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Owners believe they may have been home at the tiime
By Laura Link llink@bigcanoenews.com A burglary occurred in the Wildcat area on either July 8 or 9 at 3262 Red Trillium Ridge. The owners of the home, Leonard and Peggie Colvin, believe they may have been home at the time. Credit cards, taken from the couple’s purse and wallet in the kitchen, off the garage, were used at Wal-Mart stores in Canton and Dahlonega and a gas station in Jasper, according to the Dawson County officer investigating the report. Cpl. Jimmi Smith of the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office reported and Peggie Colvin related the following: The Colvins returned home Thursday night, July 8, and went to bed. Colvin told Smoke Signals they always lock their bedroom door at night. When the Colvins went into the garage Friday, July 9, a bag of Sevin insecticide dust had been overturned with footprints in the powder leading to a garage window. The window had been raised from the top and bottom and the blind, kept lowered, had been raised. Lower floor screen cut
Cpl. Smith noted in his report that “the Colvins feel the suspects may have had access there or in the garage.” Thousands of dollars on credit cards The charges made to the Colvins’ stolen credit cards were in excess of a couple of thousand dollars, according to Cpl. Smith’s report. Lt. Tony Wooten, public information officer for the Dawson County Sheriff’s Office, said as of July 20 the case remains open and active at this time. Bill Bates, Big Canoe director of public safety, said patrol in the Wildcat area and outside the north gate along Steve Tate Highway has been stepped up. There is an old gate padlocked off Steve Tate that is used as an emergency exit for Big Canoe and is located close to the Red Trillium area of Wildcat. Bates and law enforcement personnel believe the intruders parked outside this gate and walked into Big Canoe. He said the old gate is thought to have been an entrance into a logging road years ago. Although Big Canoe is often described as a gated community, Bates says it has never been proclaimed to be a secure community. There is no wall or fence completely surrounding the vast property. “Everyone needs to follow standard safety precautions. Lock doors. If you hide a key outside the residence and tell one person, 10 will know. Only give keys to people whom you trust,” Bates said. Christopher Edmonds, a part time home owner of 4114 Woodland Trace, had a key outside his house. His cleaning lady reported some items out of place the last time she was there and a contractor who later came to pressure wash the house found the front door unlocked when he arrived. Edmonds reported to Dawson County Sheriff’s Office a laptop and 35mm digital camera missing from the house. This incident was reported on July 10. |
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