Jessica Luton
The Union-Recorder
MILLEDGEVILLE —
The following is information compiled from public records taken from reports of the Milledgeville Police Department and the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office. It is our policy to not disclose the names of victims. These reports do not reflect guilt or innocence. An “arrest” does not always indicate incarceration. The charges filed are noted in the narrative.
Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office
— Public nuisance animal
A man reported Aug. 12 that he was walking during the morning hours near his home in the 100 block of Carolyn Court and several dogs ran at him. The man said the two dogs had done this in the past and one dog was brown and one was white. The man said that both dogs appeared to be similar to pit bulls. A deputy made contact with two dogs fitting this description on Old Williamsburg Road and both seemed to not be aggressive. The case was turned over to animal control.
— Public nuisance animal
A man reported Aug. 14 that on July 12, sometime between 6:30 and 6:45 a.m., a large black dog entered his property and killed several of his chickens. The man stated that he notified Baldwin County Animal Control after discovering the large black dog on the property killing his chickens and shortly after notifying animal control, the dog returned and killed another chicken. The man said that due to the dog returning and killing more of his chickens and animal control not arriving in a reasonable amount of time, he shot at the dog four times. The man said he was unsure if he had wounded the dog, but the dog had not returned since the incident. The man said that animal control arrived at his home sometime between 1:30 p.m. and 2 p.m. and a total of 50 laying hens were killed by the dog, a value of approximately $1,000.
— Theft by taking
A woman reported Aug. 12 that she realized that she was missing $45 in cash, $25 in rolled coins and a two-karat diamond ring set from her home in the 500 block of Browns Crossing Road. The woman said she remembered seeing the ring set around Aug. 5, and the set was worth approximately $2,000. No signs of forced entry were observed at the home, but the woman stated that a male subject could have taken the items when he was staying with her. The man left on a camping trip this week and has not yet returned, she stated.
— Theft by taking
A man reported Aug. 14 that he owns a rental home in the 100 block of Oglethorpe Avenue, and it is currently unoccupied. The man stated that someone had taken the air conditioning unit from the front window of the residence sometime between Aug. 9 and 14.
— Gas drive-off
An employee of Jet Food Store 50, located in the 100 block of Highway 22 East, reported Aug. 13 that a black female in her 60s pumped $20 of gas into a black Toyota Camry and drove off without paying for the gas. The employee showed the deputy surveillance footage, and the video showed that the subject had a conversation with another customer, pumped gas and then left the area. However, since the video surveillance was blurred, the deputy was unable to make a positive identification of the subject.
— Theft by taking
A man reported Aug. 15 that he had left his residence, in the 300 block of Log Cabin Road, this date around noon and later noticed around 8 p.m. that a bicycle was missing from his residence. The bicycle is described as a blue and silver Next brand with a bell on the right handlebar.
Milledgeville Police Department
— Theft by taking
An employee of Murphy’s USA gas station, located in the 2500 block of North Columbia Street, reported Aug. 10 that sometime after closing the store the previous night, someone forcibly opened two of the drink coolers outside of the gas office of the store and removed about $150 worth of various energy drinks and soft drinks.
— Entering auto
A man reported Aug. 11 that someone went in his vehicle while it was parked in the 100 block of Magnolia Avenue and stole his Mossberg 835 pump action shotgun. The man said that he left his window down and his doors unlocked.
— Battery
A man reported Aug. 13 that he was walking back to the Bellamy when he was jumped by a group of individuals. The man stated that he was hit in the eye and was knocked down the park embankment. Charges are pending up locating the suspects.
— Burglary
An employee of Green Pastures Missionary Baptist Church reported Aug. 10 that sometime over the past few months, three amplifiers have been stolen from the church, located at 150 N. Warren St. The man said that several months ago someone stole the speakers from the church and since that time to the present, the church has been going through renovation, and consequently he was unable to provide a date of when the amplifiers were taken.
— Auto theft
A man reported Aug. 10 that he parked his white Toyota Land Cruiser in the yard of his home, located in the 1900 block of Karen Circle, around 2 a.m. and woke up the next date to find the vehicle missing. The man said that the vehicle was left unsecured and he left a set of keys under the seat. The man also advised that the vehicle had fish stickers on the back window and a new trailer tower.
