Suspected 'Office Creeper' Jailed in North Carolina

Tony Hornsby, who is alleged to have taken wallets from businesses across Georgia, has been arrested in Charlotte, N.C., according to a story in 11 Alive.com.

He is being held on a $75,000 bond, the story says.

Hornsby, 54, is said to have taken wallets in Athens--and Winder and Oconee County-- from businesses in the western part of town, including the wallet of an elementary school principal. He told people in the buildings he entered that he was a maintenance man, that he needed to use the rest room, or that he was a delivery man--and then took wallets.

He left Athens, authorities believe, after he was identified as the suspect, and headed south in a car he stole from his uncle. Law enforcement officials thought he was returning to Florida, where he served time in a work camp, but the stolen car turned up in Savannah. And reports of wallet thefts from around Georgia trickled in.

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• Police Find Stolen Car in Savannah But No Light-Fingered Wallet Thief
• Light-fingered Thief Targeting Businesses in West Athens
• Thief Hitting Athens Businesses Seems to Have Been Busy in Winder As Well
• Faux Maintenance Man and Suspected Thief Identified as Tony Hornsby

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