Employee steals from cash register at Dollar General
On April 22, law enforcement responded to a call in reference to a theft at the Dollar General on South Elbert Street. An employee, identified in the report as A’Joyus Cherry, was seen on the store security cameras taking money from the cash register and failing to place it in the safe before leaving the store. A manager told law enforcement that $293.48 was found missing from the till of the cash register following Cherry’s shift on April 16. In addition, $418.83 was found missing from the till again on April 19 following Cherry’s shift. Law enforcement reviewed and confirmed that in the footage for which both dates that Cherry was shown behind the front-end counter retrieving money from within the cash register, was seen placing the money on the counter before closing the cash register, and seen walking out from behind the counter with the money in her possession. Cherry first denied the accusations being made against her, but later informed law enforcement that she would bring the money back to the store. Warrants for theft by taking were sworn against Cherry following the incident and a Notice of Prohibited Entry was signed and acknowledged by Cherry without incident.
Burglary at Papa & Nana’s Adult Care
On April 22, law enforcement responded to a call-in reference to a burglary at Papa & Nana’s Adult Care. The victim told law enforcement that after her store in Sparta closed, she stored some of the name brand merchandise in a closet at the location. Upon arrival to pick up the items, she noticed the closet door was pried open with a piece of paper stuck between the door and the strike plate. Some men’s clothes and a few women’s clothing valued at approximately $3,670 were missing. Law enforcement observed damage to the outside part of the door frame near the strike plate and discovered a twelve-inch cooking knife on the floor inside of the closet which possibly caused the damage to the door frame. There is nothing further at this time.
Male falls unconscious after being punched
On April 24, law enforcement was performing a foot patrol near Ned Kelly’s when an officer noticed a large group of people yelling and running in the area of South Wayne Street and Greene Street. The officer noticed a male lying on the ground bleeding from his face. Two subjects were tending to the male on the ground and stated the injured male was attacked by a group of people that were seen fleeing the area on East Greene Street. The officer relayed this information to other officers who quickly found the group near St. Stephens Church. The officer then spoke with one of the subjects by the victim who stated it was his older brother. The younger brother and a friend explained that the victim had an argument with a group of males and two females across the street. The group then approached them, and one of the males knocked a drink from the victim’s hand to which the victim yelled at the male and was then “sucker punched” by a large, bearded male in a black shirt. Another witness gave the officer the same description of events. EMS was called to the scene due to the victim being unconscious and bleeding from his face and head. Other officers were able to catch the group seen fleeing the area and escorted them back to the incident scene. The brother of the victim identified the offender, Trey Bonner, from the group. Bonner was then placed under arrest for battery.