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The Braselton News
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
Public Safety
Braselton PD
Woman charged after pursuit in Braselton
A South Carolina woman was recently ar
rested after a pursuit in Braselton.
Angelina Essence Day, 20,17 Jacobs Mill
Ct., Elgin, S.C., was charged with speeding;
fleeing or attempting to elude; interference
with government property; reckless driving;
and following too closely.
Officers with the Braselton Police De
partment attempted to stop Day for driving
90-miles-per-hour in a 70-mph zone on
1-85. Day slowed down when officers acti
vated the patrol car lights and siren, but she
didn't stop.
Day traveled for several miles and another
officer joined in the pursuit and attempted
a rolling roadblock. She struck one of the
patrol cars, which ended the pursuit.
Day denied speeding and told officers she
didn’t know she was supposed to pull over.
OTHER ARRESTS
Other recent arrests made by the BPD
were:
•Lamont L. Matthews. 45, 2140 Point
View Dr., East Point — speeding and driv
ing with a suspended/revoked license. Mat
thews was stopped for traveling 97-miles-
per-hour in a 70-mph zone. Officers learned
his license was suspended and arrested him.
A small bag of marijuana was found on him
at the jail and he was cited for the substance.
•Denise Chapman. 32. 555 Northridge
Rd., Sandy Springs — possession of a
schedule I or II controlled substance; speed
ing; reckless driving; driving with a sus
pended/revoked license; and driving without
a license. Chapman was stopped for driv
ing 103-mph in a 70-mph zone. During a
search of a bag in the vehicle, officers found
38 pills, which Chapman said belonged to
someone else.
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other recent incidents reported to the
BPD were:
•theft on Pinecrest Lane where a man re
ported missing tools.
•theft on Hwy. 53 where a man said his
phone was missing.
•possession of marijuana less than an
ounce on 1-85 where officers stopped a vehi
cle for speeding. They smelled marijuana in
the vehicle and cited one person after find
ing the substance.
•damage to a vehicle on Hopehaven Way
where a man reported his vehicle window
was shot with a BB gun.
•information on White Walnut Way where
a woman said her daughter began screaming
and jumped into a vehicle, which sped off.
The daughter was later taken to Northeast
Georgia Medical Center for an evaluation.
•fraud on Mulberry Park Dr. where a man
ordered a product online, but it didn't come
in and he couldn’t get in touch with the sell
er.
JCSO - West Jackson
Woman says man rammed her vehicle in West Jackson
A woman told authorities that a man
rammed her vehicle during a recent argu
ment in West Jackson.
Officers with the Jackson County Sher
iff’s Office were called to Tapp Wood Rd.
for the report of aggravated assault and
reckless driving.
According to the report, the man and
woman argued and the woman took their
11-month-old child and left. The man al
legedly followed and at one point, drove in
front of her, stopped his vehicle and got out
and confronted the woman while scream
ing.
She drove around his vehicle, but the man
later rammed her vehicle, causing damage
to the rear bumper.
Officers searched for the man, but weren't
able to find him.
Other incidents reported to the JCSO in
Braselton and Hoschton were;
•suspicious activity on New Cut Rd.
where someone reported someone walking
in the area.
•dispute on White St.w here a woman and
her step-daughter and the step-daughter’s
boyfriend got into an argument. The two
were criminally trespassed.
•suspicious activity on Mountain Creek
Church Rd. where someone reported some
one was walking near the fog line on the
roadway.
•suspicious activity on Hwy. 124 where a
man reported gunshots in the area.
•suspicious activity on Hwy. 53 where
someone reported a man was screaming
and yelling obscenities in a parking lot.
Officers made contact with the man, who
appeared to be impaired. A family member
agreed to pick him up.
•dispute and stalking on Fern Ct. where a
man wanted to retrieve his vehicle from his
family. The man was also given a criminal
trespass warning from the property.
•agency assist on Hwy. 124 where offi
cers assisted the Georgia State Patrol.
•suspicious activity on Curt Roberts Rd.
where someone reported racing vehicles.
•dispute on Fern Ct. where a couple had
an argument and agreed to separate for the
night.
•burglary on Tappwood Rd. where a man
said several of his items were missing, in
cluding handmade knives and hatchets.
•civil matter on White St. where a woman
who had been criminally trespassed from a
property wanted to retrieve her belongings.
•civil matter on Cooper Bridge Rd. where
officers stood on the scene while a man re
trieved his belongings.
•inmate seizure on River PI. where offi
cers took an inmate to Northeast Georgia
Medical Center. He said he'd gone off of
his medication too quickly. The man ap
peared to have a seizure at the hospital and
fell. Hospital employees got him inside the
hospital.
•simple assault on New Liberty Church
Rd. where a woman reported her husband
got in her face and yelled.
•dispute on Hwy. 124 W where several
people wanted to remove an incarcerated
man's girlfriend from a residence.
•agency assist on New Liberty Church
Rd. where a man broke his arm after falling,
•dispute on Bristol Ct. where a man was
reportedly coming off heroin and was being
loud due to detoxing.
•dispute on Shirley Ct. where a man said
his ex-girlfriend told him his license was
mailed to her residence.
•suspicious activity on Freedom Pkwy.
where someone reported people were rid
ing bikes in the roadway.
•identity fraud on Magnolia Cir. where a
woman reported fraudulent online purchas
es.
•mental person on Davenport Rd. where
officers spoke to a woman with a mental
illness.
•harassing communications on Hunting
Hills Dr. where a woman reported a man
repeatedly contacted her. despite being told
not to.
•deceptive/fraudulent telemarketing on
Deer Creek Tr. where someone contacted
a woman, claiming to work for a Florida
sheriff’s office, and said she missed court
and had two warrants. The woman sent
$3,000 to the caller.
•information on Shirley Ct. where a
woman reported her ex-boyfriend showed
up at her residence to retrieve belongings.
•information on Skelton Rd. where some
one reported a driver was revving an engine.
•criminal trespass on Davenport Rd.
where a man reported two people crossed
through his property.
•animal complaint on Cooper Bridge Rd.
where a woman reported her neighbor’s
dogs killed her cats.
•suspicious activity on Hwy. 332 where
someone slept in a church parking lot.
•suspicious activity on Freedom Pkwy.
where a woman said someone followed her
after she delivered a pizza.
•theft by deception on White Trillium
Way where a woman reported a potential
scam while trying to purchase a puppy from
someone online.
•agency assist on White St. where some
one reported an assault that occurred in
Gwinnett County.
•suspicious activity on Rainy Ct. where
a man reported someone tried to enter his
residence.
•suspicious activity on River Chase
where someone heard crying outside their
residence.
•obstruction of offices; theft by taking;
warrant; driving without a license; illegal
U-Turn, violation of obedience to traf
fic-control devices; reckless driving; flee
ing or attempting to elude a police officers
for a felony offense; driving on the wrong
side of the road; and failure to maintain lane
on Hwy. 53. The juvenile suspect had been
pursued in both the Town of Braselton and
in Gwinnett County. Jackson County depu
ties saw a matching vehicle and approached
the driver at a convenience store. The driver
threw the gas pump down and got into the
vehicle. The officer fought with him, but
the driver was ultimately able to get away.
A pursuit ensued and the driver allegedly
committed a number of traffic violations
in the process. He ultimately wrecked in
Banks County after officers deployed a
PIT maneuver. The juvenile was checked
by EMS, taken to the Jackson County Jail
and later transported to a youth detention
center.
Hall County
Gainesville man charged for drug trafficking
Agents with the Gainesville/Hall
County Multi-Agency Narcotics
Squad (MANS Unit) arrested a
Gainesville man and seized drugs
worth an estimated $400,000 on
the street on Thursday. Dec. 17.
During the execution of a search
warrant at a residence on West
Waterwood Drive off of Dudley
Hill Road, agents arrested Delbert
Channie Tucker, 52.
Tucker faces the following
charges:
• Trafficking heroin
• Trafficking methamphetamine
• Possession of marijuana with
intent to distribute
• Felony possession of marijuana
In the course of the short-term
investigation, agents seized ap
proximately eight pounds of meth
amphetamine, two pounds of mar
ijuana, eight grams of heroin and
$83,000 cash.
Although no further arrests are
expected in the case, Tucker fac
es the possibility of additional
charges as the investigation con
tinues.
Deputies with the Uniform Pa
trol Division K9 Unit assisted
agents with the case.
In the course of the
short-term investiga
tion, Gainesville/Hall
County Multi-Agency
Narcotics Squad agents
seized approximately
eight pounds of meth
amphetamine, two
pounds of marijuana,
eight grams of heroin
and $83,000 cash.
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