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Park Drive resident
reports company car
stolen from driveway
On June 11, a man called to
report his company car had been
stolen from his home on Park
Drive. After parking it there the
night before, the man walked out-
side after lunch to find the blue
2017 Ford Taurus missing from
his yard. "
Suspects steal over
$2,400 in cell phones
from Forsyth Walmart
Two men stole $2,447 worth of "
phones from the Forsyth Walmart
on June 14. Officer David Asbell
said the suspects had been record-
ed stealing the phones, and that
two phones were recoveredfrom
the phone 15uying kiosk in the
Perry Walmart by Perry police.
Suspicious man seen
hitting himself outside
Forsyth gas station
Major George Foster responded
to a call of a suspicious person
at a Forsyth gas station. A man
who was hanging around the
gas station was seen talking to
himself and hitting himself. Foster
asked the man to leave because he
wasn't wanted on the property.
Walmart shopper calls
police over hit-and-run
incident in parking lot
On June 9, Officer Jeremy
Malone responded to a hit-and-
run at the Forsyth Walmart. A
woman has been backing out
of her spot when a red vehicle
backed out and hit her and then
drove away. A witness gave the
woman the tag number of the
vehicle and it was ran by police to
an older male. The woman con-
firmed the man's identity after she
was shown his picture. Malone
said he will not file a warrant
unless he is unable to contact the
suspect.
Man reports son stole
Tractor Supply card,
withdrew $5OO cash
On June 10, a man reported his
son stole his Tractor Supply card
and bank card. The man's son
made cash withdrawals of over
$500. Officer David Asbell said
they would contact the man if his
son was found.
Castleberry customer
faces arrest after
forging prescription
On June 11, Forsyth officers
responded to a forgery report at
Casfleberry Drug Store. After get-
ting an altered prescription from
the pharmacist, Major George
Foster contacted the suspect,
who a&nitted to altering his
prescription to include Percoset.
He claimed to have been suffer-
ing from a condition and that
the doctors at the hospital didn't
understand what he was going
through. Foster told the pharma-
cist the man would be banned
from the store, and he would issue
a warrant for the man's arrest.
Brentwoud ApamTmnts
resident reports vehicle
fires flattened in lot
On June 10 a woman reported
damage to her vehide at Brent-
wood Apartments. A suspect
had flattened all four of her tires.
Cameras on the property did not
cover the area where the car was
parked.
Holiday Cove manager
reports evicted resident
returns to sell drugs
On June 14, the manager of
the Holiday Cove Apartments
reported a man she had evicted
had been coming back onto the
property to sell drugs. She told
Officer David Asbell she wanted
to have the man banned and was
told to call the next time he was
on the property.
Forsyth Gardens Apts.
resident reports being
harassed by woman
A Forsyth Garden Apartments
man reported a woman harass-
ing him when he went to visit his
friend on June 16. The woman
told him that he was "going
down" and "would be wearing a
black suit". The woman told Mjr.
George Foster she didn't threaten
the man.
Driver arrested after
vehicle emits exhaust
smoke outside motel
Ofc. Jeremy Malone pulled
over a vehicle at the New Fosyth
Inn on June 18 because of excess
smoke coming from the exhaust.
q-he driver was arrested for hav-
ing a suspended license and for
violating the vehicle emissions act.
While the man was in custody, a
woman came from the room and
took the man's child. While the
woman was trying to contact the
arrested man's mother, a Forsyth
corporal smelled marijuana com-
ing from the room. The woman
handed over the marijuana and
was asked for her ID. The woman
began going through a drawer in
thelOOlYl where Malone spotted
a handgun. The woman said it
was the arrested malls gun after
Malone pulled her away from the
drawer q hc arrested lnan had no
convictions, but he did have a pre-
vious arrest record for lailure to
appear. Malone put the gun into
the Forsyth PD crime lab and told
the man how he could get it back.
.Solid waste supervisor
reports county truck hit
by worker on June 20
The supervisor at County Solid
Waste services reported on June
20 that an employee had struck
her county truck and didn't report
it. She showed Ofc. David Asbell
the video of the man hitting the
truck. The man admitted to As-
bell he hit the truck.
Boxankle Road home
burglarized, kayaks,
TV, Nintendo stolen
At about 4:30 p.m. on June 15,
the male owner ofa Boxankle
Road home told Cpl. Jacob
Robins that his home had been
burglarized. The homeowner said
the home actually belongs to his
mother but said a Fors} h man
and his wife, who were also pres-
ent at the scene, had stayed there a
nulnber of times and had most re-
cently left at about 8 p.m. on June
9. The man told Robins that their
blue Triton Lifetime kayaks had
been stolen from the right side of
the home. They said six pillows
had also been removed from the
master bed while a 45-inch Sam-
sung TV and a Nintendo had also
been taken. Robins saw the front
door window had been shattered
with a rock, and pieces of glass
were both inside and outside the
home. Robins then saw curtains
in the master bedroom were on
the floor, sheets were messed up
and there were no pillows on
the bed. Robins then noticed the
living room entertainment center
doors were opened, and the TV
and Nintendo were missing. The
homeowner also said a piece
of wood art near the top of a
stairway was stolen as well. The
homeowner said the home's gate
was still locked when he arrived at
about 3:30 p.m. that day but said
the home could be accessed by
ATVs on nearby trails or via the
Towaliga River.
Three people arrested
after deputy discovers
meth pipe in vehicle
A driver and two passengers
were each arrested and charged
with possession of drug related
objects after a traffic stop on 1-75
North on June 15. At about 12:19
a.m Cpl. Thomas Haskins saw a
green Kia Sedona parked without
its lights on along the shoulder of
1-75 North near mile marker 175.
When Haskins exited his patrol
car, the male driver and female
front seat passenger got out of the
vehicle and approached Haskins.
The driver told Haskins two tires
had blown out and help was on
the way. Haskins then saw a male
back seat passenger, who ap-
peared to be under the influence
of drugs. When Haskins asked
the driver the identity of the back
seat passenger, the driver replied,
"why you asking that? You don't
need to know who he is" Haskins
then saw a Miller High Life beer
can sitting next to the back seat
passenger, but the back seat pas-
senger refused to give his name
or to get out of the vehicle. The
back seat passenger finally said his
first name was "Billy" and his last
name was "Kidd" at which point
Haskins recognized him and
knew he was wanted for several
felonies. When it appeared the
back seat passenger was about
to run away, Haskins pointed his
taser at the back seat passenger.
As backup had not yet arrived,
the back seat passenger refused to
put his hands behind his back and
instead was aggressive and loud.
Haskins then grabbed the back
seat passenger and was able to
handcuff him. Dep. Jaleel Brown,
Sgt. Willie Brown and Dep. Nico-
las Ortiz then arrived at the scene
to assist. The front seat passenger,
who was the vehicle's owner, de-
nied having anything illegal inside
the vehicle but refused to allow
deputies to search her vehide.
However, Ortiz found a pipe with
marijuana residue next to where
the back seat passenger had been
sitting. Deputies also lbund inside
a bag Oi'l the fi'ont seal a glass pipe
with methanaplaetanainc residue.
When deputies handcultbd botla
the driver and the front scat p:v
sengel, the driver told the front
seat passenger, "Just tell them
yours already." The fr(mt seat
passenger then asked what w ,uld
happen if she claimed posses,;ion
of tlie meth pipe, and Haskins
t-ld her they were b( th going to
be arrested am'wax: "l hc fronl >eal
passenger then became agitated
and said, "Y'all put that in my
vehicle anyways? Deputies then
took the driver and both passen-
gers to the Monroe County Jail.
The back seat passenger was also
charged with obstruction and giv-
ing a/hlse name.
Driver arrested after
deputy finds Adderall
pills on center console
A 24-year-old black Savannah
man was arrested and charged
with possession of a controlled
substance after a traffic stop on
1-75 South on June 14. At about
2:29 p.m Cpl. Thomas Haskins
saw a 2005 Ford Focus with a
North Carolina ta3 that failed to
move over to allow a semi-truck
to exit the 1-75 South weigh
station. Haskins stopped the car
near mile marker 188 and noticed
the male driver appeared very
nervous. The driver told Haskins
he was exiting to get gas even
though Haskins saw the car had
over half a tank left. The driver,
who said the vehicle belonged
to his female passenger, denied
having anything illegal inside the
vehicle, and the passenger allowed
Haskins to search. Haskins then
found on the center console a
plastic bag containing five-and-
a-halfAdderall pills. He also
found in a black bag a pipe with
marijuana residue. The driver said
his mother had given him the
Adderall pills and admitted the
marijuana pipe was also his. The
passenger was then released from
the scene while Haskins took the
driver to the Monroe County Jail.
The driver was "also charged with
drugs not in original container,
possession of drug related objects
and failure to yield to vehicles
entering highway.
BP customer becomes
irate over gas change,
fight ensues in store lot
On May 31, a Forsyth man told
Dep. Willie Barkley he went to the
BP station on Harold G. Clarke
Pkwy. at about 8:30 p.m. on May
30 to buy $55 of gas. The man
said he instead pumped $54.77
worth of gas and went inside the
store to ask the male store owner
for his 23 cents of change. The
man said the owner refused to
give him his change and told him
to leave the store. He said he then
saw a female employee.inside
the store who owed him $40 for
work he had done on her vehicle.
The man said when he asked
the employee for the money, the
owner began yelling at him not
to talk to his employee that way
and ordered the man to leave
because he was drunk. The man
said the owner then told him he
would get the employee's father to
beat up the man. The man said he
then left the BP station on Harold
G. Clarke and headed to
the BP station on Rumble Road
to buy cigarettes. The man said
while he was inside the Rumble
Road BP, the store owner and the
employee's father both entered the
store and blocked him from leav-
ing. The man said he escaped, but
the employee's father kept walking
in his direction. The man said
he thought the employee's father
was going to attack him, so he
punched the employee's father in
the station parking lot. He said the
owner had a weapon in his hand
during the fight. Barkley then
met with the owner who said a
man entered the Harold G. Clarke
Pkwy. BP station drunk the previ-
ous night and was upset about 23
cents. The owner said he told the
man he would give him the 23
cents but said when he went to re-
trieve the money, the man started
accusing his employee of not
paying for a vehicle repair. The
owner said he told the man not to
talk to the employee in that man-
ner and ordered him to leave. The
owner said the man responded by
yelling racial slurs and profanity
at him. He said the man then left
the store but stayed in the parking
lot. He said the man eventually
threatened to damage the owner's
Rumble Road station, qhe ( wner
said he then weni tolhc Ruml h
Road stati(m and sim th( man
inside the store at wl rich t:"
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he was buying and asked liar cash
back to make up the dilth'ence.
The woman said the same cus-
tomer wrote bad checks on three
consecutive days on June 10-12 in
the total amount of $161.
Driver arrested for DUI
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after ,ppmg vehicle on
Taylor Road on June 19
A woman was arrested and
charged with DUI after a one-
vehicle wreck on "lhylor Road
on June 19. At about 7:20 p.m
CpI. Nicolas ()rtiz saw a red
Ford Fusion t)verturned on the
left slmuldcr of l'uvlor Road.
i hc vehi .h? ap!;,:a,:ud t,~ have left
the road, crossed over Morgan
Road and then hit a tree on the
opp( site side of the road. When
()rtiz asked the female driver
how the wreck had (~ccurred,
she replied tliat she had not been
in at wreck. ()ritz then pointed
at the wrecked vehicle, and the
driver said she couldfft remem-
ber. Monroe County EMTs then
determined the driver was not
injured. Ortiz saw the driver had
small pupils, could not maintain
her balance and struggled to
concentrate. When EMTs asked
the driver to sign a waiver, she
instead blew into the pen. Ortiz
asked the driver what she was
doing, and she said she thought
that was what EMTs wanted her
to do. The driver then admitted
to having taken three Xanax pills
and failed several field sobriety
tests. Ortiz then found inside the
vehicle an unlabeled pill contain-
er with 45 Xanax pills inside of
it. qhe driver said she got them
from her cousin and fi'iends.
Ortiz then took the driver to the
Monroe County Hospital ER lbr
a blood test belbre taking her
to the Monroe County fail. The
driver was also claarged with
failure to maintain lane, pills not
in original container and posses-
sion of a Schedule III controlled
substance.
Deputy spots suspect
using stolen debit card
on Walmart video tape
At about 2 p.m. on June 22, a
Forsyth woman told Dep. Jacob
Davis that she noticed her Robins
Financial debit card went missing
at about I p.m. that day after she
used it at Pizza Hut on North Lee
Street. The woman said she then
logged onto her online bank-
ing account and discovered two
fraudulent charges in the total
tunount of $154.19 made at the
Forsyth Walmart. The woman
said she then cancelled her card.
Davis then viewed Walmart's sur-
veillance cameras and saw a white
female using the stolen debit card.
The suspect was wearing a white
cut-offshirt and had a large tattoo
on her back.
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