North Augusta report leads to Atlanta arrest
A man wanted for robbing a North Augusta bank was arrested in Atlanta on Oct. 28.
Sherrod Jarvis Miller, 47, was spotted driving a burgundy 1993 Mercury with Michigan tags around 10:30 a.m. by an Atlanta Police Department detective, North Augusta Department of Public Safety Tim Pearson said in an e-mail.
On Wednesday, Pearson released information about Miller and his suspected involvement in a Wachovia bank robbery Oct. 8. The detective who stopped Miller recognized the vehicle matching the description Pearson gave.
Miller was taken into custody and remains at Fulton County Jail pending extradition.
Five teens admit they threw eggs at cars
Police said they arrested five teenagers who were throwing eggs at cars parked at North Augusta High School late Friday.
According to the North Augusta Department of Public Safety, the teens admitted to the vandalism and were charged with malicious injury to personal property. They were later released to a parent or guardian.
Arrested were Chandler Minton Moody, 18, of the 4400 block of Dogwood Way, Evans; Brian Taylor Smith and Stefan Hunter Smith, both 17, of the 700 block of Sage Court, North Augusta; Mitchell Kyle O'Neal, 19, of the 3800 block of Medinah Court, Martinez; and Kent Michael Gilman, 17, of the 200 block of Blue Herron Lane, North Augusta.
Gunman robs dollar store
A masked man robbed the Dollar General on Knox Avenue on Sunday night.
The manager of the store said the robber approached him and another employee as they were leaving the store with the night deposit about 9:30 p.m., according to a North Augusta Public Safety report.
The robber pointed a gun at them and ordered them to lie on the floor. He stole about $1,050.
He is described as being black, about 5-foot-8, with a slim build, the report said.
Laptops stolen from North Augusta Middle
North Augusta Public Safety is investigating a break in at North Augusta Middle School over the weekend.
Lt. Robbie Bell said sometime over the weekend, someone broke out a rear window to the school and stole 18 laptops from the computer room.
Public Safety Det. Tim Thornton said this is the third break-in within three months. In each case, laptops were stolen from the same room. He said the area where the thieves gain entrance is an isolated area that makes it easy to break in undetected.
Officials from the school have not returned phone calls, and Area 2 superintendent Rosie Berry would not comment on the incident.
