Police: gang rumors false
“(The initiation) is a rumor that has been going around for years,” Detective Herb at Warner Robins Police Department said.
The rumor spread mostly through text message and stated that gangs would be hazing new members by pressuring them to murder women at Wal-Marts across South Georgia.
Originally, the rumor was reported to Putnam County Tennessee’s Sherriff’s office said Patrol Lt. Brandon Sellers of the Milledgeville Police Department.
MPD assigned two officers to patrol the Wal-Mart parking lot just in case there was any legitimacy to the hearsay.
“We’re taking the necessary precautions,” Sellers said. “We got with Wal-Mart personnel to see what we can do to help prevent anything there.”
Many students received text messages the first week in March warning them of the illegal activity that was believed to happen.
“This isn’t the first time I’ve heard (this rumor),” Krista Caudill, freshman, said. “Last time it was the Macon Mall.”
MPD advises students to be wary of unfamiliar situations.
“Be aware of people being present at your gatherings that were not invited or should not be there,” said Sellers.
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on Apr 3 2009. Filed under News.
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