Tallulah Falls School is on lockdown at this hour as police comb the woods for a man who took prescription pills from a nearby residence. Habersham County Sheriff Joey Terrell says the lockdown is a precaution, “We don’t believe him to be armed and dangerous.”
Terrell says law enforcement is concerned for the man’s safety and officers are now searching for him in the woods off Gilbert Gate Road directly behind the middle school.
Terrell says the Tallulah Falls Police Department called in the Habersham County Sheriff’s Office around 12:30pm to assist. They’re now waiting on a Georgia State Patrol helicopter to arrive and help in the search.
Terrell says the school was notified and put on lockdown as a precaution in the event the man did try to enter.
The investigation is being handled by the Tallulah Falls Police Department.
Now Habersham will update details as they become available.
