Nine months after a man was arrested for Theft by Taking, his case remains at a standstill without an indictment.
Carrol Belton Baird was arrested 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 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, but the Bulloch County case has stalled.
There’s been no action since a magistrate judge set his bond in January. The case has not been presented to a grand jury, which has convened in Bulloch County at least four times since Baird’s arrest. The case cannot move forward until the case is indicted.
There is no attorney of record on file for Baird in the Bulloch County case.
