The fire, reported at 5:49 a.m., was blamed on a malfunctioning space heater in a bedroom. It spread into another bedroom, as well as the kitchen, laundry room, attic and underneath the house. Flames were shooting through the roof when firefighters arrived.
There was smoke and water damage throughout the residence.
Damage was estimated at $39,000.
Dog gets loose, bites woman
A LaGrange woman was bitten by an untethered dog while checking the electrical box to her apartment in Lucy Morgan Homes at 603 Borton St.
Police said the woman was walking toward the box at the rear of her building when a small black-and-white dog on a leash ran from a tether line and bit her on the leg.
The woman was treated at West Georgia Medical Center for two puncture wounds that she had bandaged before leaving the residence.
The owner told officers he had put the animal on a shorter leash to keep it confined to the yard and the dog was up-to-date on its vaccinations.
Christmas gifts stolen from house
Santa Claus had come early but a thief wasn’t feeling generous when more than $4,000 in Christmas gifts and electronics were taken from a residence in the 1200 block of Second Avenue.
Police said thieves entered the house through a broken window in the back door and took all the wrapped toys, two flat-screen TVs, stereo equipment and a PlayStation 2.
Angry woman blocks cabbie
A cab driver’s vehicle was allegedly blocked in by another woman looking to fight while at the Money Back store at 517 Hamilton Road.
The cabbie pulled into the station to pump gas for work when the woman blocked her in from the back. The assailant got out of the car and asked what the victim was going to do, and the cab driver told her she was going to call the police.
The woman threw an empty Pepsi can at the cab and fled.
The victim told police she used to talk with the assailant’s child’s father.
Damage
A vandal kicked in a panel of a front door in the 100 block of Daugherty Street, causing about $100 damage.
Forgery
A thief forged a check for $105 to purchase cigarettes from the Shell Mart at 505 Vernon St.
Thefts, burglaries
— About $8,905 worth of money, prescription pills, personal paperwork and jewelry were taken from a safe in the 200 block of Nevada Street.
— DVDs, a DVD player and a Sony VAIO laptop, with a total value of about $5,200, were taken from a vehicle in the 900 block of Kelley Street.
— Car stereo equipment and four tires with a total value of $4,312 were taken from a vehicle in the 800 block of Hines Street.
— A Kenwood amplifier, Clarion car stereo and a speaker, with a total value of $1,000, were taken from a vehicle in the 200 block of Cherry Valley Drive.
— A PlayStation 3 and 12 games with a total value of $600 were taken from a residence in the 1000 block of Kelley Street.
— A resident of the 300 block of Glover Road said a thief entered his shop building and took several items valued at $1,230.
— A thief entered a storage building in the rear parking lot at New Franklin Road Baptist Church and stole a leaf flower, weed trimmer and another type of trimmer.
— Tools valued at $900 were taken in a burglary in the 1100 block of Corinth Road.
— Two flat-screen TVs and three bottles of wine were stolen in a burglary in the 200 block of Leisure Circle near Pine Mountain.
— A student at Callaway High School reported the theft of a cell phone valued at $150.
Arrests
— Rachael Lynn Smith, 26, of Fling Road was arrested on drug charges after a Troup County sheriff’s deputy stopped her car Saturday afternoon at Green-ville and Wood roads be-cause there was no license plate on the vehicle. She was charged with possession of Xanax, hydrocodone and less than an ounce of marijuana, as well as driving while license suspended and operation of an unregistered vehicle.
— Sheriff’s deputy Jeff Walker made a traffic stop Sunday night on West Point Road after a driver allegedly ran a stop sign at Teaver Road. Walker discovered that the back-seat passenger, Raymond Daniel Parker, 20, of Columbus, was wanted for a burglary in Columbus. He was arrested and taken to the Troup County Jail.
- It is the policy of LaGrange Daily News to print the names of people charged with felonies.
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