An East Cobb man whom Cobb Sheriff’s Office deputies were trying to arrest on an outstanding warrant made them dig deep inside his home earlier this month to pry him out.
The Cobb Sheriff’s Office posted a bodycam video Monday showing that on Dec. 2, deputies searched the home of a suspect, later identified in an arrest warrant as Jason Black, before locating him in an area above a ceiling, then pulling him out.
The warrant stated that Black, 50, was wanted on a family violence order in another jurisdiction.
Deputies arrived at his home on Tremont Drive, located off Trickum Road, around 10:15 a.m. on Dec. 2, according to the warrant.
The bodycam video (you can watch it here) showed deputies banging on the front door, loudly and repeatedly demanding that the door be opened, then stepping inside as another man left the entrance with his hands up.
The deputies then carefully walked through the home, searching rooms with weapons at the ready, until they went into the garage. They made their way through debris until they discovered “a freshly cut hole in the ceiling, with dust and footprints below,” according to the video.
Deputies then ordered the suspect to come down, and one of them pulled the suspect by the hands after he obeyed their orders to show them, the video shows.
The suspect’s face was blotted out in the video as he was escorted into to a deputy’s vehicle without incident.
“You’re in big trouble,” one of the deputies said to the suspect.
Black was charged with a misdemeanor count of willful obstruction of a law enforcement officer, as well as a probation violation, and was being detained on a hold by Doraville Police for the family violence matter, according to his booking report.
The booking report said that Black posted a $1,320 bond on Dec. 19.
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