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Wednesday, February 15, 2023
The Braselton News
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Public Safety
Braselton PD
Man smokes meth all day, steals car
Area crime news
Woman arrested
after making threats
during dispute
over soup samples
A man who admitted to
smoking meth all day re
portedly stole a woman’s car
from her driveway on Ed-
naville Rd.
Law enforcement arrested
Daniel Jesse Bell, 37, 809
Ednaville Rd, Braselton, for
the theft after he was later
seen driving the vehicle.
According to a report
filed by Braselton police,
the woman said her car was
stolen as she left it running
to warm up. A man who
witnessed the reported theft
located Bell driving the vehi
cle on Hwy. 60 and got him
to stop. He asked him for the
keys and to wait for the police
to arrive, but Bell drove off.
A Hall County deputy later
spotted Bell driving the vehi
cle. stopped him with a PIT
maneuver and arrested him.
Bell admitted to being high
on meth and “smoking it all
day.” according to the arrest
report.
OTHER ARRESTS
Other recent arrests re
ported by Braselton Police
include:
•Uziah Larenze Lowe, 26,
4145 Buckley Woods Dr.,
Norcross — bench warrant
(superior court). An officer
arrested Lowe after reported
ly learning he had a warrant
out of Banks County. Accord
ing to the arrest report, Lowe
was traveling in a vehicle
when the driver was pulled
over for speeding. The driv
er was reportedly cited for
possession of marijuana (less
than once) and possession of
drug-related objects follow
ing a vehicle search due to an
odor of marijuana. The driver
was also cited for speeding.
INCIDENTS
Recent incidents reported
to Braselton police include:
•information on Hwy. 53
where a van that caught fire
was fully engulfed in flames.
The driver said he hooked up
a gas-fueled camping stove,
and the vehicle caught fire.
•damage to a vehicle on
Keys Dr. where a woman
said her son took her vehicle
and returned it damaged. The
car’s bumper was reportedly
missing, and grass and tree
limbs were lodged in the
front engine and driver’s side
wheel. The woman’s son ap
peared to be having a manic
episode, according to the in
cident report.
•agency assist on Hwy. 53
where a woman, who suffers
from bipolar disorder and
quit taking her medication,
reportedly threatened to com
mit suicide. The woman re
fused to be transported to the
hospital.
•agency assist on Hwy. 53
where a man reportedly suf
fered cardiac arrest inside his
vehicle at a fast-food restau
rant parking lot. Emergency
medical services personnel
transported the man. who was
found unconscious with shal
low breathing, to Northeast
Georgia Medical Center-Bra-
selton. A cut straw with a
white-powdered residue was
found on the vehicle floor
board. A friend reported that
the man uses fentanyl. An
officer administered the man
three doses of Narcan before
EMS arrived.
•civil matter on Hwy. 53
where a woman said some
one damaged her grass with
a vehicle, which was still on
site and stuck in mud upon an
officer’s arrival but unoccu
pied. The driver later contact
ed the police, explaining that
she drove off the roadway
due to rainy and foggy condi
tions the previous night.
•identity theft fraud on
Madrid Falls where a man
said someone stole his infor
mation through his insurance
company, opened a Verizon
account and charged $1,984
to it.
A woman was recently
arrested after threatening
to “put a bullet” in anoth
er woman during a dis
pute that started over soup
samples at a grocery store.
Officers with the Jef
ferson Police Department
were called for the report
of terroristic threats and
acts on Old Farm Rd.
A woman said a family
member was using sepa
rate spoons to test differ
ent soups when another
woman (the suspect) con
fronted them. The suspect
reportedly told her the
soup was contaminated
and said the woman’s
family member hadn’t
gotten a new spoon.
The argument escalated
and the suspect reportedly
told the woman she would
“put a bullet in her” and
made a comment about
what was in her purse.
The suspect’s grandson
also struck the woman in
the face multiple times.
The juvenile grandson
was removed, but re
turned later and attempted
to cause a scene. The De
partment of Juvenile Jus
tice was contacted.
The suspect was arrest
ed on charges of terroris
tic threats and acts.
There were a number of
witnesses to the incident.
West Jackson incidents
Person claiming to work for FBI accuses man
of sending nude photos ‘all over the country’
Area crime news
Home health care aide
steals $700 in forged
checks from resident
A man at a Freedom
Pkwy. address said a person
claiming to work for the
FBI accused him, via email,
of sending nude photos “all
over the country.”
According to a report
filed with the Jackson
County Sheriff’s Office,
he said the person threat
ened to arrest him but could
help him “get out of it” if
he sent $800 via PayPal or
Cashapp.
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other recent incidents re
ported to the JCSO include:
•juvenile issue on Cedar
Ridge Dr. where a man said
his grandson went miss
ing after threatening to run
away. The man later learned
that the boy had gotten a
ride with his grandmother.
•juvenile issue on Walnut
Ridge Dr. where a woman
said a neighborhood boy
chased her son and oth
er kids and said, “you’re
dead,” before showing them
a pocket knife. The neigh
borhood boy’s mother said
her son did not have a knife.
•dispute on Hwy. 124
where a couple reportedly
argued in a parking lot.
•financial transaction
card fraud on Jackson Trail
Rd. where a woman said
someone used two of her
debit cards to make multi
ple transactions.
•suspicious activity on
Hwy. 53 where a person re
ported yelling coming from
a residence where three
men live.
•dispute on E.G. Barnett
Rd. where a woman re
portedly refused to let her
grandson leave a residence
with his parents.
•hit-and-run on 1-85
where a woman said a driv
er struck her vehicle and
drove away without provid
ing his insurance informa
tion.
•theft on Stoneview Dr.
where a woman said some
one scammed her into pay
ing $2,000 for a purse she
never received. She said a
Virginia woman contact
ed her via Instagram about
buying the bag. When
the woman said she was
concerned about being
scammed, the other woman
promised she wasn’t scam-
ming her.
•information on Ston
eview Dr. where a wom
an said a man claiming to
work for Publisher’s Clear
ing House told her she’d
won money but required
a payment to receive the
winnings. The man told her
to purchase $500 worth of
green dot cards. The wom
an said she attempted to
buy the cards, but they were
unavailable at the store. Af
ter visiting the Publisher’s
Clearing House website,
she determined the call to
be a scam.
•agency assist on Wehu-
nt Rd. where a woman said
her son took 37 Prozac in a
suicide attempt.
•suspicious activity on
Davenport Rd. where a
woman said she saw some
one looking through her
windows.
•mental subject on Crest
Club Dr. where a man with
dementia reportedly be
came irate and threw items.
He reportedly stuck his
wife, but a deputy found
no injury. A caseworker ar
rived on the scene, and the
deputy transported the man
to the hospital via a 10-13
order.
A woman reported to
Barrow County Sheriff’s
Office on Jan. 18 that her
home health care aide
had used her checkbook
to write and fraudulently
sign herself four checks
totaling $700.
The aide wrote each of
the checks for cleaning
service, which the victim
said she never agreed to
paying her to clean her
house nor that she would
provide her with a loan,
according to the police
report.
The victim said the
aide was paid through
her employer A&S
Healthcare Services,
which is paid for by the
victim’s medical insur
ance.
When the victim con
fronted the aide about
the missing money from
her account, she admit
ted to writing the checks,
but said they were for the
victim. The victim fired
the aide and told her to
leave her residence.
The aide was arrest
ed Jan. 25 and charged
with four counts of
forgery-4th degree, four
counts of identity fraud
theft when using/pos
sessing identifying in
formation concerning a
person, four counts of
exploitation and intimi
dation of an elderly per
son, theft by taking and
burglary.
State
Hatchett introduces legislation to ban purchases of unauthorized recyclable materials
State Senator Bo Hatchett
(R-Comelia) has introduced
Senate Bill 60, which would
make it illegal to purchase or
sell detached catalytic con
verters, used utility wire or
used copper that originates
from an unlicensed business.
This bill requires an individ
ual or business to be a sec
ondary materials recycler in
order to possess a used or
detached converter if it is not
their own.
“SB 60 aims to give law
enforcement the tools that
they need in order to stop
those who have stolen cata
lytic converters,” said Sen.
Bo Hatchett. “I have worked
closely with local law en
forcement offices to craft this
legislation, and hope to deter
these crimes.”
SB 60 would strengthen
guidance on the purchasing
of materials from second
ary materials recyclers and
also includes a two-year
pilot program to allow busi
nesses to pay cash for scrap
metal worth under $100. No
individual would be able to
purchase copper wire that ap
pears to have been exposed to
heat, charred, or burned with
out proper documentation
that it was collected from a
registered business.
SB 60 has been favorably
reported out of the Senate
Committee on Judiciary.
Sen. Bo Hatchett serves
as a Governor’s Administra
tion Floor Leader. He rep
resents the 50th Senate Dis
trict which includes Banks,
Franklin, Habersham, Rabun,
Stephens and Towns counties
and portions of Hall, Jackson
and White counties. He can
be reached by phone at 404-
463-5257 or by email atbo.
hatchett@ senate.ga.gov.
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