Alpharetta police searching for home invasion suspect on Big Creek Greenway

Police were asking residents to avoid an Alpharetta trail while they search for a person connected to a reported home invasion on Monday.

The Alpharetta Police Department said that officers are searching the Big Creek Greenway for a person related to a possible home invasion at a residence along Highgrove Club Drive in Milton that occurred earlier Monday morning. Investigators say two men involved in the home invasion stole a black Escalade.

Alpharetta police say that SUV was later ditched at Haynes Bridge Middle School and the two men took off running.

Officials were asking people to avoid the 8-mile-long trail while the officers work in the area, but gave an "all clear" a little before 4 p.m.

Police say officers were searching for two men. One of the men is not wearing a shirt, has tattoos on his chest and has wet pants.

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Alpharetta police officers are searching the Big Creek Greenway for a person related to a possible home invasion in Milton on May 20, 2024.

Police have not released any details about the reported home invasion at this time.

Fulton County Schools places Haynes Bridge Middle School and New Prospect on a precautionary lockdown. At 2:52 p.m., students were allowed to be picked up by their parents. Fulton County school officials say there will be no school bus drop off in the Kimball Farms subdivision.

If you have any information that could help with the investigation, call the Alpharetta Police Department.

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