A resident of Georgia Green Apartments on Fourth Street reported his home was burglarized between 6 p.m. Monday and 3 a.m. Tuesday and a rifle with a fully loaded magazine was stolen from a closet near the front door, Athens-Clarke County police said.
There were no signs of a break-in, police said, and the resident told police he left the door unlocked.
An officer who responded to take the burglary report “discussed the cons of using a rifle” for home protection, especially in an apartment, according to police.