ACCPD blotter: $1,200 worth of equipment stolen from church, man urinates on UGA property

$1,200 worth of equipment stolen from Billups Grove Baptist Church A member of the Billups Grove Baptist Church, a predominantly Black congregation,  arrived on Sunday, Nov. 1 to find severe damage to the building and surrounding area, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police Department (ACCPD) report. The member noticed the church van was damaged and windows on the door were smashed. There also seemed to be multiple attempts to start fires at various locations on the property, according to the report. smashed. ACCPD arrived on the scene and found more damage inside the church, including an electrical panel with a cable removed. Police found the missing cable near bushes that had been burned. Police also found leaves and other debris stuffed into the gas tank of the damaged church van, with burn marks on the debris indicating someone tried to light it on fire. However, the debris in the gas tank did not burn for very long. On the other side of the church, police found a burned area on the ground roughly 21 feet long and 3 feet deep from the edge of the parking lot pavement. Inside the church, a member identified three stolen items: an estimated $900 Dell laptop, a $500 HP laptop and a $30 microphone stand. There was a Ring camera that was pointed at the door with the window smashed, and members of the church are working to receive the footage. No suspects had been identified as of the report. Man publicly urinates on UGA property An intoxicated man was being questioned for a DUI violation by the University of Georgia Police Department in the parking lot of the UGA Business Services Annex Building on Oct. 25. As ACCPD arrived, the man was released as the police  determined he was not the man they were initially looking for. After the man was released, he started skipping and yelling while walking away. As an ACCPD officer approached him, the man went back into the parking lot and began urinating on the Business Services Annex Building. The man was arrested for public intoxication and urinating in public. Officers determined the man was under the age of 21, which resulted in an additional charge of possession of alcohol by persons under 21. He was transported to the Clarke County Sheriff’s Office without incident.