Oconee County police blotter - Online Athens
IDENTITY THEFT: On July 27, Deputy Stephen Shaffer was dispatched to Oconee Crossing Circle, where a 48-year-old Bogart woman said someone had used her debit card and spent $999. 69. The victim told police she received documents from her credit... BURGLARY: On July 28, Deputy Stephen Shaffer was dispatched to Great Oaks Lane, where a 36-year-old Watkinsville man watched someone burglarize his truck and steal his belongings. The suspect fled in the victim’s 2003 Dodge Ram 3500 and drove through traffic at a high speed, nearly hitting the deputy’s car and running red lights until losing control in a North High Shoals Road ditch and fleeing on foot. FRAUD: On July 30, Deputy Shelby Stevers met with a 53-year-old woman, who said someone spent $1,247. 73 from her debit card account at a Winn-Dixie in Florida. The victim told police she was declined a purchase of food and called the Oconee State Bank, which told her the four fraudulent transactions had occurred three days prior over the course of two minutes. DOG BITE: On July 30, Deputy Joseph Williams met with a 54-year-old Watkinsville man, who was victim of a dog attack. The victim told police he was walking his dog on Watsons Spring Road when two Great Pyrenees dogs attacked him and his dog. Source: onlineathens.com
