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INCIDENTS
Continued from 5B
sion of a Schedule II controlled
substance and failure to maintain
lane.
Deputy kills possibly
rabid raccoon in road
*bn Hwy. 83 South
: At about 8:40 a.m. on June 30,
Dep. Willie Barkley saw a live
raccoon in the middle of the road
on Hwy. 83 South that caused
vehicles to swerve t0get around it.
Barkley saw the raccoon appeared
dazed and was possibly rabid.
Barkley then shot the raccoon and
moved it out of the road.
Zip employee
charged with stealing
lotto tickets on July 1
m A 21-year-old white Jackson
awoman was arrested and charged
; with theft by taking after she
a
allegedly stole more than $1,100
worth of lottery tickets from the
87 Quick Zip store on July 1.
Atabout 2:54 p.m a male owner
of the Quick Zip convenience
store on 87 told Dep. Jacob
Davis that a female employee
, had been stealing Georgia Lot-
-tery scratch off tickets from the
store. The owner said he saw the
employee on surveillance camera
take lottery tickets from racks,
scratch the barcode off and then
scan the tickets without buying
them. The owner said if the tickets
were not winners, the employee
then threw the tickets into the
trash can. The owner told Davis
the stolen tickets amounted to
$1,138 in lost sales but said he
hadn't counted up all the stolen
Deputy contacts state
Dept. of Agriculture
about dead calf
At about 12:42 p.m. on July 3,
a male customer ofa Hwy. 18
business told Dep. Willie Bar-
kley that a calf was dead on the
business' property. The business'
female manager told Barldey the
male owner recently bought two
calves at auction. The manager
said the calves were sick, and
they were trying to nourish
them back to health. She said she
was aware one of the two calves
had died and had contacted the
owner about the situation. She
said the owner was en route to
tend to the issue. Barkley saw the
two calves inside a metal fence
at the rear of the property. One
calf was dead while the other
appeared very sick. The manager
said she intended to wait until the
owner returned to take action,
but Barldey not ied the Georgia
Department of Agriculture about
the matter.
Deputies find pair of
handguns inside bags
during 1-75 South stop
A 29-year-old black Savannah
man was arrested and charged
with possession of marijuana after
a traffic stop on 1-75 South on July
3. At about 3:14 p.m Cpl. Thom-
as Haskins saw a gray 2019 Nissan
Rogue failing to maintain its lane
and following another vehicle too
closely on 1-75 South near mile
'-tickets yet. Davis then viewed the marker 184. Haskins smelled raw
t . eillance video, which showed marijuana coming from the vehi-
' what the owner had described, de, and the male driver appeared
' Davis then arrested the employee, very nervous, breathing heavily
,' who was still working the cash
' :register, and took her to the Mon-
roe County Jail.
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Locust Grove driver
charged with DUI on
Johnstonville Road
A 27-year-old white Locust
rove man was arrested and
arged with DUI after a traffic
top at the Johnstonville Road exit
and visibly shaking. The driver
.denied having anything illegal
inside his vehicle and refused to
allow Haskins to search. Haskins
and Deps. Christian Sawley and
Willie Barkley then found inside
a bag on the front passenger seat a
purple Glock handgun. They also
found inside a bag in the rear a
black Hi Point handgun. Depu-
ties also found in a black bag in
the rear several rolled marijuana
cigarettes and a glass jar with
July 3. At about 1:40 a.m Dep. marijuana inside. After determin-
Vade Kendrick saw a white 2018
.yo o--ta C .a.mry failing to m .aintain ing the driver was a convicted
felon, Haskins took the driver to
4ts lane as it pulled out of River
lll* '%rest subdivision onto Johnston- the Monroe County Jail, where he
Road. Kendrick saw the car was also charged with possession
'oss the yellow line near Higgins
Road before he stopped it
the 1-75 North on ramp. The
male driver told Kendrick a friend
,suggested he swerve as he drove
fl
because it makes it easier to avoid
of a firearm by a convicted felon,
possession of a firearm during
the commission of a felony and
failure to maintain lane.
seat passenger appeared to be
under the influence of drugs and
noticedneedle marks on their
arrn i The driver said they were
coming from Dublin and were
dropping the center front seat
passenger and male front seat
passenger off in Griffin. Brown
then determined the male pas-
senger had active arrest warrants
for larceny out of Butts County.
Brown, Dep. Robertson and Cpl.
Thomas Haskins then found
inside the truck two yellow pills
that were suspected Zolpidem
Tartrite and three white pills that
were suspected Tizanidine Hy-
drochloride, a muscle relaxer. The
center front seat passenger said
she took them from her mother
to sell. Brown then released the
driver from the scene and took
the male passenger to the Butts
County Jail. Meanwhile, he took
the center fl'ont seat passenger to
the Monroe County Jail, where
she was also charged with drugs
not in original container and a
seat belt violation.
Resident punches hole
in door during dispute
at Whispering Pines
A 50-year-old black Macon man
was arrested and charged with
disorderly conduct after he alleg-
edly threatened another resident
at Whispering Pines personal
care home on Hwy. 41 South on
July 4. At about 5:06 p.m. a female
Whispering Pines employee told
Cpl. Jacob Robins that a male
resident punched holes in the
room door of a female resident
while threatening her. The male
resident told Robins the female
resident kept running water and
it was damaging the building. The
male resident said he punched
holes in the door while telling the
female resident to turn offthe
water. The male resident said he
then retrieved some nail clippers
and pointed them at the female
residents face while threatening to
kill her in an attempt to scare her.
Robins then took the male resi-
dent to the Monroe County Jail.
Jackson man notifies
deputies after finding
shotgun in Juliette lake
At about 12:29 p.m. on July 4, a
Jackson man told Sgt. Kevin Wil-
liams he was snorkeling at Lake
Juliette near an aluminum dock
at the Dames Ferry boat ramp
when he saw a black gun case on
the bottom of the lake. The man
said he retrieved the case and
found inside of it a camouflage
Dublin woman arrested Winchester shotgtm. Williams
took tgun as evidence, and
after deputies find pills
Inv. Rhonda Seckinger notified
during 1-75 North stop the federal Bureau of Alcohol,
!! hitting a deer. The driver, who
smelled of marijuana, then admit-
',', ted to having alcohol inside the Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives
7, car, saying it belonged to a friend. A 30-year-old white Dublin(ATF) about the case.
i', The driver initially denied drink- woman was arrested and charged
ing any alcohol but later admitted with possession of a Schedule Deputies find baggies
',', to consuming a few beers. The IV controlled substance after
'), driver then failed several field deputies found pills during a of marijuana in car in
sobriety tests but refused a field traffic stop on I-75 North on July July 4th traffic stop
i, breath test. Sgt. John Thompson 3. At about 2:28 p.m Dep. Jaleel
,i found inside the car a bottle Brown saw the female center front A 33-year-old black Juliette
ii containing six blue pills that were seat passenger of a white 1992 woman was arrested and charged
"suspected amphetamine tablets. Ford Ranger was not wearing with possession of marijuana with
i Kendrick then took the driver to her seatbelt on 1-75 North near intent to distribute after a traffic
i', the Monroe County Jail, where mile marker 190. Brown saw the stop on 1-75 South on July 4. At
was also charged with posses- female driver and center front about 3 p.m Dep. Willie Brown
saw a black 2018 Ford Focus in
which the female driver and fe-
male passenger were not wearing
their seat belts on 1-75 South near
mile marker 186. The driver told
Brown, who smelled the odors of
marijuana and perfume coming
from inside the car, that they were
headed to Savannah to pick up
her daughter. The driver also told
Brown there was a black Smith &
Wesson M&P Shield 9 mm. next
to her in the center console. The
driver appeared very nervous,
and her hands were shaking as
she grasped the steering wheel.
She admitted to having just rolled
a blunt and said it was under her
seat. Brown found on the driver's
seat multiple plastic sandwich
bags with flakes of suspected
marijuana inside. Brown and Cp1.
Thomas Haskins then searched
the car and found under the
driver's seat a rolled blunt and a
small bag of marijuana. They also
found a black plastic bag filled
with blunt rollers as well as a vac-
uum-sealed plastic bag containing
10 small baggies of marijuana.
The passenger was released from
custody after being cited for a
seatbelt violation while the driver
was taken to the Monroe County
Jail. Deputies later determined
the marijuana amounted to
1.2 ounces. The driver was also
charged with possession of a fire-
arm during the commission of a
felony and was cited for a seatbelt
violation.
Woman arrested after
throwing cocaine-laced
bills under patrol car
A 37-year-old black Valdosta
woman was arrested and charged
with possession of cocaine after
a traffic stop on 1-75 South on
July 5. At about 2:53 p.m Gpl.
Thomas Haskins saw a blue 2019
Nissan Sentra with very dark
window tint traveling on 1-75
South near mile marker 191.
Dispatchers notified Haskins
that the male driver's license was
suspended, and Haskins smelled
raw marijuana coming from the
vehicle. The driver, female front
seat passenger and female back
seat passenger all denied having
anything illegal inside the vehide.
Haskins then:found under the
front of his patrol car where the
front seat passenger had been
standing two crumpled dollar
bills. When Haskins opened the
bills, he found suspected cocaine
inside of them. The driver and
both passengers denied throwing
the bills onto the ground. When
Haskins told them that they
would all be arrested if no one
confessed, the front seat passenger
said, "We're family, so we can all
take the charge" Haskins then
found marijuana on the back seat
and a marijuana grinder in the
passenger side door pocket. The
front seat passenger then admit-
ted the marijuana belonged to
her and said she also threw the
cocaine onto the ground. The
back seat passenger was released
from the scene while the driver
and the front seat passenger were
taken to the Monroe County Jail.
The driver, a 31-year-old black
Boston man, was charged with
driving while license suspended
and a window tint violation. The
passenger was also charged
possession of marijuana, posses-
sion of drug related objects and
obstruction.
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obsccme text
of nude woman
At about 10:03 a.m. on July 5, a
Forsyth woman told Cpl. Chris-
tian Sawley that the previous
night she received a text mes-
sage that was a screen shot of a
Facebook message from a female
named Amanda. The woman
said she then received four more
forwarded photos and a short
message from the same number.
Then, at about 9:57 a.m. that day,
she got another text that induded
three more photos, including one
of a white female laying on a bed
without pants on. Sawley told
the woman to block the number,
which came from an Oregon area
code. q-he deputy tried to call the
number multiple times but no
one answered.
Felon admits to buying
handgun off dark web
during 1-75 North stop
A 28-year-old black Savannah
man was arrested and charged
with possession of marijuana
after a traffic stop on 1-75 North
on July 6. At about 8:45 a.m Cpl.
Thomas Haskins saw a black 2014
Dodge Journey with an illegal
tag cover traveling on 1-75 North
near mile marker 186. Haskins
tried to stop the vehide, which
smelled strongly of burnt mar-
ijuana, but it continued for anoth-
er mile before coming to a stop.
As Haskins stopped the vehicle,
he then smelled a strong odor
of air freshener coming from
the vehicle. Dispatchers notified
Haskins the male driver's license
was suspended. Haskins then
determined there were four chil-
dren riding in the vehicle, includ-
ing a four-year-old that was not
sitting in a child safety seat. The
driver then admitted to smoking
marijuana while he was driving
and said there was about a gram
of marijuana inside the vehide.
.Haskins and Dep. Jaleel Brown
then found under the front seat
a loaded Springfield 40 caliber
handgun, and dispatchers deter-
mined the driver was a convicted
felon. The driver told Haskins he
bought the gun off of the "dark
web" several weeks earlier and
admitted itwas probably stolen.
Deputies then found in the center
console a bag of marijuana and
on the driver's side floorboard
a large sum of cash that was
robber-banded. Haskins asked
the driver, who said it was about
$4,100, why he had so much cash,
and the driver replied, "In case I
got pulled over and needed bail
mone ' Since the driver did not
have any previous drug charges,
Haskins did not seize the cash.
Haskins then took the driver to
the Monroe County Jail, where he
was also charged with possession
of a firearm by a convicted felon,
driving while license suspended,
obscuring tag frame and violation
of child safety restraints.
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