Gwinnett Daily Post…
Friday, February 3, 2012
Connection between suspects still unclear. The incident does not appear to be gang-related, according to police.
Norcross Police are still searching for answers in last night’s home invasion that resulted in the shooting and death of 15-year-old Norcross High School student Nick Jackson II. Norcross Police Chief Warren Summers offered an update on the investigation Friday afternoon. Police now know that several shots were fired from multiple weapons when the home on the 300 block of Autry Street was invaded before 6:30 p.m. Thursday. Jackson’s sister, Nikia, who was home at the time of the invasion, provided police with critical information that led to the suspects’ arrest just minutes after police were called to the scene. She clearly described the men and the car they were driving, according to the chief. Norcross Police caught up with the van at …
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300 Autry St, Norcross, GA
Approximate location of home invasion, shooting death
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Duluth woman shot, killed intruder who confronted her with knife in her home as she exited shower.
Gwinnett Police have released a recording of the 911 call made by a Duluth woman after she shot the knife-wielding intruder who attacked her at home last Wednesday (May 11). Her assailant, identified by police as Israel Perez Puentes, 34, of Alpharetta, died later from the gunshot wounds. The incident occurred about 6:30 a.m. when Punetes entered the home in the 2800 block of East Mount Tabor Circle in unincorporated Duluth, as the resident, a 53-year-old woman, was coming out of the shower, according to a Gwinnett Police spokesman. "She was exiting the shower when the man wielding a [kitchen] knife entered her bathroom," said Gwinnett Police spokesman Cpl. Edwin Ritter. The woman tried to fight off the man with the shower rod after she …
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Police ID Israel Perez Puentes, 34, of Alpharetta as man who was fought off, then killed by Duluth woman.
Updated at 2:30 p.m., Thursday. Gwinnett Police have identified the armed intruder who was killed by a Duluth homeowner Wednesday morning. Police say Israel Perez Puentes, 34, of Alpharetta, was the intruder who was shot and killed by a Duluth woman in an apparent attempted sexual assault. Police called the shooting "justified use of deadly force." Police said the incident occurred at about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday when the attacker entered the home located in the 2800 block of East Mount Tabor Circle, in unincorporated Duluth, while the resident, a 53-year-old woman, was coming out of the shower. "She was exiting the shower when [the man] wielding a [kitchen] knife entered her bathroom," said Gwinnett Police spokesman Cpl. Edwin Ritter. Police…
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-84.168962
2800 E Mount Tabor Cir, Duluth, GA
Approximate location of home invasion
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Officer unhurt; suspect taken to hospital with non life-threatening wound.
UPDATED MARCH 22, 1:45 P.M. A man attempted to enter a home off Harbins Road in unincorporated Norcross Monday morning around 9:30 a.m. using a brick, resulting in a Gwinnett County Police Officer firing one shot that hit him in the back. Police said the resulting injury was not life-threatening and that he is in stable condition. The suspect was identified at the hospital as 29-year-old Matt Sargent, a convicted felon who has been arrested 12 times in Gwinnett prior to this incident. Cpl. Jake Smith of the Gwinnett County Police Department said officers responded to a call at 1016 Williamsburg Lane, one street down from the shooting incident, around 8 a.m. In that case, a white male entered the home through an open door and threatened a …
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5566 Weatherford Rd, Norcross, GA
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Thursday, February 3, 2011
Two Lilburn residents reported a burglary and home invasion occurred at their home, but details in the report aren't so clear.
A mother and son reported an unusual burglary and home invasion to Gwinnett Police last Friday, Jan. 28. According to the police report, the couple residing on the 4300 block of Mandalay Drive off Five Forks Trickum Road, told police that the crime occurred between 9:13 p.m. and 9:20 p.m. They told police that the items stolen were a 40-inch television, the son's wallet, an Xbox 360 gaming system and $4,000 in cash. In the report, the mother was dozing off in bed when she heard a loud "boom." Walking out of her room to investigate, she said she approached the front door of the home and saw a black male standing in the door frame. She told police that the suspect walked up to her and ordered her to go to the bedroom, where he tied her up …
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4300 Mandalay Dr SW, Lilburn, GA
Approximate location of police call
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Terrie Reuvers
7:41 am on Friday, April 26, 2013
Homeowners Sister's boyfriend makes it not his house. He just lives there with the sister. He is not the homeowner. Have no idea if he is guilty or not and have no opinion on that, but since it technically is not his house you cannot say he was robbing his own house. Also, article says they are boyfriend & girlfriend. Not married. How do you let you child stay in a home that is as described above… more ›