Crime Digest, Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Published 9:00 am Tuesday, June 15, 2021

The following is information compiled from public records 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. 

Milledgeville Police Department 

Vicious Dog

An officer responded to a complainant in the area of the 2500 block of Grandview Drive in reference to a vicious dog attempting to attack her son. She stated that her son was playing outside in their yard when her neighbor attempted to get her dog to attack her son. There were no scrapes, marks or bites of him from the alleged attack. The complainant stated that she and her neighbor continuously have verbal disagreements when they are outside at the same time. Another neighbor stated that the dog continuously goes into the complainants’ and his yard unleashed. He stated that he doesn’t want the dog to come into neighbors yards to avoid kids playing outside to be bit. The owner of the dog stated that she lets the dog out on a leash which is attached to her front porch. She stated that the dog escaped off the leash one time the morning of June 4, but the dog did not attack the neighbors son. The owner of the dog stated that the neighbors son, while playing outside, tends to wander into her yard which causes the dog to bark but claimed the dog never acted aggressively toward him. 

Fraud

An officer responded to the area of the 100 block of Floyd Griffin Jr. Street June 4, in reference to a fraud. The victim stated that he was contacted on Facebook Messenger from a profile in which he was asked to donate some money to the Milledgeville Police Department for a youth grant program. The victim thought the request was legit and that he was doing something positive for the community. Over the last three weeks the victim sent almost $4,000 through various banking apps. Once the victim became suspicious of the situation he stopped sending money, contacted his bank and filed a police report.

Fraud

An officer spoke via phone to an individual June 4, in reference to fraudulent activity. The complainant stated she received two phone calls by two different phone numbers from an alleged law enforcement agency in Texas. The caller claimed the complainant had warrants for money laundering and drug smuggling across the Mexican border. The caller told her that they found various documents with her information in a car located on the border, along with blood and drugs. She stated that the caller asked for her social security number and she gave it to them. The officer made contact with one of the alleged callers via phone who stated that he never called the complainant and that he was from Milledgeville, not Texas. The alleged caller stated that he received a text from the complainant saying, “I’m gonna call the cops.” The alleged caller stated that he also received a call from a different number later. The officer attempted to make contact with this caller but was unsuccessful.   

—Compiled by Andrew Hansen