Crime & Safety

Armed Confrontation at Milton Parking Lot Brings Out SWAT Team

The following arrest information was supplied by the Milton police department. It does not indicate a conviction.

A parking lot argument at Stoneleigh apartments Thursday night involved a handgun, a small baseball bat and a SWAT team, but no one was hurt in the incident.

Milton police report that two women were backing their car out of a parking space to head to the store just before 6 p.m. when a car driven by a man and a woman drove up to that spot. After the occupants of the two cars stared at each other, a man in one of the cars allegedly pulled a handgun out of a bag and put it on the dashboard.  He then yelled at the other driver to get out of the way.

A neighbor walking with two juveniles told the first drive to get back in her car and move, and told the man to drive around her. When the man hollered at her to stay out of her business, she ran away with the juveniles.

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After the two vehicles parked, the man headed over to where the first couple was barbecuing. The woman stepped out with a small baseball bat and they tried to sort things out.

That's when two Milton officers arrived to the call of an armed man on the scene. They approached with rifle and shotgun in hand. Several people on scene got to the ground when ordered by police, but the suspect ran away back to his own apartment building. A police dog confirmed which apartment he was in, and police evacuated the building. An officer found a Glock 9mm handgun in a maintenance closet next to the suspect's apartment.

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By now the Alpharetta SWAT unit had arrived, and was preparing to enter the apartment when a police captain told them the suspect had agreed to come out in 5 minutes. After about 4 minutes, the suspect stepped outside and surrendered to police.

Manuel Bandy, 40, of Milton, was charged with simple assault, aggressive driving, carrying a concealed weapon without a permit, disorderly conduct and obstruction of an officer. He remains in Fulton County Jail on Feb. 3 in lieu of $9,500 bond.

Jacquelyn Waller, 24, of Milton, was charged with disorderly conduct for allegedly provoking and pursuing the confrontation, and for yelling profanities in the presence of minors. She remained in jail awaiting a $500 bond.

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