Published October 29, 2009 08:00 am - Reports from the Milledgeville Police Department and Baldwin County Sheriff's Office for the day.
Crime Digest, October 29, 2009
Jonathan Jackson
The Union-Recorder
The following is information compiled from public records taken from reports of the Milledgeville Police Department and the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. These reports do not reflect guilt or innocence. An “arrest” does not always indicate incarceration. The charges filed are noted in the narrative.
Milledgeville Police Department
— Shoplifting
Someone reported that a man took a pair of shoes and put them in his pants before attempting to leave a store in the 2500 block of North Columbia Street Friday around 1:30 p.m. according to a police report.
— Shoplifting
Someone reported that a man took two shirts from Belk and was caught by mall personnel and mall security at Maurice’s with the shirts, according to a police report. The man and his companion were trespassed from the mall and he was arrested, according to the report.
— Burglary
Someone reported a break-in at a home on Oconee Street Saturday around 7 p.m. and the theft of a DVD player and a Nintendo Wii, according to a police report.
— Simple assault
Someone reported being struck in the face while leaving a Wayne Street bar around 12:30 a.m. early Sunday morning and received an injury because of the assault, according to the police report.
— Auto theft
Someone reported the theft of his car from a home on West Thomas Court Sunday morning around 3 a.m. according to a police report. The car owner described it as missing the front bumper and having both headlights held in by tape, according to the report. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office recovered the vehicle during a roadblock, and the owner did not press charges against the man who was driving the vehicle, according to a police report.
— Shoplifting
Someone reported a woman taking a box of tampons from a department store on South Wayne Street and concealing them in her purse, according to a police report. The accused shoplifter removed the item from her purse and placed it under her arm but was placed under arrest, according to the report. While in the patrol car, she began striking her head against the cage, causing her forehead to bleed and the responding officer turned on video surveillance in the car for documentation purposes.