TIFTON —
Local law enforcement agencies recently responded to several incidents, including an alleged robbery and burglaries.
According to an incident report filed at the Tifton Police Department, a 53-year-old woman from Mascotte, Fla. reported early Friday morning that after leaving the “82 East Truck Stop,” two black males followed her as she walked west on U.S. Highway 82 and then turned on West Fifth Street, reaching South Park Avenue.
She told police that upon reaching the corner of South Park Avenue, one of the black males, who had a goatee with rubber bands and was wearing a stocking cap and a gray hoodie, brandished a knife and stated that he would cut her pocket out and cut her throat. As he forced her to the ground, the suspect took her money from the front, left pocket of her jacket by cutting the pocket, the woman reported.
She further told police that the other black male was stocky and was riding a blue bicycle with white wall tires.
The report states that both subjects were seen leaving south on Park Avenue and had been in the truck stop prior to the attack.
The woman had a minor busted upper lip and torn/cut jacket, the report states. It also states that the woman was very intoxicated and was staying at a local motel during her stay in Tifton.
In other unrelated cases:
• A woman who lives in the 2000 block of North Tift Avenue reported Friday that sometime during the day, someone broke into her apartment and stole her 42-inch flat screen television.
• A woman who lives in the 2900 block of South Park Avenue reported Friday that someone broke into her house and stole her 32-inch television.
• Officer William Germaine at the TPD reported Monday that he noticed the front window to Star Games and Electronics on Bellview Avenue was broken. A jewelry case was broken, and an unknown amount of jewelry and three gray flip phones were missing.
• A man who lives in the 600 block of Highway 319 North reported Friday that someone entered his residence through a window and took some jewelry and televisions valued at $2,500.
• A woman reported Saturday that several items, including old cars, old appliances and scrap metal, were stolen from her property on Dorsey Road.
• A woman reported Sunday that while delivering papers in the 200 block of Cromer Road, subjects began shooting in her direction.
• A man reported Saturday that while at Tift Regional Medical Center on East 18th Street, someone entered his vehicle and stole several items. Entry into the truck was made on the passenger side door of the vehicle. No forced entry was noticed, the report states.
To contact reporter Latasha Everson, call 382-4321.
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