The following are summaries of recent incidents to which officers with the Winder Police Department responded. On Jan. 15, an officer was dispatched to Aaron's in Winder and viewed video surveillance footage that showed an employee removing money from a cash register. According to an incident report, the employee was behind the store counter and used his right hand to reach in the register and pull out large amounts of cash, placing the money is a back pocket before clocking out and leaving the store. A total of $440 was reported missing from the register.  An officer was dispatched Nov. 9 to…

The following are summaries of recent incidents to which officers with the Winder Police Department responded. That alcohol smell is hand sanitizer A man who was involved in a traffic accident Jan. 7 told an officer the smell of alcohol coming from his person was hand sanitizer. After struggling with field sobriety evaluations, James Victor Power, 21, of 307 Harrison Lane in Winder, was arrested and charged with DUI and improper backing. At the Barrow County Detention Center, the suspect’s first breath test registered a .138 blood alcohol content and the second registered a .139. Running a …

Read summaries of incident reports provided by the Winder Police Department.  Tuesday, Sept. 11 An officer was dispatched to a Graham Street location about 8 p.m. in reference to a dispute and spoke with the complainant, who appeared to be intoxicated and was bleeding from an open sore on her left arm. The complainant was only able to tell the officer, “They were picking on me.” The second party to the dispute said the complainant was blocking her from entering the residence when she pushed the complainant’s hand away and she started to bleed. The complainant, Darenda Gay Johnson, 47, was …

A summary of incident reports provided by the Winder Police Department:  On Sept. 4, an officer was dispatched to a Melrose Street apartment where an occupant was refusing to leave. According to an incident report, the female suspect was extremely irate and continued to yell despite an officer ordering her to calm down. When the officer asked the female to turn around and place her hands behind her back, she began to pull away saying she wasn't going to jail. Yelling the entire way to a patrol vehicle, according to the incident report, 38-year-old Rebecca Lanette Donald, of 1680 Mount Vernon …

A summary of incident reports provided by the Winder Police Department:  On Friday, Aug. 24, an officer arrested Jontize Giles, 21, of 1521 Peters Cemetery Road in Monroe, who was charged with probation violation.  On Saturday, Aug. 25, Winder police obtained information on a individual with an outstanding warrant currently residing at a Harrison Lane address. The individual had an active warrant through the city of Winder for failing to appear on a citation. Two officers went to the address and placed Michele Diane Colburn, 41, under arrest before transporting her to the Barrow County …