An employee getting ready to use the van Monday found that the ignition had been popped and the key wouldn’t fit into it.
The van had remained in the parking lot over the weekend.
Officers found a large quantity of dirt inside, indicating that someone had driven down a dirt road very fast. There were no signs of forced entry, and all the light bulbs had been removed.
The vehicle is valued at $15,000 and the damage at $500.
Rig hits Buick; driver flees
A tractor-trailer rig struck the driver’s side of a Buick Century while turning right from the center lane of South Greenwood Street and Vernon Street.
Police said Charles James, 53, of Snellville waited for the light to change in the center lane of Vernon Street and turned into the Buick driven by Laura Kelly, 34, of Murphy Avenue. Her passenger jumped out and attempted to flag down James, who continued to Lafayette Parkway.
Officers caught up with the vehicle on Lafayette Parkway and charged James with failure to maintain lane and leaving the scene of an accident.
Kelly was treated at the scene for injuries sustained during the wreck.
Pedestrian faces weapons charge
A 17-year-old Depot Street man was charged with carrying a concealed weapon after walking down the street with a pistol in his hand.
Police said they told two men to stop and talk with officers near DeGroat and Dixie streets. One of the men sat down, and the other fled to Chattahoochee Street.
Officers found the man hiding in the bed of a truck and found a .40 caliber handgun nearby.
He was charged with carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a firearm by someone younger than 18, carrying a firearm without a license and obstruction. He later was charged with criminal trespass after causing minor damage to the truck he was hiding in.
Police: Ex-employee makes threats
A former employee of Advanced Auto Parts at 426 New Franklin Road allegedly went the store, showed a gun on his belt and threatened those inside.
The store manager told police the man said he was “going to leave before he shot somebody,” flashed open his coat showing a handgun in a holster and left the store, yelling back that he was kidding.
Men try to lasso mailboxes
A Woodchase Drive resident told police that a group of men may have “lassoed” a mailbox, causing about $450 damage.
A neighbor heard a noise outside and saw a white truck with a group of men in the bed. The neighbor told police he had seen a similar truck in the area, and a group of men with a rope had been attempting to lasso mailboxes.
Arrests
— Courtney Williamson, 18, of Mallory Drive was charged with first-degree forgery.
— Dana Vinson, 25, of Stockbridge was charged by Troup County sheriff’s deputies with aggravated battery, battery, simple battery and false imprisonment.
— Timothy Pruitt, 40, of Briarcliff Road was charged with possession of methamphetamine and having an open container.
— Joshua Sanders, 19, of Montgomery, Ala., was charged by Hogansville police with carrying a concealed weapon, theft by receiving stolen property, possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime, possession of marijuana with an intent to distribute, driving on a suspended or revoked license, and failure to maintain lane.
— Joshua Smith, 21, of Montgomery was charged by Hogansville police with theft by receiving stolen property, possession of marijuana with an intent to distribute, possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime and carrying a concealed weapon.
— Lawrence Nix, 31, of Milledgeville was charged by LaGrange police with theft by deception.
— Charlie Hardy, 36, of Murphy Avenue was charged with aggravated battery and two counts of third-degree cruelty to children.
— Mario Brisco, 29, of Mitchell Avenue was charged with sale of cocaine, possession of cocaine with an intent to distribute, possession of cocaine, obstruction, tampering with evidence and a probation violation.
— Jennifer Talley, 40 of River Run Drive in Hogansville was charged with theft by receiving stolen property and theft by deception.
Guilty pleas
Sentenced after pleading guilty Monday in Troup Superior Court were:
— Richard Delon Motin, 42, of LaGrange; two years in prison and three years’ probation for stealing Schlitz malt liquor from Piggly Wiggly on South Greenwood Street. It was his fourth shoplifting conviction.
— Jimmy Lee Morrow, 25, of LaGrange; two years in prison for possession of methamphetamine.
— Desmond Erricco Peterson, 35, of LaGrange; two years in prison and three years’ probation for possession of cocaine.
Thefts
— A Sony Vizio laptop, a gray Compaq laptop, a Kel-Tec handgun and 150 drive-off tags were taken from Shanan’s Auto Sales at 1101 Whitesville St.
— A red ladder valued at $150 was taken from the yard of a residence in the 400 block of Alford Street.
— A student at Callaway High School reported the theft of his iPod while he was in gym class. It was valued at $150.
- It is the policy of LaGrange Daily News to print the names of people charged with felonies.
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