May 10—Decatur police recently charged three people with theft after they allegedly were involved in two separate schemes to steal from their employers.
A Madison man and his son were charged with first-degree theft of property after allegedly keeping thousands of dollars collected from customers for contracting work and failing to return the money to the company that employed them, according to a Decatur police detective’s affidavit.
The affidavit states that Griffin Scott Littlefield, 64, of Madison, and his son, Griffin Scott Littlefield II, 27, of Athens, were employed by an Athens-based construction company during May and June 2024.
“During those months, both of the Littlefields conducted multiple contracting jobs within the city of Decatur for the business,” the affidavit said. “During those months, both Littlefields collected well over $2,500 from customers and withheld the money from the business before quitting.”
In November 2024, the business owner contacted the Decatur Police Department to report the thefts, according to the affidavit.
The Littlefields stole approximately $60,000 from the Athens business, with nearly $8,000 of the theft reportedly occurring within Decatur city limits, according to the Decatur Police Department.
The Police Department said the younger Littlefield was located by the Athens Police Department on May 1 and placed under arrest for his active warrant, then transferred to the custody of Decatur police and placed in the Morgan County Jail. The elder Littlefield turned himself in to the Decatur Police Department on Tuesday and was booked into the Morgan County Jail.
They were released after each posted a $5,000 bond, according to jail records.
Another theft of property involving a theft from Discount Tobacco Outlet on Beltline Road Southwest occurred in June 2024, according to Decatur police, when a former employee of the business allegedly removed multiple business deposits from their safe, totaling over $2,000.
Trinity resident Amy Nicole Bridges, 52, was identified as the primary suspect in the theft and a warrant was issued for her arrest in August 2024, according to police. Police said she was arrested Wednesday by the Trinity Police Department on the warrant and charged with first-degree theft of property.
Bridges was booked into Morgan County Jail and held in lieu of a $5,000 bond and jail records show she bonded out Thursday.
— wesley.tomlinson@decaturdaily.com or 256-340-2442.