Woman reports man for indecent exposure
An unruly 23-year-old man urinating in public near the intersection of College Avenue and Ware Street gave some parenting advice to a woman passing by with her daughter about 2:45 a.m.
The woman and her daughter were heading home after a trip to the hospital when she saw the man urinating in the middle of the street, police said. She told the man to find somewhere more private because she did not want her 7-year-old to see the man's penis. He then told her that if she didn't want to see such things, then she should not have her daughter out at nearly 3 a.m.
The man then hopped in a cab and the woman followed it as she called 911. He was too intoxicated to tell police where he lived, only stating several times that it was his birthday, police said. The woman said she would seek a warrant to charge him with indecent exposure.
FEB. 12
Man breaks window on recalcitrant door
The owner of the P&G Superette in Hoschton called sheriff's deputies when a 20-year-old Braselton man shattered one of the glass door panels while trying to leave the store, according to the Jackson County Sheriff's Office.
After the man walked into the door, he got angry and started yelling and cursing at the store's owner and her family.
The deputy noted in his report that the door was marked "pull," not "push."
FEB. 21
Perfume thieves hit for third time
Shoplifters struck Victoria's Secret in Georgia Square Mall for the third time in a week, making off with hundreds of dollars in perfume.
In the last heist, a woman in her 30s - who always wears pajama bottoms and this day paired the pants with a yellow sweater and bandana - came into the lingerie store with a man.
While the clerk was busy, they stole $863 worth of Very Sexy perfume, the employee told police.
MAY 6
Naked man turns up in wrong apartment
A 21-year-old Dearing Street man came home to find a naked man sitting on his bed next to his sleeping girlfriend about 6 a.m.
The boyfriend held the naked man at gunpoint and told him to wait on the floor for the police. When police arrived, several people stood around the naked man as he lay on the ground outside the apartment building. The man was extremely intoxicated and had entered the wrong apartment.
The girlfriend told police that the naked man did not touch her or try to talk to her at all.
When police asked him where his clothes were, he "smiled slyly" and said, "I'm not sure, sir," according to the police report. The apartment's residents decided not to press charges, but police did charge him with indecent exposure and public intoxication.
JUNE 8
2 ‘idiots’ cited for underage drinking
Two Monroe men claimed they were mentally deficient when an Oconee County resident found them in his backyard shortly before 1 a.m., according to an Oconee County Sheriff's Office report.
The two men, described as intoxicated heavy-set males, were among five people camping on McNutt Creek.
The men told the responding deputy that they went looking for their car, climbed over a fence behind a home and were confronted by the man. The pair told the man they were "mentally retarded."
The responding deputy located a woman who was camping with the men, and she told the officer that while neither man, ages 18 and 20, was mentally retarded, they "were idiots nonetheless."
AUG. 18
Call to “Ma” helps police ID burglar
Investigators were looking for an Athens man who broke into Stroud Elementary School, but left behind his cell phone.
Officers responded to an 11:25 p.m. burglar alarm and saw a man in the school's cafeteria, but he ran through a back door.
He dropped his cell phone, which had a programmed number for "Ma," police said. When an officer called the number, he spoke with the suspect's mother who said she didn't let him live with her anymore because he always steals, according to police.
The woman told officers her son stays with his grandfather in Colbert, and that he was supposed to appear in Madison County Superior Court on a burglary charge, but he didn't show up.
AUG. 31
Lincoln’s portrait betrays bogus bill
A 24-year-old Athens man tried to pass a bogus $100 bill at a convenience store, and a clerk almost accepted the money, but noticed that the portrait on the bill was of Abraham Lincoln - who's on the $5 bill - and not Benjamin Franklin, whose picture graces the C-note, police said.
OCT. 24
Police try to help man with cut crotch
A 52-year-old Athens man took a trip to the emergency room for some delicate stitches before heading to jail, according to an Athens-Clarke police report.
Officers responding to a domestic disturbance at an apartment near Georgia Square Mall around 10:45 p.m. heard a man threaten to kill someone, then beg for help. In a bedroom, they found him lying in a pool of blood and covered by a blanket, with a large laceration to his scrotum. The man first told police that a woman kicked him, then that he slipped, and finally something unintelligible about a broken screen door in another room, police said.
When paramedics arrived, the man told them he had a "big problem down there," but refused treatment and asked, "Is this really necessary?" according to the report.
He became so combative, an officer had to handcuff him and take him to the hospital in the back of his patrol car.
NOV. 7
Hungry burglar caught in eatery
An Athens-Clarke police officer responded to a burglar alarm at Raising Cane's about 5 a.m. and found a man standing in the kitchen eating a bun.
The burglar - a 25-year-old Atlanta man with a job, according to the report - seemed confused about why he was inside the restaurant after hours, first saying he was with a group, then that he was "just there."
The manager arrived and played back the security video, which showed the man enter the restaurant, sit for a few minutes in the dining area, then go back to the kitchen.
Since nothing was stolen (except the bun) or damaged, the manager had the man barred, but didn't press charges.
NOV. 21
Student charged with swiping sauce
A 21-year-old University of Georgia student was arrested and charged with theft and public intoxication after he stole a hot dog vendor's bottle of sauce and threw it away.
A downtown officer on patrol just before midnight watched the man walking east on Clayton Street.
"As the male got to the corner of the intersection, I watched him remove a plastic bottle, which contained some type of sauce (appeared to be bar-b-que) from the inside of his jacket and throw it into the trash can," the officer wrote in a report.
The student, who appeared to be drunk, denied that he took the bottle, but the officer saw him throw it in the trash. The vendor confirmed that the bottle contained his homemade "Kicken" sauce.
NOV. 27
Homeless man hurt at encampment
Athens-Clarke police responded to a half-dozen holiday domestic disputes on Thanksgiving, including one at a homeless encampment, according to police reports.
A handful of people who live in a wooded area at the intersection of Old Hull Road and North Avenue were watching the televised game between the New England Patriots and Detroit Lions when a 49-year-old woman became upset with a 51-year-old man. The man had excused himself to urinate in the woods and when he returned, the woman accused him of peeing on her tent. In the ensuing argument, the woman allegedly whacked him on the head with a grill cover, leaving a gash.
DEC. 5
Woman hails police; gets a ride to jail
A 23-year-old University of Georgia student got a ride to jail when she stepped out into a downtown Athens street and tried to stop on-coming traffic just before 2 a.m. The closest vehicle - which slammed on its brakes to keep from striking the woman - was Athens-Clarke police's transport van taking arrested people to the Clarke County Jail.
The driver checked to make sure his passengers weren't injured by the abrupt stop, then picked up the woman and charged her with pedestrian under the influence.
