Attempted break-in at Buffington’s
On Oct. 22, law enforcement was dispatched to Buffington’s, 120 W.
Hancock St., in reference to a burglary.
The owner stated that the cook arrived at the location and was unable to use his key to get into the rear door. When the owner arrived at the location, he noticed that the rear door had been tampered with. He suspects that the offender used a crowbar to try to make entry but was unsuccessful. While the officer was on scene, the owner noticed the door to the downstairs storage also had scratches and believed the offender tried to make entry to that door as well. As of The Baldwin Bulletin’s deadline, there is no further information.
$1,200 stolen from apartment
On Oct. 23, law enforcement was dispatched to 500 West Franklin Street Apartments in reference to a burglary.
The occupant advised he left his room to go work out at the Georgia College Weight Room and returned to his room to discover his room door was heavily damaged. The only item missing was approximately $1,200 in cash that was inside of his TV stand’s drawer. To his knowledge his other roommates were gone to class at the time he left the apartment. Upon further investigation, it appeared the front door to the apartment was pried open, and severely damaged in order to gain entry. He did not suspect anyone he knew to be responsible for the incident. No other video surveillance was available to further investigate the incident.
Vehicle pursuit reaches 106 mph
On Oct. 26, an officer was stationary at State Route 29 Business (Irwinton Road) and Blackberry Lane, when a vehicle topped the hill at a high rate of speed. The vehicle straddled the center line, traveling in both the left and right lane. The driver, identified as Norris Miller, then failed to signal when getting completely into the right lane. The officer attempted to conduct a traffic stop with the vehicle at the intersection of Gordon Highway and Colony Farm Road but the vehicle accelerated. Miller continued south on Gordon Highway at speeds between 80 and 90 miles per hour in a posted 55 mile per hour zone. The officer continued pursuing the vehicle onto Salem Church Road at speeds of approximately 80 miles per hour in a posted 55 mile per hour speed zone. He then turned left onto State Route 49, where speeds reached 105 miles per hour and continued until stopping in front of 270 Kitchens Rd. Miller fled on foot and ignored verbal commands so the officer deployed his taser, which caused Miller to fall. The officer detected the strong odor of an unknown alcoholic beverage coming from his person, noticed Miller’s eyes were bloodshot and that his speech was slurred. Miller refused all testing but a search of Miller’s vehicle was conducted where two open containers of alcohol were located. Miller received citations for failure to maintain lane, open container, and DUI refusal. One state warrant on Miller was secured for felony fleeing and attempting to elude a law enforcement officer.
Customer fails to scan items at Walmart
On Oct. 28, law enforcement contacted the asset protection manager at Walmart, at 2592 North Columbia Street, in reference to shoplifting. The manager stated she observed Casious Johnson not scanning multiple miscellaneous items through security cameras.
She confronted Johnson and asked him to step in her office to ask about some of the items which were not paid for.
Johnson paid for merchandise totaling up to $31.37 but did not pay for five items totaling approximately $67.31.
Law enforcement contacted Johnson and he disclosed he did not have enough money for all the items he had picked out. Johnson was transported to Baldwin County Law Enforcement Center without incident and issued a citation for theft by shoplifting.