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argument that night. She
said her husband had con-
Continued from 4B sumed alcohol and swal-
lowed several Seroquel pills
Rumble Road man before rtmning into the
US. UL woods. The resident said
credit card stolen, her husband was on parole
charges for felony obstruction and
had a tendency to be vio-
lent. She said her husband
At about 2:06 p.m. on
May 2, a Rumble Road might have a pocket knife
man told Cp1. Jake Justice in his possession. Rodgers
that he was notified on then searched the woods
May 1 that his USAA behind the home and
credit card information had found the husband lying
been stolen. The man said on the ground holding a
several transactions were black-handled pocket knife.
made in Mableton, indud- The husband was respon-
ing $940 at a Walgreens sire but refused to drop
and $50 at a gas station, the knife, instead plac-
The resident said he was ing the blade to his neck.
told by Walgreens employ- Rodgers then grabbed
the husband's hand and,
ees that the transaction was
made at about 7:32 p.m. on along with Monroe County
May 1. EMT Jason Lott, was able
to take the knife from the
Deputy discovers husband, who was then
handcuffed. EMTs then
Xanax tablets in treated the husband, whose
Jackson woman's speech was lethargic and
purse during stop whose balance was poor.
The husband said he took
A 20-year-old white five or six Seroquel pills
Jackson woman was but had not drunk any
arrested and charged with alcohol. Sgt. Willie Brown
Violation of the Georgia then took the husband to
Controlled Substance Macon's Medical Center
Act, pills not in original Navicent Health, but the
container and obstruction husband became ill while
after a traffic stop on High en route and was turned
Falls Road on April 30. over to EMTs.
At about 9:32 p.m Dep.
Tyler Rodgers saw a black Resident
1998 Acura 2.3CL with en May 2 shotgun,
an improper tag display
on High Falls Road near computer stolen
Lakeshore Drive. Rodgers frol father's
stopped the vehicle in the
Citgo gas station parking At about 12:48 p.m. on
lot on High Falls Road and May 2, a female Mayfield
met with the male driver, Road resident told Sgt.
who said he was having car Todd Haskins that her
father's home had been
trouble. Rodgers smelled a
strong odor of raw mari- burglarized over the pre-
juana coming from inside vious several days. The
the vehicle and on the resident said there was no
driver's person. Dispatchers sign of forced entry. Stolen
then notified Rodgers that items included: a 12-gauge
the driver's license was shotgun, three gold Deka
suspended for failure to pins with diamonds, a gold
appear. The driver also Masonic earring, a white-
admitted to smoking marl- gold wedding band, an
juana earlier in the day but Acer computer, two digital
denied having any drugs in cameras, an iPad, a small:
the vehicle. A female pas- grandfather dock and sev-
senger said she had let the eral knives. The resident
driver borrow her vehicle, gave Haskins the name of a
The passenger said she too possible female suspect.
smoked marijuana earlier
in the day but also denied Deputies discover
having any drugs inside marijuana, beer
the vehicle. The passenger bottles in search
told Rodgers she was not
going to give him consent of Honda Civic
to search, but Rodgers said
he had cause for a search A 20-year-old white
because of the marijuana Newnan man was arrested
smell coming from inside and charged with posses-
of the vehide. Rodgers also sion of marijuana while a
picked up the passenger's second 20-year-old white
purse, but she snatched it Newnan man was also
out of his hand and told arrested and charged with
him he was not going to underage possession of
search it. Rodgers searched alcohol after a traffic stop
the purse anyway and on 1-75 South on April
found a small black bag. 25. At about 7:44 p.m
Despite the passenger's Cpl. John Thompson saw
protestations not to open a blue 2003 Honda Civic
it, Rodgers found inside missing a taillight and a
the bag small traces of brake light while failing to
marijuana and a yellow maintain its lane on 1-75
prescription bottle without South near mile marker
a proper label. The bottle 188. The female driver,
contained two green pills who was extremely ner-
of suspected Xanax, one vous and whose hands
white pill and a partial pill were trembling, said she
believed to be Oxycodone. and her three passengers, a
The passenger told Rodgers female front seat passenger
the person who gave her and two male back seat
the pills told her they were passengers, were headed
Melatonin tablets. Rodgers to Florida, The driver, who
then took the driver to the said deputies make her
Monroe County Jail while nervous, said she had been
Sgt. Willie Brown took the arrested previously for
passenger to the Monroe marijuana possession and
allowed Thompson and
County Jail. The driver, an
18-year-old white Jackson Sgt. Kemeyan Colvard to
man, was arrested and search the car. Dispatchers
charged with an improper determined the 17-year-
tag display and driving old female passenger was
while license suspended, reported missing out of
Padding Count. Deputies
Hwy. 341 resident then searched the car and
found several Michelob
threatens suicide Ultra beer bottles in the
by taking pills trunk which one of the
back seat passengers
claimed. After deputies
At about 10:36 p.m. on failed to find any other ille-
May 1, Dep. Tyler Rodgers gal items, K-9 Koda then
went to a 341 home alerted on the front of the
about a suidde attempt, vehide. Thompson popped
The female resident told the car's hood and found
Rodgers that she and her a bag of marijuana inside
husband had been in anthe fuse box, which the
other back seat passenger
daimed. Both back seat
passengers were then taken
to the Monroe County Jail
while a Paulding County
investigator got permission
from the front seat passen-
ger's mother to allow the
driver to take the front seat
passenger home. The front
seat passenger's mother
notified Thompson at
11:50 p.m. that her daugh-
ter was home and safe.
Forsyth man
charged with DUI
nearly falls asleep
during urine test
A 53-year-old white
Forsyth man was arrested
and charged with DUI
after a traffic stop on High
Falls Road on April 24. At
about 4:45 p.m Dep. Cody
Maples was conducting
a sobriety checkpoint at
the intersection of High
Falls and Blount roads
when a tan-colored Ford
F-150 truck approached.
Maples saw the male
driver appeared sleepy
with puffy, red, swollen
eyes, and he was moving
slowly inside the truck.
The driver, whose speech
was slow, said he wasn't
feeling well because he had
recently been diagnosed
with cancer. The driver
said he had taken one
Lortab tablet at 7 a.m. that
morning but said he was
tired from being sleep-
deprived and having been
to several doctor's appoint-
ments. The driver had to
hold onto his truck bed to
keep from falling, and he
agreed to take a field sobri-
ety test, which he failed.
Maples then searched the
driver and found inside
his front left pocket a
cigarette pack contain-
ing three Hydrocodone
tablets. Dep. Christian
Sawley then found inside
the driver's lunchbox on
the front passenger seat an
empty Hydrocodone bottle
with the driver's prescrip-
tion. Once at the Monroe
County Jail, Maples saw
the driver nearly fall asleep
several times as he submit-
ted a urine sample. The
driver was also charged
with drugs not in original
container.
Deputy watches
driver, passenger
swap seats prior
to 1-75 checkpoint
A 29-year-old black
Lithonia woman and
a 33-year-old black
Buckhead woman were
each arrested and charged
with possession of mari-
juana after a traffic stop
on Johnstonville Road on
April 27. At about 8:10
p.m Dep. Jacob Robins
was conducting a sobri-
ety checkpoint at the
Johnstonville Road exit
ramp ofi-75 South when
a blue Volkswagen Passat
approached. Robins saw
the vehicle's female driver
and front seat passenger
switch seats prior to the
stop. He also saw one of
the vehicle's occupants put
something in the trunk.
Robins smelled a strong
odor of marijuana coming
from the vehicle. Officer
Wade Kendrick of the
Forsyth Police Department
and Robins then searched
the vehicle and found a
small bag of marijuana
inside a Crown Royal
bag on the back seat. The
front seat passenger said
the drugs belonged to her.
Kendrick also found a sec-
ond bag of marijuana along
with a grinder and rolling
papers, which the back
seat passenger said was
hers. Both passengers were
then taken to the Monroe
County Jail. The driver
was cited for having no
insurance and was taken to
Waffle House.
Deputies locate
ice cold Mike's
Hard Lemonade
in passenger seat
A 23-year-old white
Macon man was arrested
and charged with DUI
after a traffic stop on
Johnstonville Road on
April 27. At about 8:20
p.m Dep. Nicholas
Ortiz was conducting a
sobriety checkpoint at
the Johnstonville Road
exit ramp of 1-75 South
when a blue Honda Fit
approached. Ortiz smelled
a strong odor of alcohol
coming from the vehicle
and saw numerous cans
in the passenger seat. The
male passenger said the
cans were Mike's Hard
Lemonade but said they
were old. The male driver
denied having been drink-
ing and agreed to take
several field sobriety tests,
which he failed. Dep. Cody
Maples then searched the
vehicle and determined
the cans in the front seat
were still cold and had con-
densation on them. Ortiz
then took the driver to the
Monroe County Jail, where
he refused a state breath
test. The driver was also
charged with an open con-
tainer violation.
Deputy arrests
high-speed chase
suspect in parking
lot of Macon KFC
A 24-year-old black
Miami Gardens, Fla. man
was arrested and charged
with fleeing/attempting
to elude a police officer,
speeding, driving while
license suspended/revoked,
failure to stop for a stop
sign and reckless driving
after a high-speed chase
on 1-75 South ended in
Bibb County on April 29.
At about 9:25 a.m Sgt.
Todd Haskins saw a green
2017 Mazda vehicle with
a Florida tag traveling 104
mph in a 70 mph zone
on 1-75 South near mile
marker 183. Haskins tried
to stop the vehide but it
continued south, exiting
on Rumble Road before
running the stop sign at the
top of the exit ramp and
contintfing back onto 1-75
South. Haskins saw the
vehicle pass in the emer-
gency lane and continue
at speeds in excess of 120
mph into Bibb County. The
vehicle eventually exited
at Tom Hill Sr. Blvd. and
turned into the Kentucky
Fried Chicken parking
lot, where the male driver
got out and fled on foot.
Haskins, who determined
there were two male pas-
sengers inside the vehicle,
eventually apprehended
the driver in the KFC
parking lot. Dep. Timothy
Campfield then searched
the vehide and found five
Chime/Visa debit cards,
which the driver said
were his. The driver was
then taken to the Monroe
County Jail, where he may
also face an additional
charge of financial transac-
tion card fraud.
Ford truck wrecks
in Hwy. 83 ravine,
deputy locates 30-
pack of Bud Light
At about 1:41 p.m. on
April 29, Dep. Jacob Robins
went to Hwy. 83 North
near Bemer Loop where he
saw a red 2003 Ford F-150
truck with a Tennessee tag
in a ravine. Robins deter-
mined the truck had been
driving recklessly on the
shoulder of the road, lost
control, overturned and
came to a stop right side
up in a small creek down
an eight-foot deep ditch.
Robins saw the truck's front
was nearly on the culvert
running under the road.
There was extensive dam-
age to the truck, including
a caved-in roof, a busted
front windshield, two bust-
ed driver side windows,
two broken mirrors and
numerous dents to its body
Dispatchers determined
the truck belonged to an
Athens, Tenn. man. Robins
searched the area but did
not locate the driver. He
then found a Plant Scherer
parking sticker on the
truck and tried to reach
the truck's owner there but
learned the owner had not
shown up for work that
day. Robins found inside
the truck a 30-pack of Bud
Light beer cans with about
12 remaining in the box.
He also found two open
Bud Light cans and a third
can with plastic from a
six-pack on the dashboard.
The truck's radio and key
had been removed.
Restaurant owner
reports vandals
steal from porch,
light fire outside
At about 11:11 a.m.
on April 24, Dep. Jacob
Robins went to the Hot
Dog House on High Falls
Road about vandalism. The
male restaurant owner told
Robins that suspects have
been coming to the restau-
rant after hours vandalizing
the property and sleeping
on the outside porch. The
owner said a shelf next
to a window going to the
kitchen had been busted
off, all of the exterior fan
blades had been broken off
and all of the exterior light
bulbs had been stolen. The
owner said he also found
dothing left behind the
outside cooler. The owner
said when he arrived at the
restaurant at about 10 a.m.
that morning he found the
outside furniture had been
moved and someone had
tried to start a fire near the
rear of the restaurant. The
o er said he had seen a
suspect, age 20 to 23,
around 5 feet, 6 inches tall,
with dirty blond hair and
a shaggy beard, typically
wearing a t-shirt with cut-
off sleeves and shorts, stay
on the restaurant porch
for the majority of the
day before leaving when
the restaurant closed. The
owner said the male sus-
pect was accompanied by
a female suspect, age 19 to
21, around 5 feet, 2 inches
tall, with glasses and a pink
gym bag. The owner said
the suspects walked from
the direction of Lakeshore
Drive. The owner said he
had previously ignored the
vandalism, chalking it up to
"kids being kids" However,
he said after seeing the fire
so dose to his building, he
believed they could bum
his restaurant down or get
hurt on his property. The
owner said he contacted
his insurance company and
attorney about the matter
and had decided to close
in his porch so there is no
access to it outside of busi-
ness hours. Robins told the
owner that patrol deputies
would keep an eye on the
restaurant after hours.
Jackson driver
arrested after
dispute with
school bus driver
A 48-year-old white
Jackson man was arrested
and charged with disorder-
ly conduct after a dispute
with a Monroe County
school bus driver on May
1. At about 4:33 p.m Dep.
Nicholas Ortiz went to
Cherry Street in Lakeview
subdivision about a silver
Ford Focus blocking a
Monroe County school
bus. A female Monroe
County Schools bus driver
told Ortiz the Focus was
following her bus and
blocking the road. The
driver said the male Focus
driver got out of his car
and started hitting the bus
with his hand while yelling
and swearing at her. The
bus driver said she photo-
graphed the Focus driver
and showed Ortiz the
picture. Oaiz then went to
a Horseshoe Bend Road
home where he located
the Focus and noticed its
hood was still warm as if it
had just been driven. The
Focus driver denied hav-
ing driven the Focus, but
Ortiz saw it was the same
man whom the bus driver
had photographed. Ortiz
then arrested the Focus
driver and took him to the
Monroe County Jail, where
he was also charged with
driving on a suspended
license.
Driver, passenger
arrested after
deputies locate car
reported stolen
A 28-year-old black
Jonesboro man and a
45-year-old Forsyth man
were each arrested and
charged with theft by
receiving stolen property
after they were stopped
on Fairview Church
Road on May 5 while
traveling in a stolen car.
At about 4:47 a.m Cpl.
Thomas Haskins saw a
newer model Chevrolet
Malibu parked at the Shell
gas station on Hwy. 42
North that appeared to
have been spray painted
black. Dispatchers notified
Haskins the car's license
plate was registered to a
2014 Chevrolet Malibu,
and the plate was reported
stolen out of Clayton
County the previous day
Haskins and Dep. Christian
Sawley then followed the
car to Fairview Church
Road, where they stopped
it. Sawley then searched the
male driver and found an
empty hypodermic needle
in his pocket. The driver,
who gave a false name and
date of birth, told deputies
he didn't know to whom
the car belonged. He said
his "girl" dropped the car
off at his house and told
him he could drive it.
Haskins then asked the
driver if the car was sto-
len to which he replied:
"I don't know if it's stolen,
but now I'm beginning to
wonder if it is" Dispatchers
then determined the car
was a blue 2009 Chevrolet
Malibu reported stolen
out of Morrow on April
13. Haskins, Sawley and
Sgt. Willie Brown then
searched the car and found
a hypodermic needle on
the back seat as well as a
plastic bag in the center
console containing a white
crystal substance that the
driver daimed was "Epsom
salt." A male passenger told
Haskins he didn't know the
driver at all. The passenger
said he met a girl online
and the girl came with the
driver over to his Stokes
Store Road home about 30
minutes earlier. The pas-
senger said he intended
to "pay the girl for sex"
but needed more cash.
Therefore, the passenger
said the driver took him
to the Shell station so he
could withdraw cash from
the ATM. Both the driver
and the passenger were
then taken to the Monroe
County Jail. Once at the
jail, the driver admitted
he had initially given his
brother's name because
he had an arrest warrant.
Dispatchers then deter-
mined the driver's license
was suspended and he had
a warrant out of Morrow
for shoplifting. The driver,
the Jonesboro man, was
also charged with giving
a false name and driving
while license suspended.
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