A suspect who sparked a morning-long manhunt in Cornelia has been arrested. Robert Becerra, who was suspected of prowling and wanted for a parole violation, was taken into custody around 12:15 p.m.
“He was just taken into custody in a patch of woods off Highland Avenue,” Cornelia Police Chief Jonathan Roberts tells Now Habersham.
The Cornelia Police Department, with help from several neighboring agencies, spent the morning deploying drones, K9s, and search teams for Becerra who was wanted on an active warrant for a parole violation.
According to Chief Roberts, at approximately 2:41 a.m. Saturday, July 27, officers responded to Banks Street in reference to a prowler. The 911 caller advised that the man seen in their backyard was wearing a white tank top-style shirt and blue jeans.
A camera captured images of the suspect, says Roberts. Police concentrated their search on the south side of Cornelia. Becerra was found within a mile of where the prowler was spotted on Banks Street.
