Naked man randomly broke into home, led officers on golf cart chase, police say

COBB COUNTY, Ga. — Police say a naked man randomly broke into a family’s home and led police on a chase with a stolen golf cart.

After the golf cart chase, police said the man ran off into a wooded area, at which point an officer deployed a Taser on him, but he still kept going.

"I dare him to come over here naked. I'm gonna shoot him," Charlie Keith, a neighbor, told Channel 2's Chris Jose.

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Keith noticed officers outside of his house on Friday.

Police said this all started when James Cogan, who admitted that he was high on meth, walked into a child's bedroom and stole a sweatshirt.

Police said the mother yelled at the man and called 911.

According to an arrest warrant Jose obtained, Cogan stole an off-road golf cart worth $6,000 on the way out.

A few minutes later, Cogan allegedly tried to break into a house on Wright Road, but the homeowner scared him off with a gun.

Neighbors said the naked man got back on the golf cart, officers chased after him and he refused to pull over. Cogan crashed and tried to run again, but an officer took him down.

"He may be high on meth until I put him down. That’s it. He won’t be high on meth again. He won’t have to be," Keith said.

Not only did Cogan put the mother in danger, police said his reckless driving nearly caused several accidents.

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