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Woman charged with assault
for throwing glass bottle
A 26-year-old black Forsyth woman was
arrested and charged with aggravated as-
sault after she allegedly threw a glass bottle
at two other women during a dispute at
her Freeman Avenue home on Sept. 27.
At about 11:48 pm, Dep. Jacob Davis and
Cpl. Christian Sawley went to a Freeman
Avenue apartment about an alleged assault.
A woman, who had a deep gash on her left
hand, told deputies that a female resident
cut her on the hand with an unknown object
as she tried to separate her daughter and
the resident from a fight. The resident told
deputies that the woman’s daughter came
over to her home while she was in the shower
and tried to hit her. The resident said the
woman’s daughter then grabbed a blow dryer
off her sink and threw it at her. The resident
said she put on clothes and walked toward
her front door where her female friend was
standing in the doorway. The resident said
the woman’s daughter then charged at her
from outside the door. The resident said she
went back inside and called the police. She
also denied cutting the woman. As Monroe
County EMTs took the woman to Monroe
County Hospital for treatment, the woman’s
daughter said she was outside with a female
friend when she saw her boyfriend come
out of the resident’s home, which upset her.
The woman’s daughter said she then got into
an argument with both her boyfriend and
the resident while standing at the resident’s
front door. The woman’s daughter said her
mother tried to hold her back while the
resident’s friend stood in front of the resi-
dent in the doorway. The woman’s daughter
said the resident went backinside her home,
grabbed a bottle and threw it at her and her
mother. She said the resident then threw an
unknown object at the two of them and said
her mother screamed that she had been cut
by something. The woman’s daughter said
she too had a small cut on her finger. The
woman’s daughter’s friend said the resident,
the woman and the woman’s daughter were
all bunched up when she suddenly heard the
woman say she had been cut. The resident’s
friend said she saw the woman’s daughter
walk inside the resident’s bathroom looking
for her boyfriend. She said she also witnessed
the woman’s daughter throw the hair dryer
at the resident. The resident’s friend said the
woman’s daughter then left the home and
began arguing with her boyfriend outside
on the balcony. The resident’s friend said
the woman’s daughter told the resident if
she came outside they would fight. The
resident’s friend said the woman’s daughter
then reached over her and threw a punch at
the resident at which point the woman tried
to pull her daughter back. The resident’s
friend said she didn’t know how the woman
or her daughter were cut. Davis then found
a broken bottle at the bottom of the steps
outside the apartment. Deputies then took
both the resident and the woman’s daughter
to the Monroe County Jail. The woman’s
daughter, a 25—year—old black Forsyth woman,
was charged with disorderly conduct. The
woman, a 41 —year-old black Forsyth woman,
had an outstanding arrest warrant for child
support, so deputies also arrested her upon
her release from Monroe County Hospital.
Driver arrested after casting
through gate at concrete plant
A 20-year—old black Jonesboro man was ar-
rested and charged with fleeing or attempting
to elude after a high-speed chase through the
Hwy. 18 industrial park on Sept. 26. At about
4:20 am, Dep. Dustin Ramsey and Cpl.
Tyler Rodgers saw a gray 2017 Honda Accord
traveling 89 mph in a 70 mph zone on I-75
South near mile marker 191. When depu-
ties tried to stop the car, it instead changed
lanes and sped up. The car then exited off of
I-75 at Exit 188, where it went into the ditch
before continuing southbound onto Hwy. 42
North on the wrong side of the road at speeds
in excess of 100 mph. The car then ran a red
light at North Lee Street before continuing on
Patrol Road, where it failed to stop at a stop
sign at its intersection with Hwy. 18. The car
then continued onto Industrial Park Drive,
where it turned into Reames Concrete Com-
V pany and approached a locked gate. The car
then rammed through the gate and continued
driving recklessly on the property before
driving off of an embankment and crash-
ing. The male driver then took off on foot at
Which point Cpl. Christian Sawley was able
to handcuff him. Dispatchers determined the
driver was unlicensed, and Rodgers found a
clear plastic bag of marijuana in the driver’s
pocket. Deputies then took the driver to the
Monroe County Jail. Rodgers then notified
Reames’ male owner, who estimated the darn-
age to the gate at $2,690. The driver was also
charged with second degree criminal damage
to property, possession of marijuana, failure
to maintain lane, driving on the wrong side
of the road, failure to obey a traffic control
device, failure to stop at a stop sign, speeding,
aggressive driving, reckless driving and driv-
ing without a valid license.
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October 2, 2019
Man gets 6 years for grave wreck
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
A Forsyth man was sentenced to six
years in prison on Sept. 23 after he
was convicted by a Monroe County
jury of felony fleeing following a one-
day trial.
Robert Lewis Jones, 47, was also
convicted of driving while license
suspended as the jury
determined its guilty
verdict within minutes.
Jones led Forsyth
police, Monroe County
deputies and Lamar
County law enforce-
ment officers on a
high-speed chase on
the evening of July 1,
2017 that ended in a
Barnesville cemetery. According to
the Barnesville Herald-Gazette, Jones,
whose license was suspended in 2002,
initially fled from Forsyth police in
a 2003 Buick LeSabre with a busted
taillight. He eventually drove through
downtown Barnesville and continued
onto Zebulon Street, where he missed
a curve and crashed through a barri-
cade at Zebulon Street Cemetery.
Jones’ LeSabre then smashed into the
tomb of buggy magnate Jackson G.
Smith, the grandfather of Judge E. By-
ron Smith. According to the Herald-
Gazette, the damage to the tomb was
estimated at about $10,000.
Jones was arrested at the scene While
the LeSabre, owned by Angela Coz-
zens, also of Forsyth, was heavily
damaged and towed from the scene.
While Jones was the lone defendant
to go to trial last week, the Monroe
JONES
Robert Jones of Forsyth was found guilty after a trial and sentenced to six
years in
prison after striking this statue marking the Barnesville grave of the
grandfather of
retired superior court judge Byron Smith. (File photo/Barnesville Herald
Gazette)
County District Attorney’s office took
a number of other guilty pleas that
resulted in lengthy jail sentences:
- William Jeffrey Hancock pled
guilty to aggravated assault against his
wife and received a 10-year sentence
with 5 years to serve.
Robert William Russell pled guilty
to aggravated assault against his wife
and received a 10-year sentence with 2
years to serve.
o Claude Emory Sewell IV pled
guilty to theft by taking and received a
10-year sentence with 8 years to serve.
- Jason Earl Woolsey pled guilty to
possession of methamphetamine, theft
by taking and theft by receiving and
received a 10-year sentence with 6
years to serve.
County fire HQ claser to completion
State corrections' inmates continued work last week
on finishing the interior of the countys Juliette Road fire
headquarters, including the main firefighters housing area
(below left) and the truck bays (below). Exterior concrete
is slated to begin being poured this week with the entire
project tentatively scheduled to be finished by year's end. District 2
commissioner Eddie Rowland and his wife Kathy provided lunch,
including cupcakes for dessert, for the inmate labor crew on Thursday.
(Photos/Richard Dumas)
Monroe County Commissioners (back row) recognized on Sept. 17 the
accomplishments of local teens Aubrey Peterman (front left)
and Austin Wiggins, who were named 2019 Georgia Master 4-Hers.
(Photo/Richard Dumas)
Commissioners honor county’s Master 4—Hers
By Richard Dumas
forsyth@mymcr.net
Monroe County Commis-
sioners recognized Monroe
County teens Aubrey Peter-
man and Austin Wiggins for
being named 2019 Master
4-Hers.
Reaching Master 4-H’er
status is the highest possible
achievement in Georgia 4—H,
according to Monroe County
4-H coordinator Courtney
McElveen, who was on hand
at commissioners’ Tuesday,
Sept. 17 meeting to celebrate
her students’ achievements.
Wiggins, a 2019 Mary
Persons graduate, competed
in a beef project, discuss-
agriculture.”
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ing proper soil techniques
and pasture management as
well as the implementation
of enhanced cross-breeding
systems. Wiggins, whose
competition speech lasted 10
minutes, said he’s “very pas-
sionate about cattlemen and
Peterman, an MP junior,
competed in saddle seat at
the Georgia state horse show.
Peterman, who grew up in a
neighborhood with a horse
barn, said he wrote a pattern
and received a gold medal for
his efforts at state. He then
went on to the national horse
show and took ninth place.
McElveen said Monroe
County has the third-most
4-H campers in its district.
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