LaGrange police Capt. Mike Pheil said officers arrived after a call of a weapon at the theater. They then stopped the boy based on a physical description given, searched him and located the loaded weapon.
He was charged with underage possession of a pistol. Serial numbers on the gun are being used to determine whether it was reported as being stolen.
‘So that’s where my drugs are’
A police search of a vehicle on Whitesville Road yielded a bag of pot the driver said he had been searching for all week.
Officers pulled over the 1984 oldsmobile Cutlass due to loud music. The driver, who had a suspended license, was handcuffed as the officer began searching the vehicle, who suspected marijuana had been recently used inside.
Searching the inside of the driver’s seat, the officer located a small bag with alleged marijuana inside, when the driver said, “I didn’t know that was in there! I’ve been looking for that for a week, because I lost it about a week ago!”
He was charged with an excessive music violation, driving on a suspended license and possession of marijuana.
Woman pulls $10 snatch-and-run
A woman asked a 17-year-old man for money, snatched $10 out of his hand and ran about 2 p.m. Sunday in the Family Dollar parking lot at 527 S. Greenwood St.
Police said the man was going to give the woman a dollar when she grabbed $10 instead.
The case is under investigation, and anyone with information was asked to call detective Jennie Phillips at (706) 883-2618 or Sgt. Mark Cavender at (706) 883-2630.
Assault probed
Troup County sheriff’s deputies were investigating an assault near West Point. A man said he was attacked Sunday, but details were unavailable.
Damage
— Four tires were cut and the driver’s-side mirror shattered of a vehicle in the 1500 block of Hogansville Road, causing more than $500 damage.
— All the windows were broken out of a van in the back yard of a residence in the 600 block of DeGroat Street, causing more than $500 damage.
Fraud
About 30 checks were reported missing at Tritter Feefer Home Collection at 1980 Lukken Industrial Drive. Eight of the checks were forged and cashed at JR Food Mart at 1616 Whitesville Street for a total $7,599.
Thefts, burglaries
— A Dell computer valued at $848 was taken from Wal-Mart at 803 New Franklin Road.
— A 32-inch TV, a PlayStation 2, two controllers and a memory card, with a total value of $675, were taken from a residence in the 900 block of South Ogletree Street.
— Two 15-inch tires and rims, valued at a total $500, attached to a car in front of Fryer’s Tire Center at 808 New Franklin Road were taken, and the thieves left the back end of the vehicle sitting on the ground.
— A thief took a $400 TV from a hotel room at the Town and Country Motel at 712 New Franklin Road.
— A 19-inch flat screen TV and a CD player, with a total value of $400, were taken from a residence in the 600 block of DeGroat Street.
— A Pizza Hut magnetic car topper valued at $250 was taken from a vehicle in the pizzeria’s parking lot at 208 Commerce Ave.
— A 2003 Yamaha four-wheeler was stolen from a yard in the 400 block of Cooley Road.
— A resident of the 100 block of Pine Circle said a man was sitting in her back yard about midnight Sunday and ran into the woods toward Durand Road when her boyfriend pulled into the driveway. On the previous night, the same man had tried to remove an air-conditioning unit from a window of the residence, she said.
— Several items were stolen from a yard in the 200 block of Gray Hill School Road, including a riding lawn mower, air compressor and two tool boxes. The items were valued at $1,400.
Wrecks
— One person was injured in a hit-and-run about 3:45 a.m. Saturday at East Depot and Jarboe streets.
Police said Ricky Lamar Howard, 20, of Greenville Street made a left turn onto Jarboe Street in a white Lexus ES 300, when a white Dodge Charger in front of him began backing up, striking the vehicle.
Howard’s passenger Renaldo Prather, 27, of Mooty Bridge Road, was treated at West Georgia Medical Center. A condition report was not available this morning.
The driver of the Charger could be cited for improper backing, but had not been identified.
— An adult and four children were injured 5 p.m. Friday in a two-car collision on New Franklin Road in front of Staples.
Police said Ashley Thornton, 26, of East Mount Zion Church Road was driving on New Franklin Road when her Ford Expedition was struck in the rear by a Toyota Camry driven by Brandi Dozier, 28, of Williams Street.
Police said an adult and four children - two 7-year-old girls, one 3-year-old girl and a 6-year-old boy - were treated at West Georgia Medical Center. Condition reports were unavailable this morning.
- It is the policy of LaGrange Daily News to print the names of people charged with felonies.
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