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Homeless man arrested for loitering in student apartments

Jonathan Earl Davis
Jonathan Earl Davis

By Joe Johnson

Police arrested a homeless man who for several hours had been in a restroom at the Ranbler Athens student apartments on West Broad Street.

According to police, when officers responded to a security guard’s complaint on the morning of April 13 they found 35-year-old Jonathan Davis in one of the stalls.

He flushed the toilet when officers opened the door and he spit out a plastic bag that was in his mouth.

Police identified Davis as a homeless person from Walton County.

He was arrested and charged with loitering, tampering with evidence, obstruction.

A judge set bail at $3,000, and as of Friday Davis remained at the county jail.


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