A wanted man started to turn himself in at the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office on Monday, but suddenly had second thoughts.
Aaron Botteicher, charged with probation violation, theft by deception and shoplifting, had come to the lobby of the Gwinnett County jail to turn himself in. While doing so, he changed his mind and ran out the door.
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The desk deputy shouted for assistance chasing down the suspect just as Chief Mike Boyd and three other sheriff’s deputies were exiting an elevator. The four men chased down and caught the suspect, who was then taken into custody.
“We hope that the suspect continues his newly formed habit of making wiser choices,” the Sheriff’s Office wrote in a Facebook post.
Botteicher was charged with shoplifting after he took a ring from a Norcross pawn shop and sold it at another pawn shop on the same street. The Gwinnett County Police Department could not find a record of the theft by deception charge, though the sheriff’s office said the theft by deception charge had originated with the police department.
Botteicher is currently being held on $8,650 combined bond — $5,700 for the shoplifting charge and $2,950 for the theft by deception charge.
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