Bainbridge Public Safety Incidents
Case Number: 2022-01-2857
Officer: Richard Collins
On Tuesday, January 18,2022, at approximately 1247 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Officer Richard Collins was dispatched to People’s South Bank, 1449 Tallahassee Highway, in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, in reference to counterfeit money.
Case Number: 2022-01-2858
Officer: Jason Barlow
On Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at 1717 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Officer Corporal Jason Barlow responded to 1515 Miluli Avenue, Bainbridge, Georgia, Decatur County, due to criminal trespass motor vehicle.
Case Number: 2022-01-2859
Officer: Jospeh McConnell
On January 19, 2022, at 0320 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Officer Luke McConnell was dispatched to 929 Helen Street in Bainbridge, Georgia, in reference to a structure fire.
Case Number: 2022-01-2851
Officer: Richard Collins
Case Number: 2022-01-2849
Officer: Richard Collins
On Monday, January 17, 2022, at approximately 1338 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Officer Richard Collins was dispatched to Walmart, 500 East Alice Street, in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, in reference to shoplifting.
Case Number: 2022-01-2869
Officer: Dustin Strickland
On Friday, January 21, 2022, at approximately 0712 hours, Officer Dustin Strickland responded to 931 South West Street in reference to a robbery.
Case Number: 2022-01-2870
Officer: Dustin Strickland
On Friday, January 21, 2022, at approximately 1202 hours, Officer Dustin Strickland responded to 809 West College Street in reference to an entering auto.
Case Number: 2022-01-2871
Officer: LaDaric Jones
On Friday, January 21, 2022, at 1107 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Sergeant LaDaric Jones was dispatched to Hardees in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, in reference to stolen check. This case is cleared by the arrest of Jermichael Murphy for false report of a crime.
Case Number: 2022-01-2872
Officer: Richard Collins
On Friday, January 21, 2022, at approximately 1649 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Officer Richard Collins was dispatched to 940 North Lamar Street in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, in reference to a burglary already occurred.
Case Number: 2022-01-2873
Officer: Austin Spence
On January 22, 2022, at 0304 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Officer Austin Spence was dispatched to 1205 Avenue B in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia in reference to an assault.
Case Number: 2022-01-2874
Officer: Richard Collins
On Saturday, January 22, 2022, at approximately 0746 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Officer Richard Collins was parked in the median of the U.S. 84 Bypass near Spring Creek Road in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, when he observed a Gray GMC Acadia pass him at a high rate of speed.
Case Number: 2022-01-2875
Officer: Xavier Brown
On January 22, 2022, at 2016 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Officer Xavier Brown responded to 715 Hall Street in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, in reference to damage to vehicle.
Case Number: 2022-01-2876
Officer: LaDaric Jones
On Saturday, January 22, 2022, at 1107 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Sergeant LaDaric Jones was flagged down by a motorist in Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, in reference to damage to her vehicle.
Jones made contact with Tamya Barthel who stated she was turning onto Collier Street from Shotwell Street and a white male on a bicycle ran into the side of her car and damaged it. Jones noticed deep scratches and dents to the right front and rear doors of Barthel’s vehicle, a 2019 Toyota C-HR gray in color.
Jones made contact with the male subject on the bicycle in the KFC parking lot and identified himself as Mathew Mcelroy and stated he seen the vehicle turning and tried to stop but his bicycle did not have any brakes and couldn’t stop. Mcelroy stated he thought the driver kept going so he continued riding the bike trying to get to urgent care before they closed. Mcelroy stated he would pay for the damages or whatever he needed to do but it was not intentional.
This incident was recorded on Jones Axon body camera, uploaded to Evidence.com, and later categorized.
Case Number: 2022-01-2878
Officer: Austin Spence
On January 23, 2022, at 1956 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Officer Austin Spence responded to 1100 East Shotwell Street, Woodalls Gas Station, in the city of Bainbridge, Decatur County, Georgia, in reference to shots fired.
Case Number: 2022-01-2879
Officer: Austin Spence
On January 24, 2022, at 0119 hours, Bainbridge Public Safety Officer Austin Spence was out at the Decatur County/Seminole County Line on Highway 84 West, in reference to a wanted person.
