BETHLEHEM, Ga. — The person arrested Friday afternoon when the Gwinnett County SWAT Team was called to out serve a warrant is a former officer for that same department.
According to Gwinnett County Police, Justin Bouchillon was taken into custody. The suspect had a warrant for violation of a family violence order. Friday he was charged with misdemeanor obstruction.
Earlier during the day, police told 11Alive they went to a home near the town of Bethlehem on Flat Run Drive to serve the warrant. They said Bouchillion went out of sight for a while, so officers searched his home and surrounding areas.
The department tweeted that Bouchillon was eventually placed under arrest.
Officers said he resigned from his position as a Gwinnett County officer while he was under investigation for a domestic incident that happened in another county.
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