Area police briefs

Shouting turns to fistfight at Auburn business

A verbal exchange sparked a fistfight at the Wal-Mart Supercenter on South College Street in Auburn Sunday night, Auburn police Capt. Tom Stofer said.

A man and his wife and 17-year-old son were walking through the store when two men, ages 22 and 25, passed by. The men exchanged words, and the altercation escalated into a fight, he said.

The victim left the scene before officers arrived and went to the police department to file a report.

Police contacted the other two men involved in the incident. They also contacted EMS personnel, who responded to the department.

The medical personnel treated a small cut under the son’s eye and a hurt finger of a woman who tried to break up the fight.

None of the men required treatment, Stofer said.

Woman reportedly attacks man

A woman attacked a man with a knife Saturday, according to Auburn police reports.

The victim, a 22-year-old man, and a female acquaintance were at the Shell gas station at the corner of Glenn Avenue and Gay Street Saturday night, Auburn police Capt. Tom Stofer said.

Another woman approached the man and cut him on his face and neck with a “bladed instrument,” Stofer said.

The victim was transported to East Alabama Medical Center for treatment, but the injuries did not appear to be life-threatening, Stofer said.

“As to the relationship of the offender to the victim, it is being investigated,” he said.

Ten cases of golf balls stolen from Opelika business

Two individuals led police in a car chase on Memorial Day after taking more than $800 in golf balls from Dick’s Sporting Goods at TigerTown.

At about 3:35 p.m. Monday, two individuals took 18 cases of Pro V1 golf balls worth $827.82 from Dick’s Sporting Goods, according to Opelika police Capt. Allan Elkins.

The individuals left the store in a 2008 Chrysler PT Cruiser and then led Opelika police in a car chase northbound on Interstate 85, Elkins said. They were later taken into custody by Georgia State Patrol near West Point, Ga., Elkins said.

The individuals are expected to be returned to Lee County to be arrested, Elkins said. The names of the individuals should be released following their arrests, he said.

Armed suspects force way into house

Two men armed with guns — including one that turned out to be a toy — forced their way into an Opelika residence Monday night, taking money and a cell phone, according to police.

Between 10:45 and 11 p.m. Monday, two men forcefully entered a residence in the 300 block of Dale Avenue, according to Opelika police Capt. Allan Elkins.

The men took $100 in currency and a cell phone, Elkins said. Three people were inside the residence, but no one was injured during the incident, Elkins said.

One of the men left a pistol at the scene that turned out to be toy, Elkins said.

Both suspects were described as black men, 6-foot tall and 180 pounds, Elkins said. One was wearing camouflage and a black ski mask, the other was wearing black clothes and a black ski mask, Elkins said.