*The Hall County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) is investigating the theft of cable from a cell tower site. A deputy responded to a cell tower site on Hog Mountain Road Wednesday to investigate a theft complaint. A service technician with T-Mobile had received a notification on Sept. 9 indicating a vehicle had entered the cell tower area. There was no sign of forced entry; however, a panel box at the site was damaged and some cable had been cut and removed. The sheriff’s office had no other details including the amount of the loss. This follows by a few weeks some arrests made in connection thefts from cell tower sites in the area. UPDATE. HCSO: Dawson theft suspect linked to Hall case (wgtjradio.com)
*Gainesville Police received a report recently of a $7,500 loss by a local used car lot. A police spokesman said the case involves two “bad” checks that were given as down payment on a vehicle.
*A 30-year-old man, William Caleb Simmons, is charged with Theft by Taking/Shoplifting Over $500. “Simmons was arrested after a warrant was taken for his arrest,” Gainesville Police spokesman Kevin Holbrook said. “He is alleged to have stolen a mower from Lowe’s.” The exact value of the mower was not disclosed.