Police: Man Used Tree in Cash Grab

Douglasville resident Brian Stephen Meadows is after say he tried to use a tree to smash open two stolen cash registers.

One cash register held $216, and the other was empty, The Marietta Daily Journal reported.

Meadows, 42, who lives in the 400 block of Braxton Drive, has been jailed since the morning of April 9 on charges of burglary, two counts of theft by taking and three counts of second-degree criminal damage to property, all felonies, and misdemeanor charges of simple battery, theft by taking, obstruction of an officer, driving with a revoked or suspended license, and possession of a drug-related object (a crack pipe), according to booking records.

He smashed the glass door at the at 2671 Veterans Memorial Hwy. about 11:30 p.m. April 8, grabbed the cash registers and $40 worth of tobacco products, and crossed the street to slam the registers against a tree to open them, the MDJ said.

After a neighbor called 911 and fought with Meadows, he ran off into the woods, and a deputy with caught Meadows behind , the MDJ said.