A 26-year-old Alto man was arrested this week for a series of crimes, some of which occurred at Don Carter State Park in Hall County.
Brandon Jeffrey Cowan was charged with entering auto, obstruction of an officer, second-degree burglary and second-degree criminal damage to property. He was released today from the Hall County Jail on a $9,050 bond.
Deputies responded to the park Wednesday to investigate a suspicious man near the visitor’s center. They found Cowan locked in a park maintenance vehicle. Deputies talked him out and arrested him. After the arrest, he attempted to run from deputies, but he was quickly apprehended.
During their investigation following the arrest, deputies found Cowan’s truck stuck in the mud on private property near the park. Cowan had destroyed the owner’s entrance gate by driving through it, the investigation found.
Cowen then walked to the park where he threw a rock through the window of a private citizen’s pickup truck and entered it. He also burglarized the park’s maintenance building.
The case remains under investigation by the Hall County Sheriff’s Office.
