Surveillance images posted to social media led to the arrest of an entering auto suspect in Hall County.
Crystal Lynn Cantrell, 37, of Jefferson, was taken into custody just hours after the Hall County Sheriff’s Office posted the pictures to Facebook on Tuesday, October 17.
After the photos were posted, a deputy was called to a residence on East Bolding Road in Flowery Branch to take a report on another entering auto case. The complainant told the deputy a white woman wearing an orange shirt was seen on security camera footage entering her husband’s pick-up truck in the driveway of their home. She then showed the deputy the social media post, telling him she believed it was the same offender from the other case.
“The deputy also recognized the woman fit the description of someone he had seen while en route to take the report,” says Hall County Sheriff’s Public Information Officer B.J. Williams. “He and a second deputy returned to the scene of the sighting on Atlanta Highway and found Cantrell.”
After questioning Cantrell, deputies placed her under arrest.
At this time, Cantrell is being held on a bond of $17,100 at the Hall County Jail on felony charges of entering an automobile. Other charges are pending.
HCSO investigators say she also has charges pending in neighboring jurisdictions.
“As entering auto cases increase in our area, HCSO investigators are asking citizens to make sure their vehicle doors are locked, and valuables are hidden from plain view in order to avoid being victimized by thieves,” urges Williams.
