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January 2, 2013

Robbery reported to local law enforcement

Latasha Everson/The Tifton Gazette CNHI The Tifton Gazette Wed Jan 02, 2013, 09:30 PM EST

TIFTON — Local law enforcement responded to a robbery by force and several other incidents over the New Year’s holiday weekend.

According to an incident report filed at the Tift County Sheriff’s Office, a man who lives in the 700 block of West 25th Street reported Tuesday morning that at approximately 5:30 a.m., four black males entered his home and robbed him.

There was some cash taken in the robbery; no weapons were mentioned in the report. The report states that the man was also beaten during the robbery.

Maj. Bobby Brannen at the TCSO stated in an e-mail that the man was treated at the scene by Emergency Medical Services for an injury to his hand but declined transport to the hospital by EMS.

He noted that Investigator Adam Tanner has been assigned this case. Anyone with information can contact him at 388-6021.

Also, according to the sheriff’s office and Tifton Police Department, there were few reports on gunshots being fired for the bringing in of the New Year. No injuries were reported.

There was one report from the police department of a Hispanic male who was shooting in the air in the 1000 block of Ferry Lake Road. The officer who responded to the scene reported in an incident report that while he attempted to identify whether or not the gun was stolen, the suspect ran away.

According to an incident report filed at the TCSO, a woman reported that someone fired a firearm in the area of Shanna Drive and pellets hit her roof. However, this incident occurred between 3:41 and 3:51 p.m. Tuesday.

In other unrelated cases:

• A man was arrested Sunday after he was involved in a one-vehicle wreck on Sand Creek Road. According to the accident report filed at the TCSO, the man was traveling north on Sand Creek Road, and due to his level of intoxication, his vehicle entered the east ditch and then traveled into a wooded area where it came to a final rest. The driver fled the scene but was apprehended a short time later. The report states that Christopher Donzell Johns, 33, 240 Early Hutchinson Road, was charged with DUI, a basic rules violation, failure to maintain lane, duty upon striking an unattended vehicle, failure to stop at sign, duty of driver to stop at or return to the scene of an accident and criminal damage to property in the second degree.

• A man who lives on Sandra Drive reported Tuesday that his mobile home was broken into. He told police that his residence had been ransacked, and the only item missing was a glass jar containing cash and coins. The report states that someone entered through the front of the mobile home by prying the door lock open with a tool and exited through the rear door.

• A man who lives in the 400 block of Tifton-Eldorado Road reported Sunday that someone broke into his residence and took items valued at $2,230.

• A woman who lives in the 1700 block of South Ridge Avenue reported Saturday that someone kicked in her door and took items valued at $40.

• A woman who lives in the 190 block of Lower Brookfield Road reported Friday that someone stole items such as power tools and hand tools from the storage shed behind her house.

• A man reported Monday that someone broke into his rental house on South Ridge Avenue,

• An 18-year-old male reported Saturday that while at a basketball game at Tift County High School, someone entered his vehicle and stole two shotguns, cash, his debit card and his wallet. The report states that none of the vehicle’s doors appeared to have been forced open. Also, in a separate report, a juvenile reported that while at the basketball game, someone entered her vehicle and stole her wallet and an overnight bag. Also, other juvenile passengers reported that their wallets were stolen.

• A woman who lives in the 700 block of West 21st Street reported Saturday that someone knocked out a small window on her SUV and stole the CD player.

• A man who lives on O’Quinn Road reported Tuesday that while he was sitting in his dinning room, someone three pipes through his window.

To contact reporter Latasha Everson, call 382-4321.

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