A thief broke into Shanan’s Used Auto Sales at 1101 Whitesville Road through the rear doors shortly after 8:30 a.m. Wednesday and stole a laptop valued at $600, a 2000 Oldsmobile valued at $6,000, two pellet rifles valued at $300 each, a gold ring valued at $145 and more than 40 automobile keys. The thief had entered by prying the rear doors’ locks, police said. The Oldsmobile was parked in front of the building.

Hungry drunk steals bacon

• A man was arrested Wednesday night for attempting to steal two packages of bacon with a combined value of $15 at Piggly Wiggly at 511 South Greenwood St.. When asked why he did it, the intoxicated suspect laughed and said he was hungry, police said.

Shoplifting

Two incidents of shoplifting were reported Wednesday:

• At J.C. Penney at 1501 Lafayette Parkway, an em-ployee noticed a man and woman stuffing clothing into a brown paper bag Wednesday afternoon. When confronted, the suspects fled on foot with more than $300 worth of items.

• Employees of Wal-Mart at 803 New Franklin Road saw three men take a Sony amplifier out of its box Wednesday night and place it in a brown paper bag. When confronted, they put the amplifier on a nearby shelf and ran outside. Police caught them in the parking lot and issued criminal trespass warnings.

Shots fired

Gunshots struck a home and parked car about 1 a.m. today at 204 Wilkes St. in LaGrange, but no one was injured.

A neighbor who saw the gunman standing in the street could describe him only as a male who walked away after the shooting. Police arrived a short time later, but were unable to find a suspect.

A bullet hit the front wall of the house, which was occupied by at least one person at the time, said police Capt. Mike Pheil.

He said several shell casings from .45-caliber and 9mm pistols were found in the street.

A motive for the shooting had not been determined.

Accident

Kandy Cole, 35, of Ho-gansville was cited for following too closely after her car slammed into the rear of another vehicle stopped at the intersection of North Greenwood and Broad streets Tuesday afternoon in LaGrange. The other driver, Michelle Medeiros, 41, of Wares Cross Road was treated at West Georgia Medical Center and released.

Burglaries, thefts

• A thief damaged the rear door of All N All Clothing at 418 S. Greenwood St. and stole nearly $2,000 of clothing between 10 p.m. Tuesday and 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.

• A woman arrived from work to her residence in the 100 block of Wynnwood Drive early Tuesday morning to discover her rear door kicked in. A DVD player, a radio and an empty safe with a combined value of $400 were stolen.

• A vending machine at West Georgia Technical College at 303 Fort Drive was broken into Tuesday night and an undisclosed amount of coins were stolen.

Arrests

n Police found three men loitering at the Callaway monument at the intersection of Truitt Street and Fourth Avenue on Tuesday night. One of the men had an open beer can and appeared very nervous, officers said. After he consented to a search, police found a crack pipe containing the drug in the man’s jacket. The man, Jason Dixon, 54, of South Parkway was charged with public drunkenness and cocaine possession.

n John Webb, 50, of Waugh Road was charged with theft by conversion of more than $500.

• It is the policy of LaGrange Daily News to print the names of people charged with felonies.