Registered sex offender arrested in Helen

HELEN, Ga. – White County authorities arrested Justin Lee Myers, 21, of Cleveland, a convicted sex offender, last week and charged him with failure to register as a sex offender, providing false information, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, failure to register a firearm and violation of the terms of a probation.

Deputy Daniel Amoling spotted Myers walking near the intersection of Edelwiss Strasse and Tannen Weg in Helen and stopped to question him. The deputy informed the suspect that he had an outstanding warrant for a probation violation and that he was under arrest.

According to the arrest report, as Amoling was attempting to place Myers’ hands behind him, the suspect began to reach for a green and gold item clipped to his belt.

That item turned out to be a Penguin .380, a single-shot firearm that looks like a cell phone and fires electrically charged darts. The deputy retrieved the weapon and placed Myers in handcuffs.

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