Unity Elementary School, located at 525 Park Avenue, was broken into sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning, according to a LaGrange Police Department report.

An employee of the school arrived at the school Monday morning after 7 a.m. and found toilet paper rolls thrown all around, paper towels, straws, trophies and broken glass, according to the report.

The suspects were able to get into the school through a broken window in the teacher’s lounge. There also appeared to be an attempt to gain entry through a door window toward the back of a hallway in the school.

The broken windows were estimated to be around $100 in value. The LaGrange Police Department is continuing to investigate this incident.

Man arrested for allegedly

shoplifting twice in a 11 days

A man was arrested Saturday for allegedly shoplifting at Wal-Mart on New Franklin Road, but it may not have been the first time it’s happened.

The man was arrested Saturday at 3:35 p.m. for allegedly stealing $349.59 worth of items. According to the police report, he picked up several items, went to another location in the store and placed those items in Wal-Mart shopping bags he removed from his pocket. The report said he then tried to leave the store.

He was met by Wal-Mart security and soon the police department, according to the report.

He was placed under arrest and taken to the Troup County Jail to be booked.

According to a second police report from Saturday, the man was also arrested Saturday for a separate incident that occurred on May 31. On that day, he allegedly did the same thing — placing unpaid items into shopping bags — and then walked out of the store. The value of the stolen items that day was $122.42.

Man arrested for driving without a license

A man was arrested Sunday by officers with the LaGrange Police Department for driving without a driver’s license.

The man said he was driving because he had just left a wedding and his girlfriend needed to change her shoes. The man had his Alabama driver’s license suspended for a DUI in January 2014 and for driving while suspended in October 2011.

The man, 33, was arrested at 12:42 a.m. and taken to the Troup County Jail.

Man arrested for trying to return diapers he hadn’t purchased

A 63-year-old man was arrested Saturday for allegedly returning a box of diapers he hadn’t purchased to Wal-Mart.

According to the police report, the man walked to the diaper section and pulled a box off the shelf.

He sat down and appeared to be comparing the item’s SKU numbers to a receipt he had in his hand.

After looking at the receipt, he walked to the front of the store and returned the diapers, receiving a $7.46 refund. The incident was caught on tape, according to the police report.

LaGrange Police responded around 7:44 p.m. in reference to a shoplifting call, but the man had already left the store. Police eventually made contact with the suspect on Banks Street.

All information in this report is gathered from official law enforcement and public safety reports and releases. It is the policy of the Daily News to list the names of people charged with felonies. Reach the LaGrange Daily News at 706-884-7311.