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Buford's "Park at Copper Trail" Subdivision experiences major "Layoffs" just before holidays


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<% End If%> BUFORD - According to local developers, many of those working in building the "Park at Copper Trail" residential subdivision have been laid off.  Just before the holidays, many learned that they no longer had a job at the new development.

Some blame it on the economy, or the state of the national and local real estate markets.  Others blame it on the negative publicity surrounding the "Park at Copper Trail" which occurred when the developers decided not to pay the original land owners for their property.

What ever the reason, many units remain unsold and many more lots are no longer being built upon.  The employees have been sent home and told to seek employment somewhere else - just before the holidays step into high gear.

Curiously, just after the layoffs - many of the units were broken into and their appliances were stolen.  Coincidence?  Maybe, but who ever was involved knew enough to bring along the means to move the items and drive off with them and not be seen.


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BUFORD - Gwinnett Crime Scene Unit (CSU) evidence collection teams are already a familiar sight at the "Park at Copper Trail", a new subdivision in Buford.  The blazen crooks are breaking into homes and stealing things as large and heavy as kitchen appliances. 

"I've heard of intruder's breaking in and stealing jewelry and electronics, but I've never heard of them being so bold as to even take the kitchen appliances" says one of the subdivision's new residents.  "They are either very big, or they came really prepared" they added.

It's not really the robberies themselves that have the residents most alarmed, it's the fact that one of the thefts yielded a large stash of rifles and large calibre hand guns.  Residents at the "Park at Copper Trail" live in fear that one of them will soon be killed, now that the robbers are armed.

One resident who doesn't wish to be named for obvious reasons, told us that he was awakened at 3:30 in the morning by his garage being opened.  "Our family doesn't keep a gun in the house, so I armed myself with the largest knives in the kitchen and waited in darkness by the door to the garage" he stated.  "If someone entered, I was going to cut first and ask questions later" he added.

Another resident had a great deal of furniture stolen.  The crime has become so commonplace and recovery efforts are so empty that the victim didn't even bother to report the theft.  "I figured that who ever made off with my furniture probibly needed it really bad, and I needed new furniture anyway" they stated.

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