Public Safety

Incidents reported recently to the Banks County Sheriff’s Office include the following:
•simple assault during a domestic dispute at a Banks Crossing motel.
•a man came to the sheriff’s office and reported that someone used his debit card to make several purchases.
•window damaged on a vehicle at a West Ridgeway Road, Maysville, location.
•a Loggins Lane, Commerce, man said someone backed into his fence and knocked it down.
•a Maysville man said someone damaged his daughter’s car while she was at work.
•a Cedar Drive, Alto, woman said the door of her home was open when she returned from being out. She said nothing appeared to have been taken.
•a Dock Lawrence Lane, Alto, woman said that someone drove on her driveway and damaged it.
•shoplifting at a Hwy. 441, Commerce, business when a woman went through the self check out and didn’t scan all of the items.
•shoplifting at a Hwy. 441, Commerce, business when a woman left the store without paying.
•scam when a woman reported she received several phone calls from a man claiming she had won a car and a large sum of money.
•antiques, table and other items taken from a Windmill Farm Road, Homer, address.
•several items stolen from the basement of an Old Hwy. 441, Alto, location.
•domestic dispute at a Condor Lane, Lula, location.

For more crime news, see this week's issue of the Banks County News.

The Banks County E-9-1-1 Center is again coordinating the Santa Shoebox for Seniors efforts.
Items that are donated will be placed in wrapped shoe boxes. Items needed include: small throw blanket, calendars, socks, slippers, nail clippers, brush, comb, mirror, magazines, games, books, lotions, scented soaps, handkerchiefs and flashlights. Those who donate are asked not to include candy or razors.
The shoeboxes are delivered to two nursing homes, the senior citizen’s center and elders in the community who are in need.
Drop off locations are: Banks County Sheriff’s Office, Banks County Public Library, Banks County Recreation Department, Homer City Hall, Banks County Fire/EMS Administration Office and Banks County Courthouse.

A woman reported to the Banks County Sheriff’s Office that she saw two men pull a side view mirror of a vehicle at Wal-Mart and leave with it.
The woman said she followed the men and told them to return the mirror but they cursed at her and shot a bird and left the parking lot.
Other incidents reported to the sheriff’s office includes the following:
•shoplifting when a man stole clothing from a Banks Crossing business.
•simple battery during a domestic dispute at a County Line Road, Lula, address.
•vehicle stolen from a Hwy. 441, Commerce, location.
•three handguns and a watch stolen from a Dan Waters Drive, Commerce, residence.
•generator stolen from a vehicle parked at a Hwy. 441, Commerce, location.


For more crime coverage, see this week's issue of the Banks County News.

A woman said she was kidnapped and raped after two men forced her into a truck and took her to a Lula location.

A deputy with the Banks County Sheriff’s Office was called to Northeast Georgia Medical Center where he interviewed the woman. The victim said she was walking on Hidden Valley Drive when a white truck stopped and two men forced her, at gunpoint, to leave with them. She said she recognized them as customers in a restaurant she used to work at but she didn’t know their names.

The woman said the two men took her a a Lula residence where they forced her, at gun point to do drugs, including cocaine and marijuana. She said they also forced her to take pills and drink alcohol. She also reported that both men raped and assaulted her.

The woman said she awoke the next morning and was able to leave the home and walked to Alto, where she was able to call family members to take her to the hospital.

For more crime news, see this week's issue of the Banks County News.

Incidents reported to the Baldwin Police Department last week include the following:

•a woman at a Habersham Village business reported that a customer is harassing her by sending unwanted gifts and calling her.

•a man living in a Laredo Drive apartment said someone took several items in the residence that he had rented.

•domestic dispute at a Willingham Avenue residence.

•trespassing when a man was at a Hwy. 365 business that he had been banned from for making inappropriate comments to the clerk.

•gun stolen from a Peach Orchard Road location.

•theft at a Landrum Street residence.

•one-vehicle wreck at a Hwy. 441 Bypass address.

•battery at an Apple Tree Lane location.

For more crime news, see this week's issue of the Banks County News.

An incident of road rage was reported to the Banks County Sheriff’s Office.

A man said that he came out of the Home Depot parking lot and went toward Wendy’s when a man “ran up close to his vehicle and began blowing his horn and shooting him a bird.” He said the man also tried to pass him on a double yellow line. He said he then stopped and asked the man what was going on.

For more crime news, see this week's issue of the Banks County News.

A man reported to the Banks County Sheriff’s Office that a woman he let into his motel room stole cash.

The man said he woke up the morning after letting the woman in his room and found that $38,000 in cash, a checkbook and keys had been stolen. He didn’t know the woman’s last name or where she lives.

For more crime news, see this week's issue of the Banks County News

A woman said she was attacked after she told two women to “shut up” when they were talking during a movie.

The woman told a deputy with the Banks County Sheriff’s Office that she told the two women to “shut up” at a cinema at Banks Crossing. She said that after the movie, when she went to the bathroom, the women attacked her. She said she was hit, her hair was pulled and she was slammed into a wall. She said her step-daughter was also struck.

For more crime news, see this week's issue of the Banks County News.

Incidents reported to the Maysville Police Department last week include the following:
•theft by taking on West Ridgeway Road where someone complained about two leaf blowers being stolen from their trailer.
•theft by taking on West Freeman Street where a man complained about a former tenant taking a refrigerator from a residence his mother owns.


For more crime coverage, see this week's issue of the Banks County News.