Man Armed With Handgun Accused of Following Teen Home From High School

A frightening encounter for a Dacula teen ended with a 24-year-old Buford man being released on a traffic citation.

The 16-year-old female said she was walking to her car, which was parked in Dacula Park, from Dacula High School when she noticed a male sitting in a maroon GMC Sonoma who seemed to be watching her. The teen said she convinced herself the male was probably at the park to pick up another student. However, when she drove out of the park, she noticed the male was following her.

The teen turned onto Fence Road to head toward her house and noticed the male was still following in the Sonoma. Worried the man was actually going to follow her home, the teen pulled into the Mulberry Publix shopping center. The male followed her and parked in front of the Subway. After waiting for several minutes, the teen noticed the male had still not exited his vehicle. The teen pulled out of the parking lot and continued toward her subdivision. A few moments later, she saw the male drive past several cars in order to get behind her once more.

When the teen turned into her subdivision, the male did not immediately follow, but, soon thereafter, she spotted the Sonoma behind her vehicle. The teen pulled into her driveway and watched as the male drove by her house and turned around in the cul-de-sac. After the male drove back past her house, the teen waited a few moments and then got out of her car to get the mail.

"[The teen] said as she checked the mailbox she noticed the red truck driving back toward her and she got back into her car. [The teen] said the red truck turned around in the cul-de-sac and stopped at the end of her driveway," the officer wrote in the report.

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