The incident report states an officer was dispatched Aug. 5 to a business at 100 N. Duncan Bypass in response to a report of a stolen car. The owner stated he’d sold the vehicle to the victim but the man had later called him and asked if he had repossessed it. He said no but he could look it up on GPS and find its location. When he did, he called the police.
The vehicle was located unattended and unlocked at a business on South Duncan Bypass. An employee of a business beside the building where the vehicle was located said it was parked there when he arrived for work around 8 a.m. He said that since then he had not seen anyone around the vehicle.
The victim told the responding officer he’d parked he car at a business on Gadberry Street around 6 p.m. Aug. 4 to have some work done on it. He’d left the keys in the car. The next morning when he called about the vehicle he was told by the owner of the business that he hadn’t seen it. He then called the dealership he’d bought it from.
The vehicle, which is valued at $10,000, was returned to the victim.
Carbreaking
A Cross Anchor man ended up in jail after a person who saw him breaking into a car called police and then followed him down the the street as he tried to walk away.
Ty Wayne Morris, 19, 11960 Highway 56, Cross Anchor, is charged by the public safety department with carbreaking and consumption of liquor by a minor.
The incident report states officers were dispatched the night of Aug. 5 to 405 Lakeview Heights in response to a report of a car being broke into. They were advised by 911 that the suspect had left on foot and the complainant was following him down the street. The suspect was described as wearing black jeans and carrying a white T-shirt over his shoulder.
An officer spotted a white male matching the description walking down the street with a person in a car following him. The officer identified the white male as Morris and the person in the vehicle was the complainant.
The complainant said he saw Morris coming out of a 2005 Toyota Highlander that was parked at 405 Lakeview Heights. He said that after he yelled at him, Morris began walking down the street and he followed him.
Another witness said she’d seen Morris and another person in the Highlander. She said the other person ran off into the woods.
Officers attempted to locate the other person but were unable to do so.
The report states Morris was read his rights and then began to speak to an officer, admitting that he did break into the vehicle. He also said he’d been drinking, consuming a pint of S&G liquor before breaking into the car. Morris was then placed under arrest and transported to jail.
An officer spoke to the owner of the vehicle who said he had left it unlocked. The owner said the vehicle was not damaged and nothing was missing.
Incidents
The following incidents are being investigated by the public safety department:
Car Vandalized
Officers dispatched to Lipsey Street just after midnight Tuesday in response to a report of a fight found themselves also investigating an act of vandalism.
The incident report states that when officers arrived, a large group was breaking up and leaving the area. They questioned some of the people in the group but nobody came forth with any information.
While searching the area, an officer was called to 204 Lipsey St. about a vandalized car. The victim said she didn’t know who did it but that she’d been told there’d been fighting and her vehicle had been damaged.
The report states the vehicle, a white four-door 1998 Buick Regal, had a hole in the corner of the windshield and some minor paint damage on the trunk lid just below the hole. Damage to the vehicle was estimated at $600.
CD Player Stolen
A friend texted him about someone standing next to his car, but a Union man didn’t get the message until he woke up and then discovered someone had stolen the CD player from his car.
The incident report states an officer was dispatched to 314 S. Mountain St. around 7:30 a.m. on Aug. 5 in response to a break-in call. The victim said a friend had texted him around 3:20 a.m. that someone was standing next to his car which he’d parked across the street in the driveway at 311 S. Mountain St. He was asleep at the time and did not get the text until 3:50 a.m. He said he went outside to look at his car and then went back inside his residence.
Around 7:20 a.m. the victim said his mother discovered the car had been broken into and told him. The victim said the passenger side window was left partially open during the night but the doors had been locked.
The only thing missing from the burgundy, four-door 1996 Toyota Camry was a Kenwood CD player with an estimated value of $120.
Stolen Bicycle
A girl’s bicycle was the target of a thief or thieves who stole it from the backyard of a residence at 206 Catherine St., Union sometime between 10:30 p.m. Sunday and 2 p.m. Monday. The bicycle is a purple and white 26-inch Roadmaster Mountain bike with an estimated value of $100.
Broken Window
An unknown object was used to bust a hole in a window at 237 N. Gadberry St., Union, sometime between 2:30 p.m. Friday and just before 8 a.m. Monday. The hole is described as slightly larger than a softball but the object used to make it could not be located. The damage was estimated at $500.
Arrests
The following persons were arrested by the public safety department:
Paul Monty Caldwell, 42, 4902 Cross Keys Highway, Union, charged Tuesday with open container.
Alexander David Sadosky, 53, 117 East Academy St., Union, charged Monday with disorderly conduct.
Takelia Monique Jeter, 29, 117 S. Pinckney St., Union, charged Aug. 5 with disorderly conduct.
Justus Bay Stephens, 17, 523 Browns Creek Church Road, Union, charged Monday with unlawful communication.
A 16-year-old juvenile charged Friday with burglary first-degree and petit larceny.
Randolph Jeter, 50, 164 Donald Road, Union, charged Monday with driving under suspension second offense.
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