A police officer on Sunday helped a woman shore up the security of her home on Pittard Road after she had an apparent close call with a burglar, according to an Athens-Clarke County police report.
The woman told police that someone tried to get into her home by cutting the screen of a security door and prying it open but that the intruder was run off by her son.
When inspecting the damage, the officer noticed that the knob on that door was not properly installed; he asked to use a screwdriver to fix the knob, the report said.