Thief steals electronics from home
On Feb. 4, law enforcement responded to 241 E. Baldwin St. in reference to a residential burglary. The victim, Derick Woods, stated he left his residence to go to dinner. When he returned home, he noticed the trash can in the kitchen was knocked over, though already picked up before officers arrived on scene, and the curtains and blinds were in disarray as if someone had made entry into the residence through the kitchen window.
Woods stated he was missing his black HP laptop, silver iPad, a gold necklace, and $250 in cash missing from his living room coffee table. Woods also stated the person who entered his residence went through the rest of his house but did not notice anything else missing.
While speaking with Woods, he stated the driver door to his 1993 Chevrolet Silverado was cracked causing him to believe it was entered. An officer noticed fresh fingerprints, mostly smudges, in the dust on the window behind the driver’s door. Woods stated he did not notice anything missing from inside of his truck. There were no pry marks or any other signs of forced entry near the kitchen window. As of The Baldwin Bulletin’s deadlines, there were no suspects.
Male trespasses on unit
On Feb. 5, law enforcement was dispatched to 199 Green St. in reference to criminal trespass. Footage showed a male on the victim’s front porch walking away with items. A second video showed the male was close to the camera, before he noticed it and flipped it downwards.
The male walked away with a gas can and a leaf blower. Upon further inspection, both items were still underneath the porch. The second video showed a black male with scruffy facial hair, wearing a hat, up close to the camera.
Upon further inspection, the victim advised she does not believe anything was taken, only moved around. Based on the photos and the videos, officers positively identified the offender to be Charles Thomas. A warrant for criminal trespass was secured for Thomas.
Man uses fake receipt to shoplift
On Feb. 5, law enforcement was dispatched to Walmart in reference to shoplifting. The asset protection manager stated she was informed by an employee that a male subject, later known as Sidney Smith, was inside of the Garden Center selecting merchandise valued at a high dollar amount and was acting suspicious. Footage showed Smith come into the Garden Center with a television in a buggy, select a boxed patio set and place it on a 1-cart, and walk toward the front of the facility to enter into the last point of sale of the GM vestibule. An employee approached Smith and asked to see his receipt for the items he had on the cart. Smith presented the employee with a receipt, which was determined to be a fake, and began to explain he was there for a pickup order. The employee advised Smith of the receipt being a fake, but Smith continued to say he was doing a pickup order. Smith gave the items to the employee and left the scene. Due to Smith using a fraudulent receipt, charges for theft by deception were taken out. A training receipt for the items Smith took were valued at $1,200.
Male hides and flees from arrest
On Feb. 10, law enforcement responded to 1126 Oconee St. to attempt a warrant service on Tonquondrick Cannon. Officers began to walk the perimeter of the house while knocking on windows after noticing movement in the home and waiting for someone to answer the door. A male was seen moving frantically inside and closing the blinds around the home. Eventually a woman answered the door and stated her boyfriend and children were inside.
All occupants were called out of the home and, after several moments, the female subject stated there was no one else in the residence. Deputies began to clear the house. In a bedroom, a deputy moved a mattress and located Cannon hiding in the box spring portion of the bed. Cannon was taken into custody and placed in double locking handcuffs.
While other deputies removed Cannon from the residence, officers finished doing a security sweep of the house. No other people were located in the residence. During his detainment, Cannon slipped off his shoes and requested they be put back on. He broke away from the officer’s hold and began fleeing the area on foot. An officer began to give chase and gave Cannon lawful commands to stop running. Cannon ran to the rear of the houses on Oconee Street and continued toward Pritchard Street.
The officer drew and activated his taser and told Cannon to stop running or he would tase him. Cannon made a right turn onto Pritchard Street. According to the report, “Although I was closing the distance with Cannon, I decided to deploy my taser, due to his previous history of violence towards law enforcement and his propensity to flee.” He waited until Cannon was in a grassy area and discharged one cartridge but watched one probe not make a good connection. He discharged a second cartridge and was able to observe the two probes make impact. Cannon fell to the ground. Warrants for escape, giving false name and date of birth, and two counts of obstruction of officers were secured against Cannon.