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Police arrest man for smashing 29 TVs
Posted: 02.10.2010 at 5:22 PM
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Westley Strellis charged with criminal damage to property

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(AP) -- Lilburn Police are investigating what may have caused a man to walk into a Walmart and destroy 29 flat-screen televisions. 

Police charged 23-year-old Westley Strellis with 29 counts of criminal damage to property in the second degree. 

Just after noon Wednesday, authorities say Strellis walked into the Walmart on Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn.  Witnesses tell police he grabbed a metal baseball bat from the sporting goods section, walked to the electronics department and destroyed the TVs on display. 

He was arrested not long after. 

Police say the televisions are valued at over $22,000.

(Copyright ©2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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