Lights Flicker, Window Shatters as Burglar Attempts to Break into Athens Woman's Home

Police were called to the Bailey Street home Sunday night to investigate.

An Athens woman tells police she was upstairs in her Bailey Street home Sunday, May 19, around 10 p.m. when the lights began to flicker. Curious about what was happening, she crept downstairs to see what was going on.  That's when she heard a back window shatter. Officers investigated and found that the back door had been kicked and a window had indeed been broken. Someone had also turned off power to the home at the meter. The perpetrator didn't get inside, police determined. Subscribe to the Athens Patch Newsletter, like us on Facebook,  follow Athens Patch on Twitter

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Athens Couple Sees Burglar Jump from Window

The information in this report comes from the Athens-Clarke County Police Department.

An Athens couple told police on Monday that as they arrived at their Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway home around 12:30 a.m., they saw someone jump out of a window and run behind a neighbor’s house. They entered the home and realized it had been burglarized, though nothing appeared to be missing, according to a police report. The man told officers he looked out and saw two subjects in dark clothing run across the street, enter a vehicle, possibly an SUV, and flee  toward College Avenue. The residents were unable to provide a description of the suspects. Police also investigated the following burglaries:

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