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Wednesday, Aug. 05, 2009
Macon police officer charged with stealing $20 during car search

A Macon police officer is on administrative leave pending termination after being arrested Monday on allegations he stole money while searching a Greenville man’s car at about 3 a.m. Sunday, according to the Macon police.

Dustin Lee Harris, 28, of Gray, is charged with misdemeanor theft and violating his oath of office, according to the police.

He was released from the Bibb County jail on $6,250 bond Monday night, according to jail records.

Harris has been employed with the department since March 30, according to police.

A second officer, 32-year-old Dennis Benjamin Wood, of Macon, was arrested July 30 on a Jones County warrant accusing him of making harassing phone calls, said Jones County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Earl Humphries.

Facing the misdemeanor charge, Wood turned himself in to authorities and was released on a $2,000 property bond the same day.

Wood resigned from the police department Friday, Macon police Sgt. Melanie Hofmann said. He was hired in January 2007.

“Our officers are expected to maintain a high standard of professionalism,” Hofmann said. “If they violate the law, they will be treated as anyone else.”

Travious Watson, 21, of Greenville, said he left Club Synergy early Sunday morning and was parked at the Marathon at the intersection of Walnut Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard when police officers asked to search his car.

Police received a call about a person wearing a white T-shirt and black shorts having a gun at the same location, according to a police report.

Police say they didn’t find anything on Watson or in his vehicle so he was released.

Watson then went to the Krystal on Bloomfield Drive, but when it came time to pay he found there was no money in his wallet, according to the report.

He said he’d left his wallet in his pants on the back seat while police were searching his car.

Watson said he then called 911 and reported $20 was missing — a $10 bill, a $5 bill and five $1 bills.

The two officers who searched Watson’s car were asked to report to a police precinct, according to the report.

Harris, one of the officers, arrived first and went to his personal vehicle before meeting with his supervisor. He told other officers he was getting a protein shake, but he didn’t have one with him when he went to the precinct door, according to the report.

An officer searched Harris and found he had $12 in his wallet and $2 in his shirt pocket.

The other officer arrived and he had no money when he was searched, according to the report.

Police searched both officers’ patrol cars and no money was found in either car. They then searched Harris’ personal vehicle since he stopped there before entering the police precinct, according to the report.

Officers found the missing $10 bill, $5 bill and five $1 bills in the center console. Harris said the money had been there since Friday, according to the report.

He was relieved of his duty pending an investigation, according to the report.

http://www.macon.com/198/story/799472.html?


More on Wood:

MACON POLICE OFFICER ARRESTED ON DOMESTIC CHARGE
Macon Telegraph, GA
By Amy Leigh Womack - [email protected]
Wednesday, Dec. 03, 2008

A Macon police officer is on five days administrative leave pending termination after being arrested Friday. Dennis Benjamin Wood, 31, of Gray, has been charged with misdemeanor cruelty to children, misdemeanor theft and family violence-related simple battery, according to Bibb County jail records.

The Medical Center of Central Georgia police responded to a medical office at 770 Pine St. in reference to a domestic problem on the afternoon of Nov. 25, according to a police report released Tuesday.

Wood’s wife said the two had argued after Wood allegedly took her cell phone and refused to return it. He also pushed her against a wall to keep her from getting the phone, according to the report. Responding officers said there was a red mark on Wood’s wife’s arm after the incident, but she refused medical attention.

Their child witnessed the argument, prompting the cruelty charge, according to the report. Wood was arrested Friday morning and was released on $4,700 bond later Friday, according to jail records.

Macon Police Chief Mike Burns said Wood was placed on administrative leave pending investigation after police became aware of the incident on Nov. 25, and he was placed on five days leave pending termination following his arrest.

During the five days, Wood has the option to appeal his case, Burns said. Wood was hired by the Macon Police Department on Jan. 29, 2007, and has worked as a patrol officer, Burns said.

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