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Deputies respond to
Pallet One over irate,
just-fired employee
At about 11:37 a.m. on Feb. 25,
Cpl. Jake Justice and Sgt. Todd
Haskins went to Pallet One on
Old Macon Road where a male
employee said a male ex-employee
came to the business that day act-
ing irate. The employee said the
ex-employee was fired earlier that
day after the ex-employee's male
supervisor reported that the ex-em-
ployee had refused to work during
his Feb. 23 shift. The supervisor
said the ex-employee subsequently
shoved his shoulder into the super-
visors shoulder and threatened to
fight the supervisor in the park-
ing lot. The employee said Pallet
One security officers were able
to separate the ex-employee and
the supervisor. The employee said
when the ex-employee returned to
work on Feb. 25 he was fired. He
said the ex-employee then gathered
his belongings before re-entering
the work area in an effort to find
the supervisor. The employee said
when he contacted the Monroe
County Sheriff's Office, the ex-
employee then left. Witnesses told
deputies they saw the ex-employee
and the supervisor talking on Feb.
23 but did not know what was be-
ing said because of loud equipment
in operation. Justice then called the
ex-employee who said he ex-
changed words with the supervisor.
The ex-employee said the supervi-
sor "chest bumped" him, which he
took as a threat. The ex-employee
said the supervisor then wagered
him $100 that he could "beat
your a-- in the parking lot? The
ex-employee said he responded by
calling the supervisor a'"o "and
also stated, "I will whoop your a--?
The ex-employee said he was upset
when he was ftredbecause he felt
the employee did not care about his
side of the sto . The ex-employee
said he then thought about con-
fronting the supervisor after his fir-
ing but decided not to and instead
left. Justice told the ex-employee
not to return to Pallet One.
. rsyth man charged
with criminal trespass
after entering Walmart
A 38-year-old black Forsyth man
was arrested and charged with
criminal trespass after he was seen
inside the Forsyth Walmart on Feb.
25 after being banned from the
store. At about 5:24 a.m a female
Walmart assistant manager told
Deps. Rustin Hardesty and Willie
Barkley there was a man in the
store who was banned, and she
believed he was possibly trying to
shoplift. The assistant manager said
the man, who was wearing a black
jacket, a black hat, blue jeans and
tan boots, had entered the store
on three diflbrent occasions that
night. Hardesty and Barkley then
found the man inside the store
at which point the man tried to
discard a plastic bag containing a
green leafy substance underneath
a display shd The man tried to
run from Barkley; but Barkley took
him to the floor at which point
Hardesty arrested him. Hardesty
then searched the man and found
in his front left pants pocket three
plastic bags containing suspected
synthetic marijuana while Barkley
located the larger bag the man had
discarded and determined it too
contained synthetic marijuana. The
male store manager told deputies
he had asked the man if he was
allowed to be in the store, and
the man had replied, "Yeah not
reall) ' When the manager asked
the man what that meant, the man
mumbled something under his
breath and began walking toward
the front of the store, where he was
black pants, nmning across Martin
Luther King Jr. Drive behind a
home at the comer of Sharp Street.
Robins then parked his patrol
vehide and got out and chased after
the man. After Robins ordered
the man to stop, the man tried to
jump a short, concrete wall from
one yard to another and tripped.
spotted by deputies. Deputies then Robins then ordered the man to'
took the man to the Monroe Coun- stay on the ground, and he was
ty Jail, where he was also charged
with possession of synthetic
marijuana, possession of synthetic
marijuana with intent to distribute
and obstruction.
Conyers driver charged
with reckless driving
after 1-75 South stop
A 28-year-old white Conyers
woman was arrested and charged
with reckless driving after a traffic
stop on 1-75 South on Feb. 26. At
about 12:30 a.m Sgt. Cody Maples
was notified by dispatchers to be
on the lookout for a white 2004
Mercury Mountaineer failing to
maintain its lane on 1-75 South
near mile marker 188. Maples tried
to stop the SUM but it continued
southbound for two more miles
at about 70 mph before suddenly
coming to a near stop in the far
right lane before pulling off the
road at mile marker 186. Maples
saw vomit on the driver's side door
as well as inside the SU . The
female driver had slurred speech
and bloodshot eyes and appeared
to be falling asleep. The driver, who
denied having consumed alcohol,
said she was headed to Florida to
meet her husband. The driver, who
failed several field sobriety tests,
then told Maples she had taken
300 mg. of prescription Vistaril for
anxiety and depression several days
earlier. Maples then took the driver
to the Monroe County Jail, where
she was also charged with failure
to maintain lane, driver to exercise
due care, failure to use a turn signal
and failure to yield for emergency
vehicle.
Buck Creek bridge
fisherman reports gun-
toting man on Feb. 27
At about 4:15 p.m. on Feb. 27,a
Jac.kson man told Cpl- Jacob Robins
he was fishing on the bridge on
Buck Creek Road when another
man approached the bridge from
the water on his pontoon boat
while holding a black pistol. The
man said he yelled at the other
man, "Oh, you have a pistol today?"
The man said the other man then
turned the pistol in his direction
and replied, "Yes" The man said
the other man continued under the
bridge and tried to snatch his fish-
ing pole into the water. He said the
other man is constantly harassing
fishermen in the area. Robins then
tried to contact the other man but
was unable to reach him.
Forsytfl man accused
of assault in Lamar Co.
arrested on MLK Drive
A 21-year-old black Forsyth
man was arrested and charged
with obstruction and violation of
probation after a foot chase on Feb.
27. At about 2:37 p.m CpI. Jacob
Robins went to Martin Luther King
Jr. Drive and Sharp Street to assist
Forsyth Police with arresting a
man wanted for assault ofa Lamar
County officer and two other men
who ran from them. Robins then
saw the wanted man, wearing a tan
windbreaker jacket, red shirt and
arrested and taken to the Monroe
County Jail. While Robins was
pursuing the wanted man, Haskins
saw one of the other men, whom
he recognized;and urged him to
stop. Haskins said the other man
then started yelling, "Nah, nah,
nah ' and backed away from him.
Since the other man had one of his
hands in his pocket, Haskins drew
his service weapon and pointed it
at the other hand while telling him
to get on the ground. However,
the other man refused, so Haskins
grabbed him and took him to the
ground. Haskins, Lt. Chad Beck
and Forsyth Police Officer Tellas
Daniels then handcuffed the other
man, a 29-year-old black Forsyth
man, and took him to the Monroe
County Jail, where he was also
charged with obstruction.
Byron driver arrested
after deputies find gun,
marijuana in vehicle
A 23-year-old black Byron man
was arrested and charged with
possession of drugs and other
charges after a trafiac stop on 1-75
North on Feb. 27. At about 1:27
p.m Cpl. Thomas Haskins saw
a maroon 2012 Ford Fusion with
very dark window tint traveling
on 1-75 North near mile marker
190. Haskins smelled the odor of
bumt marijuana coming from the
vehideand'saw the male driver had
marijuana flakes on his shirt. The
driver, who admitted he smoked
earlier in the da ; denied having
anything illegal. However, he had
a large quantity of cash in his front
jacket pocket. Haskins and Dep.
Christian Sawley then searched
the vehide and found in the center
console a plastic bag containing
raw marijuana and a large amount
of cash. Deputies also found in a
separate compartment in the center
console raw marijuana, a digital
scale and a small plastic bag con-
taining two pills, suspected Xanax
and Ecstasy. They also found inside
a small comparffnent on the driver
side a plastic bag containing raw
marijuana and also located a black
9 mm. handgun
under the driver's
seat. Dispatchers determined the
handgun was reported stolen out
of Warner Robins. The driver told
Haskins he bought the gun from a
"friend" in Warner Robins but did
not seem surprised when Haskins
told him it was stolen. Haskins
then took the driver to the Monroe
County Jail and seized the cash,
later determined to be $3,389,
drugs and three phones. The driver
was also charged with theft by re-
ceiving stolen property, possession
of a firearm during the commission
of a felony, possession of drug re-
lated objects, drugs not in original
container, possession of marijuana
and a window tint violation.
Driver charged with
DUI after traffic stop
on Johnstonville Road
A 42-year-old white Lenoir, Tenn.
man faces a charge of DUI after a
traffic stop on Johnstonville Road
on Feb. 27. At about 5:40 p.m Cpl-
Timothy Campfield went to the
Marathon gas station on Johnston-
ville Road where a state trooper
said she saw a male driver slumped
over the steering wheal of his wl'dte
2005 Ford vehide. The driver, who
was unsteady on his feet and had
slurred speech, told Campfidd
he was headed from Florida to
Tennessee. q-he driver, who told
Campfidd he takes Suboxone and
Klonopin, then failed several field
sobriety tests. Campfidd then
inventoried the vehide and found
a dear bag containing a brown
granulated substance. Campfield
asked the driver ifhe wanted to
take a blood test, but the driver
couldn't keep his eyes open and
never replied. Campfield then took
the driver to the Monroe County
Jail, where it took several minutes
for deputies to .wake him up and
deputies gave assistance so that
the driver could stand. Campfield
then took the driver to the Monroe
County Hospital for treatment.
Meanwhile, K-9 Rocky alerted
on the brown substance, and it
was sent to the Georgia Bureau of
Investigation (GBI) for analysis.
Passenger in wrecked
vehicle faces charge
after deputies find gun
A man faces a charge of posses-
sion of a firearm by a convicted
felon after a one-vehide wreck on
1-75 South on Feb. 27. At about
12:30 a.m Dep. Peyton Hender-
son went to 1-75 South near mile
marker 191 where he saw a black
2014 Mercedes Benz down a bank
off of the right shoulder of the
interstate. He then heard someone
shouting for help and saw two men,
the driver and passenger, bleeding
heavily with injuries to their face,
arms and hands. The driver said he
wasn't hurt despite having visible
injuries while the passenger, who
said he is diabetic, said he was hurt-
ing all over. Henderson smelled the
odor of alcohol coming from both
the driver and passenger and saw
they each had bloodshot eyes and
slurred speech. The passenger said
he was asleep when the wreck oc-
curred, and the driver later daimed
he wasn't driving after first saying
he was. Monroe County EMTs
tried to treat the driver and pas-
senger for their injuries, but they
each refused treatment. Mthough
both occupants denied driving the
vehide, Henderson opted not to
arrest the men due to their injuries
and instead dted them for obstruc-
tion. EMTs then located a Glock
17 handgun inside the vehicle, but
both occupants denied knowing
about it. The passenger said he was
on probation for aggravated assault
and couldn't be around firearms.
When Henderson and Dep. Chris
Sherrell then derided to arrest the
men, the passenger said he instead
wanted to be taken to the hospital
because he didn't want to go to jail.
Deputies then took both the driver
and the passenger to the Monroe
County Hospital emergency room.
Deputies also took the handgun
into evidence.
Bolingridge Drive man
reports theft of tools
from front building
At about 9:55 a.m. on Feb. 28, a
male Bolingridge Drive resident
told Cpl. Thomas Haskins that
someone broke into a building
in front of his home and stole
numerous items. The resident said
he heard something banging that
awoke him at about 4 a.m. two
nights earlier. However, the resident
said he turned on his outside lights
and didn't see anything. The resi-
dent said he then noticed on Feb.
28 that someone had broken into
his building, which had a padlock
on it. Haskins saw the suspect had
tried to pry open the door but was
unsuccessful. He then saw a large
hole in. some chicken wire at the
rear of the building and believed
the suspect entered through the
chicken wire. The stolen items
induded: an orange Rigid tool box,
a Milwaukee grinder, a Dewalt
grinder, a red extension cord' an
HP air compressor, a black air hose,
a Malco metal bender and a Lin-
coln welder. The stolen items were
valued at about $1,755.
man
someone tried to take
out $7"g000 bank loan
At about 3:29 pan. on March 1,
a Forsyth man told Dep. Christian
Sawley that he was notified that
someone had tried to open anac-
count at a Maryland credit union
using his soda] security number
and take out a loan for $77,000. The
man told Sawley that in October
2018 someone tried to buy three
vehicles in his name. Sawley told
the man to call his bank and cancel
his account.
Piedmont Hills resident
reports scratches found
on Hyundai Electra
A Piedmont Hills Apartments
resident told police chief Eddie
Harris on Feb. 26 that someone put
scratches all over her 2016 Hyun-
dai Hectra. The woman said she
suspects it done by a woman
who's seeing the same man as her.
Brookwood Drive man
reports handgun stolen
from unlocked vehicle
A Brookwood Drive resident told
police chief Eddie Harris on Feb.
26 that someone stole his 9 mm
handgun, Valued at $375, from his
unlocked Ford Mustang.
Blount Street resident
reports male suspect
stole puppy from home
A Blount Street resident told Sgt.
David Asbell on Feb. 28 that a man
entered his home with two women
and stole his pit bull puppy while
he was running an errand.
Off-duty police off er
reports Chevy Tahoe
damaged at local store
An off-duty Forsyth police officer
told Inv. Alexanders Daniels that
someone appeared to have struck
his black Chevy Tahoe and left
white paint marks while it was
parked in a handicapped spot at
a local grocery store. He said he
wants to prosecute.
Woman's missing cell
phone discovered in
Walmart parking lot
A Forsyth woman told Forsyth
officer Peter Spahn on March 3 she
thinks she lost her cell phone in the
kids dothing section of Walmart.
The phone was found in the park-
ing lot and returned to the owner.
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