Jim Fullington recently retired from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation.
The Winder Police Department is welcoming a new staff member to its ranks. The department shared the following post on its Facebook page Monday: Subscribe to Barrow Patch’s newsletters, follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook.
Law enforcement will accompany program participants on a shopping trip to Target in Bethlehem on Dec. 8.
Winder Police Chief Dennis Dorsey recently accepted a donation from Fred’s store manager Eddy Turk, money that will be used for the Winder Police/Barrow County Sheriff’s Christmas with a Cop program. Law enforcement will accompany program participants to Target at Barrow Crossing on Dec. 8. Subscribe to Barrow Patch’s newsletters, follow us on Twitter and “like” us on Facebook.
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Officer Reed is the Winder Police Department's certified crime scene technician and evidence custodian.
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Raemonda Inscho, of Jackson County, was arrested by Winder Police last week. She is suspected of crimes in nine Georgia counties.
A woman arrested after a Winder YMCA member suspected her of stealing from his car last week is believed responsible for breaking into at least 40 cars in Winder, plus homes and vehicles all over Northeast Georgia, WSB Radio reports. Raemonda Inscho of Jackson County was arrested Sept. 27 after police found her car stuffed with what turned out to be stolen items. On Tuesday, WSB Radio reports, searches of her car and home turned up evidence of items from 65 vehicles. Among the items found were nearly 50 debit and credit cards. Two truckloads of stolen items were removed from the woman's Jackson County home, WSB reports. When questioned by Winder Police last week, Inscho reportedly told them she was “just trying to feed her children." See …
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A local restaurant bus boy was caught on video tape stealing a customer's phone.
Winder police responded to a call at a restaurant in the 400 block of Loganville Highway on May 25. A female victim reported that she had left her cellular phone on the table after she left the restaurant. While responding to the call the officer was informed by dispatch that an anonymous caller reported seeing the bus boy that cleaned the table take the phone. Officers then met with the restaurant manager and watched video surveillance of the table and the bus boy who clearly placed the dish tote on the table, in an attempt to conceal the phone, which was then taken and placed in his pocket. Upon questioning the bus boy denied taking the phone however due to video evidence the suspect was handcuffed and advised that he was being charged. …
The department is accepting donations in support of the Law Enforcement Torch Run through mid-July.
Special Olympics Georgia's "Flame of Hope" will blaze through Winder on Friday, and several members of the Winder Police Department will have the honor of carrying the torch. The event is part of the Law Enforcement Torch Run, the largest grassroots fundraising program for Special Olympics Georgia. Winder officers will begin the run at 8:30 a.m. at Winder-Barrow High School and travel with the torch to Russell Middle School, where they will hand the torch off to student athletes who have been selected to participate in this year's Special Olympic Summer Games — Russell is the only school in Barrow County sending a team to this year's event. The Special Olympics soccer team will carry the torch for a lap around the athletic field in …
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Anonymous tips about criminal activity are accepted through the city website.
Thanks to the digital age in which we live, the city of Winder has taken the concept of a neighborhood watch and expanded it city-wide. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistic’s National Crime Victimization Survey, which collects self-reported information from victims on their experiences of criminal victimization, it is estimated that about 50 percent of all violent victimizations and nearly 40 percent of property victimizations were reported to the police in 2010. Those numbers have held steady for the past decade — meaning that it is believed that 50 to 60 percent of victimization crimes are never even reported. Some reasons that crimes are not reported may include: the victim finds the matter embarrassing or too trivial; …
The officer received an offer via mail.
According to the Winder Police Department, a "mystery shopper" scam is becoming more widespread — an officer with the department recently received an offer. Winder Police Officer Joey Lovinggood received a business-style cardboard envelope at the police department’s address sent to him personally by express mail, according to a news release. Upon opening the envelope, Officer Lovinggood found a partially completed money order accompanied with explicit instructions for him to follow. The instructions were very detailed and instructed him to fill in his name and address as the recipient and also gave an unknown female’s name with an Atlanta address for him to fill in as the sender. The instructions stated the purpose of having him enter the …
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Hundreds gathered Saturday at Oconee Veterans Park to witness more than 90 vehicles from about two dozen law enforcement agencies simultaneously flash their blue lights to honor fallen peace officers and raise money for Concerns of Police Survivors.
Officers with the Winder Police Department spent Saturday, March 10, 2012, honoring fallen officers and helping to raise money for Concerns of Police Survivors. Check out the photos and videos from Oconee Patch and then click here to see the Winder Police Department's photo gallery from the event on Facebook.
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The employee told Winder police he chased the man out of the store.
A would-be thief should have shopped a different Winder retailer. According to a Winder Police Department incident report, a white male with brown hair and a beard wearing a camouflage jacket walked out of the Family Dollar store on North Broad Street on Feb. 5, 2012, with three DVD players — all without paying. An employee told the responding officer he chased the would-be thief down the sidewalk and knocked the boxes out of his hands. The subject got away but left behind his loot. The DVD players were each valued at $30.
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1:36 pm on Sunday, July 22, 2012
1:33 pm on Sunday, July 22, 2012 "Winder Encourages 'One-Click' Crime Fighting" When the hammer drops...........One Fall, That's ALL..................Oh well, :;-)) more ›