A man arrested in January for criminal acts pertaining to his now-former employer has been indicted by a grand jury in Bulloch County.
Carroll “Tray” Belton Baird was arrested in by the Statesboro Police Department in January of this year on warrants alleging he stole $25,000 in vehicle down payments from Vaden Nissan in Statesboro.
According to a preliminary police report from the Statesboro Police Department, officers were called to Vaden Nissan in Statesboro on January 23, 2024 in response to a theft incident. Reports allege that an employee, Baird, had stolen a felony amount of money from the business through two different transactions – one in the amount of $15,000 and one in the amount of $10,000.
Warrants for two counts of Felony Theft by Deception state that the amounts of cash allegedly taken were given to Baird by customers for the purchase of vehicles at Vaden Nissan.
Baird was booked into the Bulloch County jail on January 30, bonded out, and then booked into the Toombs County Jail for other alleged financial crimes the following day.
Grand Jury Indictment
A grand jury convened on November 5th and 6th to hear a number of cases. After hearing from Statesboro Police Department Officer Dustin Hardin and the District Attorney’s Office, a grand jury returned a True Bill of Indictment on six charges.
- Theft by Deception
- Baird is accused of unlawfully obtaining $10,000 in cash from Vaden Nissan on January 2, 2024 by intentionally withholding a payment that was due to his employer, Vaden Nissan.
- Theft by Deception
- Baird is accused of unlawfully obtaining $15,000 in cash from Vaden Nissan on January 11, 2024 by intentionally withholding payment that was due to his employer, Vaden Nissan.
- Identity Fraud
- Baird is accused of willfully and fraudulently using the name C.S. Lee and all of the identifying information of C.S. Lee.
- Identity Fraud
- Baird is accused of willfully and fraudulently using the name D. Moore and all of the identifying information of D. Moore.
- Forgery (3rd Degree)
- Baird is accused of altering a check in the amount of $10,000 on January 2, 2024.
- Forgery (3rd Degree
- Baird is accused of altering a check in the amount of $15,000 on January 11, 2024.
Baird has been placed on the arraignment calendar for December. An attorney has not yet filed an entry of appearance in his case. The case is assigned to Judge Lovett Bennett.
