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Published Thursday, May 22, 2008 in Local

Sexual battery reported at Shenandoah Plaza

By Amanda Zechiel

The Times-Herald

Newnan Police officers responded to a complaint of sexual battery that took place at the Goodwill-anchored Shenandoah Plaza on Bullsboro Drive May 20.

According to police incident reports, the victim was shopping at Goodwill around 5 p.m. when she noticed a man wearing black pants and a long-sleeved white shirt watching her. He had dark eyes and straight brown hair with a medium build and a small goatee. He followed her as she shopped but kept a good distance.

Around 5:45, the victim left the store and approached her vehicle in the parking lot. As she reached for her door handle, she was suddenly shoved against her car by the man she had seen in the store. He proceeded to reach up her skirt.

The victim reportedly pushed the male attacker away from her. She was taking off her shoe to use to defend herself when the attacker began to run away.

She entered her vehicle and watched the man get into a white truck which she believes could possibly have been a late model Ford.

The victim drove onto Bullsboro Drive heading west, and the offender was driving behind her. However, when she turned right onto Farmer Street, the offender continued west on Bullsboro.

The victim reported the incident to NPD and a police report was completed.

The following unrelated incidents were reported by Newnan Police Department:

* A generator was reported stolen from a trailer at Southern Forklift Service at 135 C Hillwood Circle on May 20. The victim told police that he had last seen the generator at 5:30 p.m. on May 19 as he was leaving for work, and that the trailer had been fully locked. The generator is 5000 watts and red with a Subaru engine. Its estimated value is $2500.

* A trailer valued at $3000 was reported stolen from Home Solutions at 31 Hillwood Circle on May 20. Shop foreman Matt Worely stated that the open trailer was taken from the front of the business between 5 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. He first observed the trailer missing at approximately 1:30 a.m. after returning from out of town, originally thinking that an employee had taken it home for the night. The trailer was described as a 17-foot black steal frame trailer with a wood bottom.

* Lettissia Collins, 257 E. Broad Street #E 208 in Newnan, was charged with Simple Battery/Cruelty to Children on May 19. Police were dispatched to her apartment in reference to a female that had a knife and was arguing with her husband. According to Collins' husband, Collins had pushed him and punched him in the mouth. When she picked up a knife, her husband left the residence.

Collins stated that she believed her husband was cheating on her with a friend of hers who they had run into at Wal-Mart earlier in the evening. When they returned home from Wal-Mart, Collins said that she confronted her husband and pushed him. Collins' three children, ages 10, 7, and 9, were in the living room where the incident occurred and began to cry. Collins sent them to their room.

The 10-year-old told police that she saw a knife, but that she could not tell whose hand it was in. Collins stated that she did hit her husband in the mouth but did not know anything about a knife being involved.

Collins was determined to be the primary aggressor based on testimony, and she was transported to Coweta County Sherrif's Office for booking. She was charged with Simple Battery under the Family Violence Act and three counts of Cruelty to Children in the third degree.

* Police responded to an incident of burglary and forced entry on May 20 at 2:45 a.m. at North Side Dental, 203 Millard Farmer Ind. Blvd. Police arrived in response to an activated alarm and observed a window on the side of the business broken. The rest of the business was found to be secure.

Under the broken window, a flower pot was turned upside down and furniture inside the business was moved around to allow access to other areas inside. The officers were soon let into the business, and owner Don Galbo discovered $2 missing from the changer dower. Galbo also noticed that a Sony Vaio Laptop valued at $1999 and an Automatic Electronic Defibrillator valued at $4300 were missing from a rear office.

* Merchandise totaling $165 in value was shoplifted from the Rite Aid at 211 Temple Ave. in Newnan on May 18. The cashier who was working at the time reported that a male entered the store and walked to the electronics section where he took four items off the rack. He then walked toward the front of the store by the cash register. The cashier reported that he looked nervous and that she asked him if he was ready to pay for the items. He then ran out of the front door without paying.

The items taken from the store were a Sansa MP3 Player valued at $60, a Swann Security Cam valued at $50, a Philps Headset valued at $15, and a Saker MP3 Player valued at $40.

* Ted Roger Dill of 28 Fawn Ct. in Sharpsburg was arrested for possession of marijuana on May 19. Officer Jeremy Wood pulled Dill over for failing to use his turn signal, and Wood noticed that he appeared very nervous. Wood then observed a box of Swisher Sweet blunts between the driver's seat and center console.

Wood informed Dill that he was issuing him a warning for not using his turn signal and then asked for permission to search the vehicle. In searching the car, Wood located the tobacco that had been emptied from a blunt into the ash tray as well as the rolling papers in the center console. Dill was placed in handcuffs pending further investigation. While walking to Wood's car, Dill stated that he had marijuana in his shoe. Wood removed the substance from Dill's shoe while Dill sat in the police car.

Dill was transported to Coweta County Jail.