Trail of footprints in the snow led police to burglary suspect

Police in Atlanta were able to find their way straight to a suspected burglar’s door on Thursday by following footprints he'd left in the snow. Kenneth Ray Evans, 58, was arrested and charged with burglary.

A burglar alarm triggered at around 3:30am led police officers to K&K Soul Food in northwest Atlanta. The place had been temporarily closed because of a fire, but officers arrived to find tire tracks and the impressions of footsteps leading away from the scene, police spokesman Officer John Chafee said.

Police followed the tracks to a house about a mile away. They entered the home to find a gas generator and an air compressor, and Evans asleep on the sofa. The tread on the wheels of the generator matched the tire tracks they’d followed to the house, and soles of Evans’ shoes were identical with the footprints, Chafee said.
And his shoes were still wet, police said. When Evans told officers he’d brought the machines from his work site, they checked and found no evidence supporting his claim. Evans was arrested. He remains in the Fulton County Jail awaiting a hearing to set his bond.
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