May 16, 2018 Page 6B
Reporter
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
At the request of District 1
commissioner Larry Evans,
Monroe County Commissioners
held a moment of silence near the
conclusion of its Tuesday, May 1
meeting to honor the memory of
Doris Ogletree.
Ogletree, who died on April 26,
had served as the District 1 Mon-
roe County Planning & Zoning
board representative since P&Z'S
inception in 1987. Ogletree also
served for years as a Monroe
County courthouse bailiff.
Evans said of Ogletree: "She's
just been a community person
that we're going to dearly miss"
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Man reports niece
stole mailed check,
made it payable to
hersdf for $400
At about 11:32 a.m. on
May 7, a Forsyth man
told Cpl. Jake Justice that
his niece had stolen his
checks he was expecting
to receive from BB&T.
The man, who is disabled,
said his niece sometimes
stays with him and has
access to his mail. The
man said he was expected
to receive a Social Security
check in the amount of
$1,009 in early May but
said he had not received
it. The man said when he
then checked with BB&T,
he learned his niece had
made a transaction with
his check. The man said
his niece filled out one of
his checks for $400 and
made it payable to herself.
Although the man's sig-
nature was at the bottom
right of the check, the man
denied author' mg the
check. Justice planned to
meet with Monroe County
Magistrate Court Judge
Buck Wilder about secur-
ing a warrant against the
niece for fourth degree
forgery.
Motorcycle driver
threatens deputy
after traffic stop
at Hwy. 42 Shell
A 41-year-old white
Forsyth man was arrested
and charged with driving
while license suspended/
revoked and obstruc-
tion after a traffic stop on
Hwy. 42 North on May 3.
At about 9:43 p.m Cpl.
Thomas Haskins saw the
male driver of a white
2001 Kawasaki ZX600
motorcycle pmnping
gas at the Shell gas sta-
tion on Hwy. 42 North.
Haskins knew the driver
did not have a valid license
and tried to stop the
motorcycle as it exited
the station. The driver
then threw his hands in
the air and blurted out
loudly: "What am I get-
ting stopped for?" When
Haskins asked the driver
for his license, the driver
replied on two occasions:
"I ain't going to give you
s---:' When Haskins tried
to arrest the driver, the
driver instead pulled away
and started walking away
from him to the front of
his motorcycle. Haskins
eventually took the driver
to the ground and was
able to place handcuffs
on him with the help of
Dep. Perry Fitzgerald and
Officer Tellas Daniels
of the Forsyth Police
Department. Haskins
then took the driver to
the Monroe County Jail.
Once at the jail, the driver
continued threatening
Haskins, saying: "I'll catch
you one day without that
badge,' while adding, "I
In other Board of Commission-
ers news:
Monroe County Commission-
ers approved 4-0 on Tuesday,
May i a variance in agriculture
allowing a Lakeshore Drive
resident to have a 60-foot road
setback.
John Steinhaur of 327 Lake-
shore Drive, owned by Freida W.
Morris, asked commissioners to
allow him to add on to his home,
which would shorten the set-
back distance below the required
70 feet from the center of the
road. No one was opposed to
Steinhaur's request. The Mon-
roe County Planning & Zoning
can't wait to catch you on
the streets:'
board previously approved Stein-
haur's request by a 3-0 vote at an
April 23 meeting.
District 4 commissioner George
Emami was absent from the May
1 meeting.
Monroe County Commission-
ers approved 4-0 on Tuesday,
May 1 a conditional use variance
in agriculture allowing a Hwy. 41
South home to be used as office
Juliette woman
reports text seam
concerning grant
funds from Apple
At about 6:47 p.m. on
May 6, a Juliette woman
told Sgt. Willie Brown that
she received a text message
from Apple Foundation
Grant on May 4 asking
her to send it $700 in
exchange for the woman
receiving a $150,000 grant.
The woman said the mes-
sage instructed her to
go to a nearby Walmart
and send $700 to John
Balcerzak at an Amherst,
N.Y. address. The woman
said she then sent the
money but later received
a text that the transaction
didn't go through. She
said she then received yet
another text telling her to
send the money instead
to Rosa Mary De Santiago
of Riverside, Calif. The
woman said she realized it
was a scam when she got
another text asking her to
send $7,000 while adding
that the IRS had stopped
the caller from sending the
grant money to her.
El
after escape
during stop
A 25-year-old black
Forsyth man was arrested
and charged with driving
while license suspended
and obstruction after
a traffic stop on North
Frontage Road on May 5.
At about 1:16 a.m Cpl.
Thomas Haskins saw a sil-
ver 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe
without tag lights and
missing a brake light trav-
eling on North Frontage
Road. Haskins stopped the
SUV in the New Forsyth
Inn parking lot at which
point the male driver, who
was wearing a gray shirt
and shorts, exited the SUV
and began running down
North Frontage Road in
the direction of North Lee
Street. Haskins chased the
driver down the street,
into the woods and down
a trail, where Haskins and
Dep. Christian Sawley
eventually handcuffed the
driver behind E1 Tejado
Mexican Restaurant. The
driver refused to reveal his
name or why he ran, but
Officer Wade Kendrick
of the Forsyth Police
Department recognized
the driver. Dispatchers
then determined the driv-
er had a suspended driver's
license. While Sawley took
the driver to the Monroe
County Jail, Haskins
reviewed his patrol car
dash camera and noticed
a male passenger wear-
ing a black shirt and beige
pants also exited the SUV
on foot during the stop,
Haskins then searched the
area but was unable to find
the passenger. Haskins
then went to the New
Forsyth Inn, where he met
space.
Robin Head asked commis-
sioners to allow a 0.7-acre tract
at 2735 Hwy. 41 South, cur-
rently owned by Phillip and Betty
Mock, to be used as an admin-
istrative office for her company,
Head to Head, which specializes
with the driver's girlfriend,
who was the SUV's owner.
The girLfriend revealed to
Haskins who she believed
was the passenger. The
driver was also charged
with having no tag lights.
Warner Robins
driver arrested
after deputies find
hash oil in vehicle
A 27-year-old white
Warner Robins woman
was arrested and charged
with possession of mari-
juana after a traffic stop on
1-75 South on May 5. At
about 12:34 p.m. on May
5, Sgt. Kevin Williams
saw a red 2008 Chevrolet
Aveo without a tag travel-
ing on 1-75 South near
mile marker 190. Williams
smelled the odor of mari-
juana coming from inside
the vehide, and the female
driver admitted to hav-
ing a blunt in her purse.
The driver, who appeared
lethargic, fell to the pave-
ment and began shaking
violently. The driver said
she didn't have a history
of seizures, but Williams
called Monroe County
EMTs to the scene any-
way. Williams and Dep.
Cody Maples then found
a marijuana blunt inside
the driver's glasses case
inside her purse. They also
found three containers
and a piece of wax paper
with wax marijuana on
it as well as a rape pen
containing suspected
hash oil under the driver's
seat. Williams then took
the driver to the Monroe
County Jail, where she
was also charged with
operating an unregistered
motor vehicle, having no
insurance, possession of
drug related objects and
Violation of the Georgia
Controlled Substance Act.
Man arrested after
allegedly stabbing
wife dur g dispute
on Brandywine Dr.
A 57-year-old black
Forsyth man was arrested
and charged with aggra-
vated assault after he
allegedly tried to stab his
wife during a domestic
dispute at a Brandywine
Drive home on May 7. At
about 3:56 a.m a female
Brandywine Drive resident
told Dep. Christian Sawley
that about two weeks
earlier Monroe County
EMTs had visited her
home, and she told them
she sprained her elbow at
work. The resident told
Sawley that her husband
had actually beaten her,
but she had lied because
she didn't want him to get
in trouble. The resident
said earlier that night, her
husband had grabbed her
while they were in the
bedroom, throwing her
onto the bed and choking
her while stating, 'TU kill
you" The resident said
she suffered a scratch on
the back of the neck as a
result of the choking. She
in the sale of handbags on line
and at trade shows. Head said she
and her husband George have put
in a tentative contract to buy the
tract with the intention of stor-
ing trade show inventory there
as well. No one was opposed
to Head's request. The Monroe
County Planning & Zoning
board previously approved Heads
request by a 3-0 vote at an April
23 meeting.
District 4 commissioner George
Emami was absent from the May
1 meeting.
Monroe County Commission-
ers approved 4-0 on Tuesday,
May 1 to allow a Pioneer Trail
homes on a 4.12:acre tract.
Jean Dunbar asked comniis- i
sionerS to grant her"avarianceI -i
in agriculture to build a second:
r!
home while alS maintaining i
a trailer at 304 Pioneer Trail, a
property owned by her mother, '
Patsy J. Neurohr. Dunbar said
mother was recently widowed,
and she wants to move her family,
onto her mother's land to care
for her. No one was opposed to
Dunbar's request. The Monroe
County Planning & Zoning
board previously approved Dun-
bar's request by a 3-0 vote at an
April 23 meeting.
District 4 commissioner Geotg
Emami was absent from the May
resident to place two additional 1 meeting. ! ]
said when her husband let before striking his pas- press charges, She added !
go, he then pulled a knife senger side mirror with that her boyfriend's n.iece ii
and tried to cut her with it, something. Haskins then also assisted her mother
but she put her hands up
to defend herself, causing
cuts to both of her hands.
The resident said she then
ran out of the room and
called 9-1-1 before escap-
ing into the front yard.
Sawle ; Sgt. Willie Brown
and Cpl. John Thompson
then searched the home
but could not fend the
husband, who appeared
to have escaped out of the
back door. The husband
was arrested and booked
into the Monroe County
Jail later the same day.
Deputy responds
to Whittle Road
home after report
of gunshot wound
At about 12:12 p.m. on
May 3, a female Whittle
Road resident told Cpl.
Timothy Camp field that
she had discovered her
husband dead in their
home. The resident said
her husband had been
battling lung cancer for
several years. The resident
said she left their home at
about 11 a.m. and went
to another home located
on their property. She
said when she retumed
at about 12:05 p.m she
noticed the upstairs door
open. She said she then
went upstairs and found
her husband unrespon-
sive in his office chair.
Campfield saw the hus-
band appeared to have
a self-inflicted gunshot
wound to his head. A
Smith & Wesson .45
revolver was lying on the
floor at his feet, and a
Monroe County EMT said
the gun had fallen to the
floor when he lifted the
husband's shirt to check
his vital signs. Several
other guns were found in
the room with the hus-
band's body. The case was
then turned over to Inv.
Allen Henderson.
Motorcycle driver
punches F-150
mirror during
road rage incident
At about 8:54 p.m. on
May 4, the male driver of a
blue 2017 Ford F-150 told
Cpl. Thomas Haskins that
a green 2008 Kawasaki
motorcycle pulled up next
to his truck on 1-75 South
near mile marker 190. The
F-150 driver said the male
motorcycle driver had
hit his truck mirror with
something, shattering it.
The F-150 driver said he
continued following the
motorcycle until Haskins
stopped it at the intersec-
tion of Smith Road and
Orchard Ridge Drive.
The motorcycle driver
then denied any such
incident had happened.
The F-150 driver told
Haskins the motorcycle
pulled up along his pas-
senger side and said the
motorcycle driver flipped
his middle finger at him
spoke with the motorcycle jumping on her. Monr l
driver a second time. The County EMTs then
motorcycle driver then checked the womanand;
changed his story and said
he was following behind
his girlfriend's vehide
when the F-150 driver cut
his girlfriend off, making
him angry. The motor-
cycle driver then admitted
to pulling alongside the
F-150 and hitting its mir-
ror with his hand. The
motorcycle driver then
displayed his left hand,
which was bleeding, but he
refused medical treatment.
The motorcycle driver said
he initially lied because he
has a provisional motor-
cycle license and was not
allowed to drive on the
interstate. The F-150 driv-
er then declined to press
criminal charges, saying he
just wanted the motorcycle
driver to pay for his mir-
ror. The two drivers then
came to an agreement, and
the motorcycle driver was
not charged with a crime.
Forsyth officer
discovers College
Street resident
dead on May 11
At about 6:34 a.m.
on May 11, Sgt. Willie
Barkley of the Forsyth
Police Department went to
a College Street home after
the male resident failed
to show up for his sched-
uled dialysis appointment.
When Barkley arrived, he
saw the resident sitting in
a recliner. Barkley then
knocked on the door sev-
eral times and called loud-
ly in the residents direc-
tion but was unable to get
a response. Barldey found
the resident appeared to be
dead and called Monroe
County EMTs to the scene.
Pregnant woman
reports boyfriend's
sister attacked her
on Union Hill Drive
the case was turned Over '{
to Inv. Geoffrey Holtzc!aw]
of the Forsyth PoliCe
Department. !
Florida driver
drinks Fireball
shots prior to DU[
arrest on 1-75 N. :
A 57-year-old white ,
Lake Panasofkee, Fla. man!
and a 57-year-old white ',
Bristol, Tenn. woman were
each arrested and charged i
with possession of a con- ,
trolled substance, an open '
container violation and ,
possession of drug related i
objects prohibited after a ',
traffic stop on 1-75 North
on May 6. At about 11:10 ',
a.m Dep. Cody Maples
was notified by dispatch- !
ers to be on the lookout *
for a gray 2002 Chevrolet "
Silverado with a Florida
license plate traveling
recklessly on 1-75 North. i
Maples saw the truck :
. nearly hit the guard rail
well as several other vehi- :
cles and stopped the truck:
near mile marker 189. Thg
male driver, who smelled i
of alcohol and had to hold'
on to his truck for support
said he consumed several ;
"Fireball" shots about 45
minutes earlier in Macon."!
The driver told Maples
he was coming from
Jacksonville, Fla where hel
helped his son move into,:
a new home. The driver
then failed several field i!
sobriety tests and tested
positive for alcohol on a ]
field breath test. Maples :,
then searched the truck ]
and found a large bottle of]
Fireball whiskey between i
the driver and passenger
seats. He also found sev-
eral glass pipes containing
suspected. .' methamphet- :i
ampae m a backpack ]
behind the passenger seat
as well as a clear container
of s spected synthetic
At about 3:36 p.m. on marijuana. The female ]
April 23, Officer Bruce passenger then admitted ]
Hughley of the Forsyth to having smoked meth- !|
Police Department went amphetamine about two
to Union Hill Apartments days prior. Both the driver]
on Union Hill Drive about and the passenger were
a fight. A Forsyth woman then taken to the Monroe I
told Hughley that she County Jail while a very i
and her boyfriend got off large dog traveling with
work from Waffle House them was taken to Monrod
and went to an apartment County Animal Control.
on Union Hill Drive to The driver was also
relax. The woman said her charged with Violation of
boyfriend's sister jumped the Georgia Controlled !
on her outside the front Substance Act, DUI, reck-
door causing her to fall to less driving and failure to
the ground. The woman maintain lane. !
said she was five months i
pregnant and wanted to
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