Details were released Wednesday by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office regarding a weekend arrest of an Alto man who was wanted by Gainesville Police and authorities in three other north Georgia jurisdictions.
HALL CO. SHERIFF’S OFFICE (HCSO) NARRATIVE:
“(Saturday, the Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) charged Michael William Layer II…with a seatbelt violation and driving with a suspended license after he was stopped on Dawsonville Highway following a reported shoplifting incident in the city of Gainesville.
Just before 7 p.m., an HCSO deputy was on patrol in the area of Dawsonville Highway and Sardis Road when Hall County Dispatch informed him a vehicle related to the theft was traveling in that direction. The deputy spotted the vehicle, a 2010 Jeep Compass, traveling eastbound on Dawsonville Highway. The vehicle turned onto Venture Drive, and the deputy followed, initiating a traffic stop. A Gainesville PD officer arrived at the scene and arrested the driver, identified as Layer.
Layer remains in the Hall County Jail on warrants from Cobb County, Barrow County and the city of Auburn.”