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A 21-year-old man is facing Dacula theft charges in connection with burglaries in three portable classrooms in Gwinett, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports . Robert Franz Joseph II also faces similar theft charges in Hall County involving break-ins at more than a dozen school trailers in Flowery Branch.

Apparently, in most of the Gwinett incidents, Joseph allegedly stole projectors from the trailers, each worth about $1,000. In the Flowery Branch schools he is accused of stealing 16 laptop computers from 17 portable classrooms at C.W. Davis Middle School. Other schools police say Joseph struck include Collins Hill High School in Suwanee; Lanier Middle School in Buford and Creekland Middle School in Lawrenceville. Joseph is being held without bond on three counts of burglary and 45 counts of theft by receiving.

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A Muscogee County Superior Court Judge sentenced a 20-year-old Columbus man involved in a shoe store robbery to 20 years in prison without the possibility of parole. Devin Harper’s sentencing came days after his co-defendant was acquitted of all charges in the case.

According to a news report posted on the Ledger Enquirer Web site a jury found Harper guilty of armed robbery after they deliberated for nearly seven hours although he was found not guilty of other charges including three counts of kidnapping and one count of possessing a firearm during the said crime which occurred on Aug. 25, 2006 at a local Foot Locker store.

Harper will also face a separate trial on pending burglary and theft charges on a different case, which will be heard next month, prosecutors said. Harper was accused of entering the Foot Locker just before closing time with other men and robbing the store while forcing three employees to the back room at gun point. Prosecutors said he and several other men robbed merchandise from the Foot Locker.

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