Dalton police thanked Old Man Winter for helping nab two suspects in a liquor store burglary early this morning.
Police arrested Sebastian Alexander Love, 19, of 1424 Burgess Drive in Dalton, and Adrian Lynn Estrada, 19, of 1320 Murray Ave. after following footprints in the snow to the men's door.
Around 4 a.m., officers were called to Cox's Liquor store on East Walnut Avenue after someone shattered the glass front door and took some liquor.
At the scene, officers found footprints in the snow leading around to the back of the store, then to a path through the trees behind the store. The footprints led to one of the front doors at Murray Avenue Apartments, police said
Officers found Love with a backpack containing five bottles of liquor which matched bottles missing from Cox's Liquor, police said.
Love has been charged with burglary, theft by taking and criminal damage to property. Estrada was charged burglary, theft by taking, criminal damage to property and obstruction of law enforcement officers, police said.