Police Apprehend Armed Burglar Inside Buford Home While Homeowner Hides in Upstairs Room

A Buford woman hid in an upstairs room and waited for police to arrive after hearing an intruder in her Springlake Drive home during a March 27 incident.

The woman called 911 at approximately 11:30 a.m. after hearing someone walking around in the basement. She then hid in an upstairs office and stayed on the phone with police dispatch until officers arrived.

Police and K-9 officers entered the residence to apprehend the intruder. An officer staged outside heard a noise in the garage and alerted the other officers. The intruder, later identified as Michael Wayne Morgan, 22, of Buford, was found hiding inside a vehicle parked in the garage.

Police found a .22 caliber revolver, ski mask, gloves, wire cutters and what appeared to be a putty knife in Morgan's possession. Morgan, while inside the residence, reportedly filled an artificial Christmas tree box with 14 long guns, ammo and other miscellaneous items.

"Outside in the backyard was a small safe, four long guns, two handguns, two jewelry boxes full of jewelry and some coins. [Morgan] threw these items from the master bedroom window," the officer noted in the report.

Morgan was booked into the jail on charges of first-degree burglary, criminal attempt to commit a crime and possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime. He remains jailed without bond.

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