Property damaged, autos entered at WBHS

In the early morning hours of Feb. 11, police were called to the school in reference to an alarm call. Upon arrival, police discovered a broken glass window behind the cafeteria. Officers made entry and searched the building for suspects, but none were located. According to the report, an unknown suspect used a large rock to break a door window behind the cafeteria. A rock was also used to damage a metal window frame to another door. A review of the video surveillance system did not show anyone actually entering the building.

Later that morning, police were called back to the school in response to an entering auto complaint. A parent reported that she had parked her vehicle outside the gym entrance and accidentally locked her keys and purse inside. By the time the woman returned with a second set of keys, her right rear passenger window had been shattered. Nothing was reported stolen.

On the afternoon of Feb. 11, police were also dispatched to the school in response to a property damage complaint. A student’s vehicle was damaged when a security gate blew open and struck the rear passenger side panel.


Hot dogs, yogurt found in mailboxes

Several Beech Creek Circle residents recently discovered more than mail in their mailboxes.

On Feb. 7, several homeowners reported finding food items including hot dogs, yogurt, bologna,
eggs, corn dogs or mustard in or on their mailboxes.

At least three homeowners reported receiving the unexpected food delivery.

There are no witnesses or suspects.


Man receives disturbing picture message

An Athens man contacted Winder Police after receiving a disturbing picture message on his cell phone.

The man said someone sent him a photograph of four men having sex on a patrol car. The complainant provided the telephone number of the person who sent the photograph.

The man contacted the sender who advised the picture had been sent by mistake. The man requested a report be filed in case the person continued to send him pictures.

A copy of the photograph was provided to police.


Woman harassed about lottery winnings

A woman called the Sheriff’s Office after receiving numerous phone calls over a six month period advising her that she had won a lottery.

The woman said the caller is a man with a foreign accent. Each time the man calls, he asks for money. Believing the call to be a scam, the woman has repeatedly asked the man to stop calling.

Despite her requests, the man has continued to call. When the woman got angry and demanded to know what the man wanted, he replied that he wanted to perform a sexual act with her.

The woman requested a report be made so that her phone company would block the caller’s number.


Grandmother receives explicit phone call

A woman contacted the Sheriff’s Office after her grandmother received a harassing phone call made from a pay phone in Winder.

The caller told the grandmother that each time her granddaughter leaves for the gym, she is actually heading out to engage in sexual acts with the caller.

The woman said she did not know who made the call, but explained that she has been having trouble with her in-laws. The woman said her husband is currently serving in Afghanistan and her father-in-law has said he would be watching her. The woman said her father-in-law does not like her and wants his son to leave her.

The woman was advised to contact the Sheriff’s Office if she or her grandmother received any further calls.


Man fires shotgun in order to clean it

Deputies were dispatched to Mears Street residence after a caller advised that a white male had discharged a firearm in the yard at that address.

A deputy made contact with the male and asked him if he had fired a weapon in the yard. The male admitted that he had and said he had reviewed Georgia firearms laws and knew he could do so legally.

The man said he was going to a shooting range later that day and needed to discharge the shell from his shotgun so that he could clean the weapon.

The man then showed the deputy an office chair in his backyard that he had used for target practice. The deputy noted that the “backrest of the chair showed obvious signs that it had most likely been shot with a shotgun.”

After noting that the area directly behind the residence was wooded and that there were no buildings in close proximity to the rear property line, the deputy decided the shotgun had not been fired in an unsafe manner. The deputy did advise the man to limit his shooting to open fields and firing ranges in the future.