Dalton police want to find a burglar who tried to hack his way into a drug store with a hatchet.
A $1,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to the man’s arrest, said Bruce Frazier, a spokesman for the Dalton Police Department.
About 3 a.m. on April 6, a 911 caller reported seeing a man on the roof of the Dart Drugs Store at 1101 Memorial Drive, Mr. Frazier said. The man fled as officers arrived, but was described as a white male with blonde hair, standing between 5 foot 6 inches and 5 foot 8 inches tall and weighing between 170 and 190 pounds.
A metal hatchet with a distinctive leather cover was found on the roof of the building, Mr. Frazier said. A small ladder also was recovered at the scene, he said, but neither the ladder nor the hatchet belonged to the store.
Owners of the drug store said they didn’t believe the suspect was able to chop his way into the building, but he did cause some damage to the roof.