The following are highlights of incidents that were handled by officers of the Baxley Police Department over the past few weeks.
On August 1 at approximately 9:53 am, officers answered a call to a local furniture company in reference to a theft. On arrival, a complainant told officers that he was missing approximately $3,100 from his vehicle, where he’d left it. The complainant said that he’d noticed it gone on July 29 and had searched everywhere for it.
On August 2 at approximately 6:56 pm, officers answered a call to a domestic argument at a Solomon Street address. On arrival, officers met with the victim in the incident who told them that her and her husband had gotten into an argument and it turned physical. Investigation led to Timothy Thomas, age 40 of Baxley, being charged with one count of simple battery in connection with this incident.
On August 4 at approximately 8:30 am, officers met with a resident at an Azalea Drive address in reference to a theft. On arrival, the resident told officers that sometime during the night, person(s) unknown entered his wife’s vehicle and removed two pair of sunglasses and a Ruger LCP .380 (serial # 37456732). The pistol has been entered into the GCIC computer system as stolen.
On August 4 at approximately 5:56 pm, officers answered a call to Wal-Mart in reference to a theft. On arrival, officers met with the LPC officers who had a person detained for taking several hundred dollars worth of items without paying for them. Charged in connection with this incident was Sheila Jones, age 38, of McRae with one count of theft by shoplifting.
On August 6 at approximately 7:40 pm, officers met with a resident at a Cypress Drive address in reference to a theft. On arrival, the resident told officers that she was missing a blue Troy Built Tiller.
On August 9 at approximately 1:30 pm, officers answered a call to Wal-Mart in reference to a theft. On arrival, officers met with the LPC officer who told them that they had identified a person from a theft that occurred o nthe day before, in which a person took several hundred dollars worth of items and left without paying. Sheila Jones, age 38, of McRae was charged with one count of theft by shoplifting in connection with this incident.
On August 10 at approximately 11:24 pm, officers went to an area on Lewis Lane to check on a suspicious person. On arrival, the officers noticed a person inside an old abandoned home, and stopped to follow up on the call. After a brief investigation, the person was detained for loitering. Once at the detention center, a plastic bag containing 12 pills was seized. The pills were identified as Subutex (buprenorphine, schedule-3 controlled substance). Charged in connection with this incident was John Davidson, age 26, of a Surrency address with one count of loitering and crossing of a guard line with drugs.
Chief Godfrey would like to ask anyone who has knowledge of these or any other crimes to please contact the Baxley Police Department, the Appling County Sheriff’s office, or the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.