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The Paper | Thursday, June 25, 2015
POLICE REPORTS Braselton Police A customer at McDonald’s turned in a lost wallet to an officer on June 8. Efforts were made to contact the owner. A driver who missed his exit while driving on Interstate 85 on June 9 and attempted to cross the gore, struck a culvert and the vehicle stopped was taken into custody. The man called the report the wreck and officers determined the man did not have a Georgia license and was wanted by Gwinnett County authorities on outstanding warrants. The driver was transported by the Gwinnett County Jail. A Council Lane resident reported the theft of a ring which may have been taken by a former cleaning staffer. The company was contacted and confirmed the individual who cleaned the home prior to the theft being discovered no longer works for the company. Two men were taken into custody June 9 after three men were asked to leave after an altercation at El Centinela on Spout Springs Road. The men said they would be back with a gun and law enforcement was called, arriving just before 11 p.m. to learn the men had returned and were banging on the locked glass doors with their fists and a baseball bat. One man had left the scene but the two other suspects were arrested and charged with disorderly conduct and disorderly under the influence after police viewed surveillance video confirming their identities. A woman who threatened suicide on June 10 was located in a room at Chateau Elan Inn which was littered with pills and prescription bottles and became aggressive with law enforcement. Officers were able to get the woman to the ground but she continued to struggle. She also attempted to fight with EMS responders. She was transported to Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton for evaluation. A driver seen swerving in the roadway on Highway 211 near Friendship Road was stopped June 12 was charged with driving under the influence (refusal). Officers were dispatched to respond to a June 13 accident at Highways 124 and 211 just before 5 a.m. One vehicle was overturned and there was one entrapment and one fatality, as reported by the Officer W Kinard, who arrived first on the scene. Dispatch notified the Georgia State Patrol and the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office that the mishap was not in the town limits. Inside a Chevy Blazer was the driver Patricia Turner, who had no pulse. The other vehicle was driven by Casey Kellum, who bit Officer Kinard on the arm when he entered the vehicle through the front window to assist with first aid. Barrow County Fire & Emergency Services personnel arrived on the scene at 5 a.m. and began extraction. A landing zone was set up for LifeFlight and two Georgia National Guardsmen assisted in securing the area and helping with traffic control. Kellum was extricated from his vehicle just before 7 a.m. and was transported for treatment. Officer Kinard was treated for the bite at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Braselton. A call came into a security gate at Chateau Elan on June 13 urging the gate be opened since the caller said he was here “to blow someone up.” Information was provided to assist in identifying a possible suspect although the threat was not deemed credible by security. A driver traveling on Highway 124 on June 13 contacted police to report his vehicle
windshield had been busted when a Jeep drove by and someone threw something out the window. A theft was reported June at a Rue Charlemagne Drive location. The complainant said she left a $2,000 necklace, a white gold chain with a Roberta coin and five diamonds, with her other jewelry inside her passport packed away in her purse. After returning from the pool, she said the necklace was gone. The cleaning crew was questioned by security but denied seeing the jewelry. A South Carolina driver clocked driving 107 mph on Interstate 85 on June 15 was also charged with driving with a suspended license and reckless driving. A Hoschton resident notified police June 15 after learning two fraudulent accounts had been opened in her name. She was contacted about a $3,000 charge on a Sears account but had never had an account. An account was also fraudulently established with Nordstrom. A Riverwood Drive learned he was a victim of identity fraud when he returned home from work to find a vehicle in his driveway. A black male with a tattoo on his chest got and said he had a package delivered to the address. A package containing four iPhone 6s had been delivered to the address. The man quickly left and the homeowner went to a Verizon store and then to a corporate store where he learned a line of credit had been opened using his name and Social Security number. The line of credit was cancelled and the victim froze his credit information and called 911. A department Chevy Tahoe and a Gwinnett County Police officer’s cruiser were involved a minor accident in the parking lot of QuikTrip on Hamilton Mill Road on June 15. The Georgia State Patrol was called to investigate the mishap. A Metro PCS cell phone found by a Jackson County road crew was turned over to Braselton Police on June 16. Efforts were made to contact the owner. A driver stopped June 16 for speeding on Interstate 85 was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant from DeKalb County. A tractor-trailer driver charged with failure to obey a traffic control device for parking in a no parking zone on the exit ramp of Interstate 85 on June 22 was taken to the Gwinnett County Jail and the rig was towed in connection with an investigation by the Hogansville Police Department. A vehicle abandoned on Jesse Cronic Road on June 17 was towed since the locked Ford Explorer was partially blocking the roadway in a curve. A small propane grill was
reported stolen from the back porch of a DunawayMassey Homes apartment on June 16. A Hancock Place property owner reported damage June 17 to the home by renters who failed to pay rent for the past three months. Damage was reported to the carpet, flooring, walls, garage door and drywall with holes in most of the rooms. A kitchen cabinet door was missing and some of the tenants’ belongings were also left behind. The owner has photographs of the damage. Police responded June 17 to a reported domestic at Waffle House. The male suspect said he was at the location working on his girlfriend’s car and she confirmed there was no fight. The man, who was wanted on a Gwinnett County warrant, was taken into custody and taken to the Gwinnett County Jail. A driver clocked at 115 mph on Interstate 85 was charged with speeding and reckless driving after a June 19 traffic stop. A driver stopped June 20 for erratic driving on Highway 211 was charged with driving under the influence after he said he would not pass a sobriety test. He initially said he had two beers and then said he drank four beers and was trying to leave an establishment when a guy bought him three shots. A driver stopped for speeding on Interstate 85 on June 20 was also charged with driving under the influence and open container.
Jefferson Police A Jefferson driver reported she struck a mailbox on Old Swimming Pool Road on June 15 and requested a report to file with her insurance company. A tow truck operator reported a recovered 9mm Lugar which was in a vehicle recovered by his company. He wanted to turn the gun over to police but the department was unable to accept the weapon which came back not on file. A driver stopped June 16 for inoperative taillights was charged with driving while license suspended. A man told police he confronted a man about selling drugs “to his people” at the Shell gas station on Athens Street and wanted a report so he could obtain a warrant on the suspect who struck him and knocked him unconscious on June 13. The complainant has been arrested on June 14 after a confrontation with the same man. After going to the hospital, he attempted to get a warrant at the courthouse and was told he needed a police report. An officer documented his statement. A June 15-16 burglary was reported at Howington Feed & Supply where damage in-
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cluded a broken window, a busted computer monitor, damaged sheetrock and flooring. Missing was $150 in change from the cash registers and the computer tower. Other damage was also logged. Police responded June 16 to a Hampton Drive location where a person was pronounced dead of natural causes and also to a Pine Street apartment where another person was pronounced dead. Both had been under hospice care. A man who said he was at Top Notch Personnel for a job interview on June 16 was issued a criminal trespass warning from the property for a year. The staff said the man was rude and evasive in responding to questions about his employment. He complained the staffer was rude. An estimated $1,400 in fuel was reported missing from a Cajun Air vehicle on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue between June 6-9. Someone had damaged a gate to gain entry and drilled a hole in the tank to get the fuel which was likely emptied in to a fivegallon bucket stolen from the property. A shoplifting was reported June 16 at Family Dollar after a female left the store with a purse that may have been stuffed with clothing.
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office Juveniles, ranging in age from 13 to 17, were the suspicious persons found at Hurricane Shoals in the early morning hours of June 18. The teens said they were just hanging out between 3 a.m. and 6 a.m., hours when the park is closed. The parents of the teens were contacted and advised of the situation. The parents arrived to collect their children. A bag boy is out of a job at the Ingles Commerce after his comments about wishing he had an AR-15 so he could kill all state troopers. The concerned customer contacted a family member who notified law enforcement. The suspect was questioned and acknowledged he made the comments in anger after receiving a citation from a state trooper after being involved in a traffic accident. The young man was apologetic that his words were poorly chosen and he said he knew he would likely lose his job. No charges were filed as no direct threats were made. A verbal dispute was reported June 18 at a Guy Maddox Road location where two adult children were arguing over a shared clothes closet. The father said the pair, who stay with him from time to time, had to share a closet and the son argued with the sister that he wanted her
clothes out. The son left the scene before law enforcement arrived. A verbal dispute was reported June 18 at a Scenic Drive address in Hoschton where a man was renting a room by the week. When he advised he was moving out, the landlord told him he needed to pay another $100. The man was unable to leave that day because of rain but stayed elsewhere overnight to avoid any issues with the landlord who was advised the key would be returned when the renter’s property was removed the following day. A man who had his vehicle repossessed reported that his Garmin was missing June 18 when he arrived at the unsecured storage lot to retrieve his personal property. The recovery agent said the back window was broken out when the vehicle was picked up and he did not notice the Garmin in the vehicle at that time. Four rings and a Pandora bracelet were reported missing June 17 from a Manor Glen Way home. A Nicholson resident reported another financial card fraud transaction on June 18. The man has been the victim of financial card fraud on several previous locations. A Bank of America accounts had been opened using his name with the statements going to a Waynesboro address. A complaint of possible animal neglect was filed June 18 involving a Marshall Clark Road location. Horses, felines, canines and goats are on the property and some appear malnourished. A man who reported he broke up with his girlfriend over the weekend returned for his truck to find his Jason Aldean hat and Costa sunglasses missing from the front seat. He suspects the former girlfriend since some of his clothes from the residence had been put into the back seat of the truck. Charges of violation of the Georgia Controlled Substance Act were filed against a driver stopped June 19 on Highway 129 at the I-85 entrance ramp when he almost struck a cruiser when he failed to yield the right of way to the deputy. The driver’s license was suspended and he was found to be in possession of pills not in their original container and of methamphetamine and cocaine. A deputy responded to a two-vehicle accident on Jefferson River Road on June 18 and directed traffic. The Georgia State Patrol investigated the mishap in which two persons were injured. They were transported to Athens Regional Medical Center. A man was taken into custody on simple battery charges after a June 17 in-
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cident at a Davenport Road residence. A relative said the man struck her with a bamboo stick. Based on the mark left by the stick which was consistent with the victim’s statement and conflicting comments from the man and his girlfriend, the man was placed under arrest. A suspicious person was reported June 17 at Hurricane Shoals Park. A man in a black truck was seen riding around the park and attempting to talk with young girls. He said he was looking for Rebecca when questioned. He said he had seen her in one of the buildings but then said he may have been hallucinating. He was criminally trespassed from the property. A criminal trespass incident was reported June 17 at a Meadow Creek Drive address where an individual who was not welcome on the property was ordered to leave. On his way out, the individual picked up a brick and damaged the headlight assembly on the homeowner’s vehicle. An entering auto was reported June 15 at a Cooper Bridge Road residence. An electronic device was removed from a Jeep and it appeared someone attempted to remove the stereo. Extra patrol was requested for the area. A driver stopped June 17 for a taillight violation was taken into custody on an outstanding warrant from Madison County. A glass basketball backboard was busted at East Jackson Park. A deputy on patrol found the damage on June 17. A mother complained that her ex-husband was refusing to return their children to her, however, the deputy conducting the welfare check found the children would be returning home the following day. A B Wilson Road resident complained that money was taken from under his mattress between June 16 and 18. A trash can was reportedly stolen from a Tal Phillips Road residence between June 15 and 17. The resident was advised by the garbage collection company that she would have to pay $50 for a new trash can. A snake was removed from an Old Winder Highway residence on June 17 after the resident called for assistance. A man who threatened to throw himself off a bridge into traffic on June 17 agreed to be taken by a relative to Athens Regional Medical Center for evaluation. A Freeman Street resident reported the disappearance of methadone wafers from his safe. There was no sign of forced entry. A report was needed to replace the prescription.