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Police cadet charged with burglary

By Chip Towers
July 6, 2009

A Gwinnett County police cadet has been offered the option of resigning in lieu of being fired after his arrest on burglary charges over the weekend, police said.

Sean Filyaw, 24, was arrested after a former neighbor discovered the wannabe cop stealing a PlayStation from the neighbor's home in Auburn. Auburn police called to the scene arrested Filyaw when they found him in his car outside the house on Mount Moriah Road. The suspect was still wearing his cadet uniform.

"The Gwinnett County police does not tolerate the actions of any of its members that may reflect negatively on this department," Gwinnett spokesman Cpl. David Schiralli said Monday.

Filyaw is currently free on bond.

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Chip Towers covers the Georgia Bulldogs for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

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