A man with several warrants was arrested Wednesday after police found him inside his car on Dixie Street.

Police said Jeffrey Eugene Brooks, 24, of New Hutchinson Mill Road was sitting in a white Chevrolet. As officers turned on their patrol cars’ sirens, Brooks ran toward a paint shop nearby before being stopped in the 700 block of Hill Street.

Officers found on him a bag of marijuana, about $270 and a cell phone. He was taken to Troup County jail.

Brooks was named as the shooter in an Aug. 17 incident in the Taco Bell parking lot at 314 New Franklin Road, in which a man’s vehicle was shot at multiple times.

Brooks was charged with aggravated assault, possession of a weapon during the commission of a crime, possession of marijuana, obstruction, two counts failure to appear, giving false information and obstruction.

Man tries to cash stolen check

A man gave all his information to bank tellers while trying to cash a stolen check in the drive-through of Community Bank and Trust at 201 Broad St.

Police said the man was in the back seat of a vehicle driven by a woman with another man in the passenger seat. The man in the back seat attempted to pass the check written out for $800 and provided his Georgia ID card and Georgia Transitional Center ID.

The teller checked the account because of the amount.

After finding the account’s checks had been reported stolen, the teller asked her manager to call police. The man in the car asked for the check and his IDs back, but the teller refused, saying the police were on their way. The group fled.

The woman whose checkbook was stolen reported that someone entered her auto in the 300 block of Springdale Drive on Aug. 16.

Arrest

Joe Henry Lynch, 40, of Chatham Street was charged with possession of cocaine.

Damage

n A vandal threw a glass bottle at a man’s vehicle in the 700 block of Juniper Street, then threw the iron cover for a water meter at the driver’s-side window, shattering it. Damage was estimated at $600.

n A woman did extensive corrosive damage to another woman’s vehicle by pouring a cleaning substance on it, causing more than $500 damage.

n A vandal scratched the entirety of a vehicle in the 1000 block of Baldwin Street, causing more than $500 damage.

Thefts, burglaries

n About six cows with an estimated value of $5,500 were stolen in the 400 block of Hudson Road.

n A Coleman generator and two Black and Decker circular saws were among tools stolen from a vacant residence in the 600 block of East Depot Street. The items were valued at $2,210.

n About eight shirts, four pairs of pants, socks and a dirt bike were stolen from a residence in the 1300 block of Forrest Avenue. They were valued at $1,880.

n A thief stole electronics, including a 19-inch Sanyo flat-screen TV, a Phillips DVD player and a digital camera, from a residence in the 500 block of Pine Street. The items were valued at $1,600.

n Items, including a Dell computer, a black athletic bag and two pink ball caps with the word “Diva” and one and “tiny_mce_markerquot” on the other, were stolen from Tone Fitness at 805 Hill St. Items were valued at $825.

n An LG cell phone valued at $100 was stolen from a residence in the 1100 block of Whitesville Road.

n A resident of the 100 block of Oakdale Drive reported the theft of a utility trailer, riding lawnmower, two weed trimmers and several plastic gas cans with a total estimated value of $4,000.

n A radiator valued at $350 was stolen from a disabled car in the 800 block of Hines Road.

n A resident of the 2000 block of Smokey Road said two people tried unsuccessfully to steal three motorcycles from a shed behind his residence.

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

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