Fruithurst home invasion thwarted by neighbors

A Fruithurst woman is safe thanks to the quick response by her neighbors during a home invasion.   James Melton and his son-in-law, armed with shotguns, stopped the home invasion Saturday morning.

Authorities say that 44 year old Craig Steven Moore, of Tallapoosa, Ga., allegedly broke into the home of  Wilma Williams’ on Cleburne County Road 49 between 2:30 and 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning.  Investigators say that Williams awoke to find an unfamiliar man at her door and ran to get her pistol, which Moore was able to wrest from her; he shot at her twice, missing both times.