MILTON, Ga. — Police issued Milton City Councilman Rick Mohrig a criminal trespass warning Nov. 1 after he drove onto private property off Birmingham Highway without permission.
In a letter to Mayor Peyton Jamison Nov. 2, Eric Bayliss said he saw a silver Dodge minivan drive about 400 feet onto his property the day before. He said there were two White males in their 60s or 70s – he later identified the driver to be Mohrig after consulting with two Milton Police officers and providing an image of the vehicle’s license plate.
“I am incredibly frustrated that any of our elected officials would feel they can just do as they please and trespass around in a manner unconducive and unabiding to the law,” Bayliss wrote to Jamison.
Milton resident Kevin Muldowney, who had resigned from his role as a poll clerk in the city’s municipal election following controversy over his efforts in Mohrig’s re-election campaign, admitted to being Mohrig’s passenger at the City Council meeting Nov. 6.
The Milton Police Department did not create an incident report for the event, which Capt. Charles Barstow said is “consistent with the city’s approach to criminal trespass cases like these.”
“Per our normal protocol, we do not take incident reports for criminal trespass unless other charges are involved,” Barstow wrote to Appen Media in a Nov. 6 email.
But, the Police Department has a copy of Mohrig’s citation on file as well as the Field Contact form which would support Mohrig’s arrest if he returns to the property.
In an email to Appen Media Nov. 3, Mohrig said he visited the property because he had been responding to community concerns about clear-cutting at a City Council meeting in late October.
“I stopped by this property to take a picture to include in an email to City Manager [Steve] Krokoff to request that our Community…
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