HABERSHAM COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies arrested a Demorest man Friday night after they say he took an excavator for a joy ride on county property.
Danny Ross Robinson, 66, faces charges of driving under the influence and theft by taking a motor vehicle.
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The incident involved a Komatsu PC 290 LC excavator, which was parked on Happy Tails Way near the site of the new Habersham County Animal Shelter.
Callers to Habersham County E-911 reported an excavator traveling along Old Athens Highway just after 7:45 p.m.
Deputies then responded to Happy Tails Way near the site of the new Habersham County Animal Shelter. They found a Komatsu PC 290 LC excavator stopped on a private driveway.
They also found Robinson and arrested him on Old Athens Highway shortly before 8 p.m.
Deputies say Robinson damaged a mailbox with the 30-ton excavator, but didn’t hit any other structures or vehicles. No one was injured.
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