February 7, 20i8
The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love - Psalm 33:5
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The following incidents were reported by the
Monroe County Sheriffs Office Jan. 24-31.
The business owner then
apologized and said he
would buy the employee
a tank of gas for her
troubles. The business
owner said his son told
him that the employee's
car must have already
been unlocked because
he had a key to the cor-
rect vehicle.
pay the employee's medi-
cal bill. Wilson then noti-
fied the Monroe County
environmental health
office about the incident.
Taylor Road man
Driver charged baggie under the driver's reports theft of
seat with marijuana tools DVDs from
with DUI after residue. He also found a vehicle, carport
large blue jar that con-
deputy finds pot tained marijuana real-Mailbox repair-
in driver's mouth due. Maples then took At about 8:38 a.m. on
the driver to the Monroe man reports dog Jan. 31, a male Taylor
A 26-year-old white County Jail where he bite at home in Road resident told Sgt.
Chad Beck he found his
Stockbridge man was fell asleep while stand- River Forest vehicle's trunk and pus-
arrested and charged ing upright in a holding
with DUI after a traf-cell. A male witness said senger side door open
tic stop on 1-75 Southhe followed the SUV At about 4:18 p.m. onthat morning with sev-
on Jan. 28. At about through two counties Jan. 30, a male Rivereral items missing from
7:30 a.m Dep. Cody because it was drivingForest subdivision inside of it.The resident
Maples was notified byso erratically. The driver homeowner commit- said the stolen items
dispatchers to be on the was also charged with tee employee told Dep. included: a Kobalt tool
lookout for a white 2007 reckless driving, posses- Jeff Wilson he went to set, a Remington 20-inch
Chevrolet Tahoe travel- sion of marijuana and a River Overlook home chainsaw, an extension
ing recklessly on 1-75having defective equip- to repair a mailbox that set and some church
South near mile markerment. " had been damaged. The DVDs. The resident said
187. Maples saw the employee said the top his vehicle was parked
of the mailbox was on inside his carport, which
SUV had only one head-Man the home's front porch." does not have a door, at
light and was failing to
maintain its lane. When wro] vehicle The employee said whenthe time of the theft. He
he went to retrieve the said several other items
Maples tried to pull over fl'om nursing mailbox, two silver- were stolen from his
the SUV, it almost hit
his ibatrol car and con- home parking lot colored pitbulls came out carport including: a five-
tinued traveling several and attacked him. The gallon gas can, an elec-
hundred yards before At about 2 p.m. on employee said he shoved tric Black and Decker
stopping. Maples noticed Jan. 29, a female one dog off of him andhedge trimmer and a
the front of the SUV PruittHealth Monroe when he moved his handGator branch cutter.
was smashed up and thenursing home employee down to his side, another The stolen items were
SUV was smoking as if it told Dep. Cody Maples dog bit him on his right valued at about $1,067.
had just been in an acci- that there were two sus- hand. Wilson saw sev- The resident said he was
dent. The male driver picious men inside hereral puncture wounds last around his vehicle at
had bloodshot eyes andvehicle in the parkingon the employee's hand, about 5 p.m. on Jan. 30.
drooping eyelids as iflot. The employee saidtwo on his knuckles and
he was falling asleep,the two men were wear-one on his finger. TheMeDonough man
The driver told Maplesing plain clothes withemployee had another
that his SUV was dam- no labels or uniforms,wound on his left hand, arrested after
aged from his girlfriend The employee said one but he said it was prob-
hitting a brick mailboxof the men harassed her ably from the first doges failing to stop for
but couldn't say where about getting the keyscollar he had pushed deputy on 1-75 S.
or when the accident to her vehicle and told away. The employee
occurred. The driver's her he was from Cam's said a male resident A 22-year-old black
speech was slurred, Auto Sales of Jackson.came outside and called McDonough man was
and he smelled of raw The employee said boththe dogs back but thenarrested and charged
marijuana. Maples askedmen were rude but didn't went inside his home with fleeing and attempt-
the driver to show him take anything from herand never returned. The ing to elude after a traffic
the damage to the SUV, vehicle. She said theyemployee said he fin- stop on 1-75 South on
which appeared to be a told her they were look- ished repairing the mail- Jan. 29. At about 3:49
busted radiator and a ing for a gray Chevrolet box but his hand beganp.m Dep. Kemeyan
damaged battery. The Impala but her vehicleto bother him later inColvard saw a silver 2017
driver then failed several is black. Maples then the day, so he went Nissan Altima failing to
field sobriety tests, and called the male owner of to the Monroe County maintain its lane on 1-75
he admitted to having Cam's Auto Sales who Hospital emergency South near mile marker
smoked marijuana the said he sent his son to room. Wilson then went189. The male driver
previous day. Maples repossess a vehicle and to the River Overlook kept traveling about 70
then ordered the driverhis son had gone to the home where the resident mph and failed to stop for
to stick out his tongue, wrong nursing home. said he wasn't aware the Colvard's patrol car. The
and he saw suspected The business owner said employee had been bit.driver then drove into the
marijuana inside the his son was supposed The resident said the emergency lane but didn't
driver's mouth. Maples to go to PruittHealth employee never yelled or stop until he was at the
then searched the SUV Forsyth to repossess atried to contact him. The bottom of the Exit 187
and found a small plastic gray Chevrolet Impala.resident then offered to ramp. Colvard smelled a
strong odor of marijuana the convenience store
coming from inside the and then came back out.
car and noticed a green He said as his father got
rifle laying on the pus- back into the vehicle, he
senger side floorboard, stopped breathing. The
The driver, who was son said he then started
coughing heavily, could doing "pumps" on his
barely speak. Colvard father's chest because he
ordered the driver to had seen it on TV. EMTs
open his mouth at which later notified Maples that
point he saw marijuana the man had died at the
residue inside his mouth, Monroe County Hospital
and the driver's tongue emergency room. The
was green. The driver man's wife said her hus-
told Colvard he ate the band had a brain tumor
marijuana because "there removed about seven
was too much going on." years earlier and also suf-
Colvard then searched fered from a pituitary dis-
the car and found a jar order. She said her hus-
containing marijuana band had been short of
residue and a scale. He breath for severe weeks
also found a plastic bag and had also suffered
with marijuana residue, a sharp pain in his leg
Colvard then took the several days earlier. The
driver to the Monroe wife said her husband
County Jail, where he thought he was having a
was also charged with heart attack but refused
failure to maintain lane to seek medical treat-
and obstruction, ment. She said he had
also received a synthetic
Man collapses, growth hormone shot the
previous day. The case
dies in vehicle at was then turned overto
High Falls Road Inv. Adam Bhnks.
gas station lot Williams Court
At about 5:36 p.m. on resident reports
Jan. 27, dispatchers noti- theft of laptop
fled Dep. Cody Maples of
a man passed out in his out of Silverado
vehicle with his children
in the car at the Falls At about 7 a.m. on
View gas station on High Jan. 29, a male Williams
Falls Road. Dispatchers Court resident told Dep.
told Maples the man was Timothy Campfield that
slumped over and not several of his vehicles
breathing, and Monroe were broken into. The
County EMTs were resident said an HP
already at the scene. A laptop computer, val-
male witness said he and ued at about $500, was
his wife had just arrived stolen out of a red 2014
at the gas station when Chevrolet Silverado. The
a 10-year-old boy inside resident said the doors
of the man's vehicle got and trunk were also open
his attention and asked on his blue 2011 Toyota
for help for his father. Camry but nothing was
The witness said he saw removed from it. In a sep-
the man was slumped arate but possibly related
back in his seat with his incident, at about 9:27
head against the head a.m. on Jan. 29, another
rest. The witness said he male Williams Court
checked the man's pulse resident told Dep. Robert
and whether he was Rodgers that his black
breathing and immedi- .22-caliber revolver, val-
ately called 9-1-1. The ued at about $150, was
witness said two other stolen out of his green
children, ages 8 and 6, 2003 Chevrolet Silverado.
were in the back seat and
were buckled in. Maples
then met with the man's
10-year-old son who said
his father walked into See INCIDENTS. Page 8D
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Corte .
Lattim0re,
22, Macon,
aggravated
battery, giv-
ing false
name
Josiah
Allen, 27,
Atlanta, driv-
ing while
license sus-
pended, no
registration
Frankie
Clanton,
53, Jackson,
failure to dim
headlights,
driving with-
out alicense,
hold for other
agency
The following arrests were reported by the Monroe County
Sheriffs Office 26-Feb. l. An arrest means someone
has been charged with a crime, but the law considers them
innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Sanchez
Laron
.Graham,
21, Macon,
possession of
marijuana
Reginald
Corey
Grier, 49,
Forsyth, bur-
glary
Ronnie
Edward
Douglas, 19,
possession of
marijuana,
speeding
Michael
Merritt, 26,
Stockbridge,
possession of
marijuana,
DUI, reck-
less driving,
defective
equipment
John--
athan
Bullington,
53, Forsyth,
failure to
maintain
lane, DUI,
open contain-
er violation
Dexter
B. Carter,
49, Decatur,
no proof of
insurance,
suspended
registration, "
driving while
license sus-
pended
Mindy
Little, 38,
Temple,
windshield
requirement,
window tint
violation,
driving while
license sus-
pended
Kenneth
Merritt,
37, Palm
Harbor, Fla
failure to
maintain
lane, win-
dew tint
violation,
safety belts-
children,
possession of
marijuana
Denorris
Miller, 22,
McDonough,
failure
to main-
tain lane,
attempting
to elude offi-
cer, obstruc-
tion
Sauel
Batchelor,
23, Forsyth,
theft by
receiving ate-
len property
Chand-
ler Hayden,
47, Duluth,
suspended
1 ge tration,
[ driving while
license sus-
pended
Hunter
Heck,
23, Perry,
Violation of
the Georgia
Controlled
Substance
Act
Charles
Hooper, 56,
St. Louis,
Mizz follow-
ing too close-
ly, driving
while license
suspended
Joshua
Huntsberry,
22, Atlanta,
open con-
tainer, pos-
session of
marijuana,
hold for other
agency
Maquita
Lockett,
43, Macon,
speeding,
driving while
license sus-
pended
Gerald
Lee Newell,
32, Forsyth,
violation of
tire require-
ments,
speeding
Todd
Newman,
27, Newnan,
failure to
maintain
lane, driving
while license
suspended
Karen
Leigh
Payne, 55,
Forsyth, dis-
tribution of
drugs
Tysheen
Michael
Cooper,
31, Forsyth,
driving
while license
suspended,
improper tag
display
Aria
Flores, 27,
Savannah,
possession
of marijuana
with intent
to distrib-
ute, failure
to maintain
lane
Melanie
Lynn Hood,
29, Forsyth,
possession
of drugs,
obstruction,
giving a'false
name
Michael
O'Conner,
25, Jul.iette,
failure to
maintain
lane, driving
while license
suspended
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