Two Hall Co. men charged in connection with burglary

GAINESVILLE - Two men have been charged in connection with a burglary earlier this week at a house in South Hall, a crime which was captured on a home video surveillance system.<br /> <br /> Hall County sheriff's spokeswoman Nicole Bailes says Grover Townsend, 25, Clermont and Justin Whitmire, 25, Gainesville, are shown on the tape entering a house in the 4300 block of Pine Vale Road on Monday.<br /> <br /> Bailes said Whitmire is seen "forcefully kicking in" the back door. However, she adds the home's security system activated and the pair fled without taking anything.<br /> <br /> Responding sheriff's deputies looked at the surveillance footage, Bailes added, and issued a lookout for the two suspects and a their getaway vehicle.<br /> <br /> She says the pair was later spotted by a sheriff's deputy at a local scrap metal business and detained at that location. Using the surveillance footage, Bailes said Townsend and Whitmire were later identified as the suspects in the attempted burglary.<br /> <br /> Whitmire was charged with one count of first degree burglary and Townsend was charged with being a party to the crime of burglary.

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