Police said Toby Payne, 24, of Cherry Valley Drive was being chased on Whitesville Road near Lukken Industrial Boulevard in a white Isuzu Rodeo when he quickly pulled into JR Food Mart at 1616 Whites-ville St., ran into the store and locked himself in the restroom about 5:40 p.m. Wednesday.
Officers told Payne to open the door and walk out. He did and they arrested him.
Police said they found a small amount of marijuana inside the toilet bowl and a handgun in the toilet tank.
Payne was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of a firearm with altered serial numbers, possession of marijuana, obstruction and driving while unlicensed.
Stabbed man faces charges
A man stabbed in the shoulder about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Stay Lodge at 1610 Whitesville St. found himself charged with disorderly conduct afterward.
Police said the man and another man argued while drinking. The first man walked up the stairs to start a fight with the second man, who defended himself with a knife, cutting the first man on the shoulder.
Police decided the second man was acting in self-defense. His alleged as-sailant, who was treated at West Georgia Medical Center, was charged with disorderly conduct.
‘I agree, it’s me’
Troup County sheriff’s deputy Nathan Taylor went to Tyler’s Express on New Franklin Road after a Crime Stoppers tip about a man with four active arrest warrants. Taylor saw a man matching the description, but he denied being the person in question.
Taylor said he asked the man his age and he replied, “60 … uh, 42, 41.” Taylor tried to put him in handcuffs, but the man fled.
“As we reached the opposite side of the building, I was able to successfully deploy my Taser and then took him into custody,” Taylor said “At that time, he told me he was indeed” the man with outstanding warrants for contempt of court and probation violation. He also was charged with obstruction of an officer.
Damage
An unattended vehicle was struck by an unknown vehicle in the Mike Daniel Recreation Center parking lot at 1220 Lafayette Parkway, causing more than $500 damage.
Thefts, burglaries
— Stereo equipment valued at about $3,000 was taken from the trunk of a vehicle in the 300 block of Main Street.
— A Kenmore refrigerator valued at $600 was taken from an apartment in the 600 block of Wilburn Avenue.
Wrecks
— Three people were injured in a two-car crash about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at Roanoke Road and Vernon Street.
LaGrange police officer Mike Hewett said Jenna Evans, 23, of Fling Road said she was traveling through the intersection in a black Toyota Tacoma when a red Tacoma driven by Allen Trask, 21, of Roanoke, Ala., attempted to make a left turn and struck Trask head-on.
Evans and her passenger, Bonnie Smith, 21, of Waugh Road, each sustained a broken foot and head trauma and were treated at West Georgia Medical Center and released.
Trask was airlifted to Columbus Regional Medical Center, where he was treated for a concussion and other injuries, and was in stable condition this morning.
— Two people were taken to the hospital about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday after a two-car wreck on Hammett Road near North Davis Road.
Shama Ormsby, 24, of Hammett Road was eastbound in a white Chevrolet S-10 when a gold Chevrolet S-10 driven by Kenneth Maddox, 17, of Salem Road made a left turn off Hammett Road and was struck by Ormsby.
Maddox and Ormsby’s conditions were unavailable this morning. Maddox was cited for failure to yield while making a left turn.
Thefts, burglaries
— A resident of the 500 block of Old Chipley Road said a pistol valued at $358 was stolen from his truck.
— A man said a woman tried to hit him with her vehicle while he was cutting grass on the edge of his yard in the 200 block of Chase Drive on Wednesday afternoon. He was advised of warrant procedures.
— A resident of the 7200 block of Hogansville Road reported the theft of several items valued at $280 from his van, including a weed trimmer, five-gallon gas can, circular saw and a rigid finish stapler with case.
- It is the policy of LaGrange Daily News to print the names of people charged with felonies.
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