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Locals charged with theft of guns
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| ----Gun theft thwarted---A large weapon collection was stolen from a Salisbury Road residence. (Staff photo/MATT AIKEN) |
By Matt Aiken
A Salisbury Road resident returned to his home last week to find his gun safe missing and a small knife laying on his floor.
That knife eventually led Lumpkin County investigators to burglary suspects John Michael Hoyman and Samuel Wilburn.
“[The victim] actually gave the knife to one of the offenders approximately a year and a half ago,” said Investigator Chad Edwards.
As a result, the victim's neighbors, Hoyman, 40, and Wilburn, 17, have been arrested and charged with burglary and possession of tools in commission of a crime.
Hoyman was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Officials believe that the pair broke into the home during the night while the victim was gone. They allegedly pried the five-foot tall safe from the wall and carried it to a nearby residence.
The safe contained a total of six guns, two bows, arrows and a samari-style sword.
The suspects reportedly pried open the safe and spilt the weapons between themselves.
Edwards said that Wilburn and Hoyman claimed that these weapons were stolen as retribution for a borrowed chain-saw that the victim never returned.
“They had said, ‘If we ever try to steal your guns, we'll just steal the whole safe,'” said Edwards.
That knife eventually led Lumpkin County investigators to burglary suspects John Michael Hoyman and Samuel Wilburn.
“[The victim] actually gave the knife to one of the offenders approximately a year and a half ago,” said Investigator Chad Edwards.
As a result, the victim's neighbors, Hoyman, 40, and Wilburn, 17, have been arrested and charged with burglary and possession of tools in commission of a crime.
Hoyman was also charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Officials believe that the pair broke into the home during the night while the victim was gone. They allegedly pried the five-foot tall safe from the wall and carried it to a nearby residence.
The safe contained a total of six guns, two bows, arrows and a samari-style sword.
The suspects reportedly pried open the safe and spilt the weapons between themselves.
Edwards said that Wilburn and Hoyman claimed that these weapons were stolen as retribution for a borrowed chain-saw that the victim never returned.
“They had said, ‘If we ever try to steal your guns, we'll just steal the whole safe,'” said Edwards.
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