The Dalton Police Department arrested three suspects apparently committing a burglary at 1103 East Morris Street on Tuesday afternoon, August 18th. Stephen Michael Porter, 20, of 1212 Burleyson Drive #3, Tyler Scott Horn, 20, of 451 Plainview Drive, and Ashley Nicole Dean, 22, of 451 Plainview Drive were all arrested and charged with burglary in the incident. Mr. Porter and Mr. Horn were also charged with possession of tools for the commission of a crime.
On Tuesday afternoon at approximately 3:30 PM, Officer Chris Tucker from the Dalton Police Department was on routine patrol in the area of Morris Street. Because the house at 1103 East Morris Street is unoccupied and burglarized frequently, and Officer Tucker keeps a close check on the house when he drives by. While passing the house, he saw a pickup truck backed up to the garage. He stopped and reported a possible burglary in progress and approached the garage. He stopped two suspects coming out of the garage and arrested them with assistance from backup officers. A third suspect was found inside a screened in porch and surrendered.
Metal gutters from the building were found in the back of the pickup truck, along with guttering and an old dishwasher. The owner of the property could not confirm that the dishwasher and gutters belonged to the house. A basement door appeared to be forcibly opened and a hot water heater stored in the basement was found outside the door.
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