This alleged burglar did a lousy job of covering his tracks.
Police were able to beat a path to a suspected burglar’s door Thursday by following footprints he left in the snow.
Kenneth Ray Evans, 58, was arrested and charged with burglary, police said.
A burglar alarm triggered around 3:30 a.m., Thursday led Atlanta Police Officers to K&K Soul Food, at 881 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway 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 trailed the tracks in the snow for about a mile to a home at the corner of Neal Street and Sunset Avenue, Chafee said.
They entered the home to find a gas generator and an air compressor, and Evans asleep on the sofa, police said.
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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