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]he Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfifiling love Psalm 33:5 The Monroe County Reporter June 26, 2019
INCIDENT REPORTS June 26, 2019
The following incidents were reported by the Forsyth Police Department
and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office May 31-June 23.
~er d~cgod with patched to 1-75 northbound after
failure to maintain lane agroup ofmotorcydists traveled
southbound on the northbound
m 1 H~. 18 ~ sT lanes between exits 188 and 187
on June 2.
On June 2, Forsyth Officer
Kevin Powell stopped a silver Forsyth police respond
Hyundai Elantra on Hwy. 18 after
it failed to stay in its lane. The after Ingles customer
driver told the officer he did not tries to use fake bill
have his license and asked Powell
not to take him to jail, The driver's A young man tried to use a
license came back suspended. Thecounterfeit $100 bill at the Ingles
driver also had an active warrant Gas Station on June 4. q-he suspect
for his arrest from the Forsyth left in a red Ford pickup truck
Police Department. Officer Powell after management confirmed
arrested the driver and issued him the bill was counterfeit. Officer
citations for failure to maintain Jeremy Malone responded to the
lane, driver to exercise due care, report and the tag on the suspect's
and driving while license sus- vehicle was ran. It came back
pended, belonging to a Toyota Corolla.
Walmart customer tellsDairy Queen customer
off'm r iPhone XR stolen reports hit-and-run
from shopping cart incident in parking lot
A woman at the Forsyth
Walmart told Officer David As-
bell that her gold iPhone XR Max
had been stolen from her cart on
June 2. After using the Find My
Phone app, the woman said the
phone was around the Rodeway
Inn. Security videos did not show
the phone get taken, but did print
a photo of a suspect standing
around the woman'S cart.
On June 5, Cpl. Kimberly
Barnett responded to a hit-and-
run at the Forsyth Dairy Queen.
A woman in a tan Chevy Tahoe
struck the w ~hicle in front of her
then drove away. The man who
was hit told Barnett he tried to
follow the suspect to get her tag
number, but wasn't able to keep
up.
Asbell she had discovered a few
items missing. Four different
pieces of lawn equipment were
stolen from the property since
December 2018. She told Asbell
she believed a temp maintenance
man who worked there in De-
cember was involved.
The manager of Piedmont Hills
Cpl. Terrence Thomas was dis- Apartments told Officer David
to alleged shooting on
Cpl. Kimberly Barnett respond-
ed to an occurrence on Martin
Luther King Jr. Drive where a
person fired a gun at someone
else on June 8. The suspect was
charged with pointing or aiming a
gun or pistol at another and reck-
less conduct.
Woman reports kids
threw water balloons
at her on city sidewalk
On June 8, a woman told Ptl.
Anias Benjamin kids threw water
balloons at her while she walked
down the sidewalk.
Offkers discover items
believed to be intended
for inmate smuggling
On June 6, Officer Jeremy
Malone began to chase a ve-
hicle with no tag and dark tinted
windows when it did not pull
over during a traffic stop. As the
car drove down Juliette Road, it
eventually slowed to a stop and
a passenger in his 40s fled with
an orange hiking backpack on.
The vehide drove offand Malone
continued following it down lu-
liette Road. Malone followed the
vehide into Jasper County, where
for smoking crack cocaine, and a
Louisiana ID during his inventory
of the vehicle. While Malone was
in pursuit of the vehicle, Deputy
Yolanda Mercer with the Monroe
Wanted suspect refuses '
arrest, spits and kicks
in rear of patrol car
Officers saw a wanted suspect
County Sheriff's Office located a
black backpack that held several on North Lee Street on June 13.
pounds of smoking tobacco, roll- The suspect told the officers he
ing papers, cell phones, chargers, was having a bad day and wasn't ,
and an extra cell phone battery, going to jail. He resisted arrest ,
and was handcuffed after a short ,
The tobacco and phones were struggle. The suspect then kicked
wrapped in wash cloths, stuffed and spit while in the rear of the -
in socks, then wrapped with tape vehicle. He was charged with .
to form capsules that stored the obstruction.
items. Malone silspects that the
suspect was bringing the back- Cabiness Road resident
pack to Tift College Correctional
Facility to leave the items where reports theft of $400, ,
inmates would find them. car keys on June 14 ,
Woman reports online
harassment over feud
concerning male friend
A woman reported on June 12
that another woman had been
harassing her via social media and
Major George Foster responded
to a burglary on June 14 on
Cabiness Road. A woman said !
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when she left for approximately ,
10 minutes, someone broke into
her apartment and stole $400, ,
her clothes, her phone, and her
t
car keys. She accused two men of i
over the phone. She also said the stealing her belongings. One of
woman would follow her in her them was in the apartment and !
car and shout at her in public Of- accused the victim of setting him
second woman and told her if she leave when he began arguing with ,|
didnt stop she would be charged the victim. '-
with stalking and harassing com-
munication. The second woman
claimed the victim sometimes
contacts her. Malone advised both
women to avoid all communica-
tion unless absolutely necessary.
The woman who reported the
incident did not press charges and
told the officer the communica-
tion began over a common male
friend the women shared.
Forsyth station owner
reports receiving fake
checks at two locations
Family leaves KOA ,
Campground without "
paying for camp site '
On June 15, a tim@ left the
KOA campground without pay-
ing after being advised to. A man
who works at the campground
told Officer David Asbell he be-
lieved the suspects went north.
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Forsyth man reports
suspect throwing ice
at him on front porch t
it stopped again to let out two On June 13, the owner of two A man reported someone '
more passengers who appeared to Forsyth gas stations reported a throwing ice at him while he sat '
be in their 20s. Cpl. Thomas told man who had cashed fraudulent on his porch on June 15. He said '
Malone to stop the pursuit due checks at both locations. She he didnt know who did it but '
to no back-up being able to catch told Officer Jeremy Malone she
wouldn't press charges unless the
suspect didn't return the money.
Malone also found the man also
owed his previous employer
money and was given his address
and new employer's name.
suspects it was his neighbors who ,
he's called the police on before
because of their dogs being too ,
loud.
See INCIDENTS Page 5D ,
Piedmont Hills Apts. up. Jasper County advised them a
few minutes later the car had been
Motorcyclists travel on manager reports lawn located a few miles up, aban-
wrong side of 1-75 in equipment missing doned. Malone found a bottle
city limits on June 2 of yellow pills, a digital scale, a
knife shaped like a gun, two torch
lighters, a pipe commonly used
The following arrests were reported by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office and Forsyth Po-
lice Department on June 17-23. An arrest means someone has been charged with a crime,
but the law considers them innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
JUNE 17
Decori-
ous Deshun
Davis, 23,
Forsyth, bat-
tery, giving a
false name or
date of birth
Robert
Lewis Dumas,
61, Forsyth,
criminal tres-
pass, battery
o'Martha
Luke, 63,
LaGrange,
fleeing, tail-
lights re-
quired, failure
to maintain
lane
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JUNEIiS :ii :
Christo-
pher Black
43, Forsyth,
possession of.
methamphet-
amine, posses-
sion of drugs,
possession of
marijuana,
possession
of drug
paraphernalia,
failure to stop'
at a stop sign
Mariha
Shay Holts,
27, Griffin,
aggravated
assault
Johnathan
Hymer, 46,
Cross City,
Fla second
degree bur-
glary, theft by
taking
Michael
Antonio
Lucear, 29,
Forsyth,
child support
lockup order
Cole Da-
vid McCull-
ers, 29, For-
syth, driving
while license
suspended,
visible auto
emissions
John Wes
ley Mitchem,
28, Thomas-
ton, driving
while license
suspended,
hold for other
agency
Andrew
Robinson,
24, Forsyth,
obtaining,
attempting to
obtain dan-
gerous drugs
by fraud,
forgery or
concealment
of fact
Willis
Jason Rosier,
39, Jones-
boro, theft
by receiving
stolen prop-
erty, criminal
use of an
article with
an altered ID
Emily Eu-
dora Zellner,
71, Macon,
financial
transaction
card fraud,
identity theft
fraud
Michad
Barnier, 46,
Smithville,
speeding,
driving while
license sus-
pended
Daniel
Jeremiah
Holmes,
34, Sdmer,
Tenn pos-
session of
drug related
objects, driv-
ing while
license
suspended,
no insur-
ance, use of
license plate
with intent to
conceal
t
Lisa Rob-
bin Ramsay,
51, Juliette,
drugs not
in original
container,
possession of
drugs, failure
to maintain
lane, DUI
Eric Red,
37, Orville,
Ala follow-
ing too closely,
driving while
license sus-
pended
Michael
Steve Smith,
34, Loganville,
disorderly
conduct
JUNE~
William
Bartholomew,
43, Indianapo-
lis, Ind speed-
ing, driving
while license
suspended
Justin
Wayne Brad
ford, 28, Jack
son, disorderly
conduct
Michael
Dewayne
Jefferson, 35,
Decatur, failure
to maintain
lane, driving
while license
suspended
William
Edward Shaw,
55, Augusta,
theft by taking
Cody West
Smith, 33,
Jackson, crimi-
nal trespass
Daniel
Washington,
36, Macon,
failure to ap-
pear
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JUNE 21
Khalil
Trquie Ro-
shaun Alford,
19, Forsyth,
entering auto
Breanna
Austin Bailey,
20, Macon, fail-
ure to maintain
lane, driving
while license
suspended
Da-
vid James
Branfley, 59,
Forsyth, child
support lockup
order
Marvin Lee
Hampton, 42,
Riverdale, fail-
ure to appear
lakeb Con
ner Hinson,
19, Jackson,
disorderly
conduct
Cody West
Smith, 33,
Jackson, enter-
ing auto, public
drunkenness
Adonis
Leon Thomas,
45, Macon,
criminal tres-
pass "
Brooks
Reed Bass-
Gainey, 36,
Jackson, pos-
session of drug
related objects,
failure to main-
tain lane, DUI,
drugs
Preshantia
Bowden, 21,
Forsyth, viola-
tion of proba-
tion, robbery,
second degree
criminal dam-
age to property
Katrina
Lanette Carter,
47, Austell,
driving while
license sus-
pended
Moeisha
Quanyeah
Hardy, 18, For
syth, disorderly
conduct
Tamarisk
Jones, 18, For-
syth, entering
auto, theft by
taking
Ashley
Love, 35, Phe-
nix City, Ma
expired regis-
tration, driving
while license
suspended
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Daniel
Clemons, 31,
Forsyth, dam-
age to properly,
affray
Charlie
Grier, 59, I
Forsyth, simple ,~i(~!
battery, damage ~
to property
Willie De-
nail King, 31,
Forsyth, child
support lockup
order
James Ber-
nard Mekheal,
48, Forsyth,
affray
Brandon
E. Shockley,
36, Juliette,
headlight
violation, tag
light violation,
seatbdt viola-
tion, drivl!lg
while license
suspended,
Superior Court
bench warrant
