Crime & Safety

Milton Man Given $12,000 Forged Check for Car

The following information was supplied by the Milton police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

A Milton man is short one car and only has a forged check to show for it.

The city resident told Milton police he sold a 2003 BMW 7451 to a man with an Arkansas identification on Sunday, April 1. He met the man in the parking lot because he was not comfortable meeting him at home. The suspect had contacted him on the previous two days.

The suspect arrived at the Walmart in a dark blue Toyota 4-Runner with a female. After a test drive, they all drove back to the victim's home, where the suspect gave a $12,000 check to buy the car. He also signed a bill of sale and showed him his Arkansas identification.

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When the victim tried to deposit the check into his account, his bank refused it because it was forged.

Milton Officer Apparently Solves Shoplifting Cases

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A Milton police officer may have solved multiple shoplifting cases after reviewing surveillance footage from an April 4 incident at on GA 9.

On April 7 the loss prevention officer at the store showed him footage from that April 4 incident, which depicted a suspect loading a $599 Bose speaker system into a shopping cart and pushing it out of the store without paying for it. A second suspect was seen walking around the shelves where the speakers were located, constantly looking around, the officer reported. Footage then showed the first suspect loading the speakers into a red passenger car, and then the second suspect getting into the car.

The second suspect has been charged in previous thefts at Target and in Milton, and the officer recognized the other suspect as well. Warrants were being obtained for their arrests for this incident, and for a Feb. 26 case at Target for one of the suspects.

Attempted Identity Theft Thwarted by Phone Call

A Milton woman received a voice mail from an American Express representative, who asked her for more information to complete her credit card application. The only problem was that she never applied.

She called American Express, which told her the application would not be processed. They also advised her to file a police report, which she did with Milton police on April 2.


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