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Wednesday, May 31, 2023
The Braselton News
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Public Safety
Person at Bitcoin kiosk saves man from paying fraudulent fine
A West Jackson man was
about to pay a fraudulent
$1,450 through a gas station
Bitcoin machine until some
one using the kiosk before
him told him he was being
scammed.
According to an incident
report filed by the Jackson
County Sheriffs Office
(JCSO). the man said some
one claiming to work for
the Jackson County court
system called him and told
him to pay a $1,450 fine for
failing to appear in court.
The man said the caller
told him to deposit the mon
ey into a Bitcoin kiosk at a
gas station on Jesse Jewell
Pkwy. in Gainesville.
The man said he arrived at
the gas station but hung up
on the caller after a person
using the Bitcoin machine
in front of him told him he
was being scammed.
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other recent incidents re
ported by the JCSO include:
•agency assist on 1-85
where a deputy responded
to a dispute between two
truck drivers. The Georgia
State Patrol reportedly took
over the scene.
•missing person on Prest
wick Dr. where an 80-year-
old woman reportedly
walked out of a living room
and has not been seen since.
The woman reportedly left
a note that she was return
ing home to Tennessee with
a friend. According to the
incident report, the woman
was recently diagnosed with
early signs of dementia.
•burglary on Cooper
Bridge Rd. where a wom
an said her trail camera was
taken after seeing footage
man on the trail camera ear
lier.
•suspicious activity on
Marshall Clark Rd. where
a man. who reportedly has
a history of mental issues,
said someone working on
the property is killing trees.
•entering an automo
bile on Manor Lake Circle
where a woman said some
one broke her vehicle’s pas
senger window and stole a
backpack from the vehicle.
•reckless driving on Hwy.
124 where a man said a driv
er pulled through a park
ing spot at a supermarket,
struck his vehicle and drug
it about six feet. The driver
reportedly begged the man
not to call law enforcement
because he was drunk and a
habitual offender. The driv
er reportedly left the scene,
leaving his identification
behind.
•locked vehicle on Salt
Lake Lane where a toddler
was reportedly locked in
side a car. Fire personnel
used a lock kit to open the
vehicle, and the child was
deemed OK by personnel
on the scene.
•entering an automobile
on Davenport Rd. where
a man said someone took
approximately $400 worth
of tools from his truck. The
man also said someone en
tered his car and took some
change and envelopes that
contained bills.
•theft on Lewis Braselton
Blvd. where a man reported
several tools missing from
his shop. The man said
someone came by his shop
to talk with him, accom
panied by an individual he
did not know. He said vid
eo footage showed the other
individual remove several
drills and a diagnostic com
puter and put them in the
vehicle of the man who’d
come by to talk.
•damage to a vehicle on
Guy Maddox Rd. where
a woman said her car was
vandalized while left at a
shop for an extended period
for repairs. The woman said
she’d been unable to reach
the shop owner since May
1, so she went to the shop
to check on the vehicle. She
said someone cut out the
car’s wiring and removed
part of the motor. She esti
mated the cost of repairs at
$3,000.
•entering an automo
bile on Charlie Cooper Rd.
where a man said someone
stole his Ruger pistol from
his vehicle.
•theft on Pocket Rd.
where a man said someone
stole his utility trailer while
parked at his son’s house,
•theft on Tom White Rd.
where someone attempt
ed to load 21 rolls of TPO
membrane into a trailer and
steal them. The theft was
reportedly unsuccessful, as
the trailer was stuck in mud.
•suspicious activity on
Hwy. 124 where two small
children were reportedly left
unattended in a supermarket
parking lot. The children’s
mother reportedly returned
to the vehicle while a dep
uty was en route to the lo
cation.
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Jefferson woman
arrested on multiple drug
charges in Braselton
A Jefferson woman was
arrested on multiple drug
charges after reportedly ad
mitting to having metham-
phetamine while more chugs
were found during a search.
Cindy Michele Jordan, 53,
178 Double Bridges Rd., Jef
ferson, was booked by Bra
selton police for possession of
a Schedule I and II substance,
possession of a Schedule IV
controlled substance, posses
sion of drug-related objects
and having an outstanding
warrant.
An officer stopped Jordan
after she was parked next to
a dumpster behind a Hwy.
211 business and reportedly
began driving away after he
saw her.
She told the officer that
she and her boyfriend were
searching through the dump
ster. After Jordan admitted to
having methamphetamine in
the vehicle, the police depart
ment’s drug-detection dog
was deployed for a free-air
sniff and alerted officers to
the vehicle to the driver’s side
door. A subsequent vehicle
search reportedly uncovered a
bag with a white crystal sub
stance (believed to be meth
amphetamine), a bag with
one suspected Xanax bar and
five suspected clonazepam
pills, a glass smoking pipe
with burnt residue and a dig
ital scale with residue.
Two other passengers were
reportedly in the vehicle.
Jordan said all three of them
used the methamphetamine,
though the two passengers
denied owning the meth.
Jordan also had an out
standing award for her arrest
out of Barrow County.
OTHER ARRESTS
Other recent arrests report
ed by Braselton police includ
ed:
•Scott Anthony Finley. 52,
395 Chandler Rd. — bench
warrant. Finley was arrested
when an officer learned of a
warrant for his arrest out of
Habersham County after re
portedly finding him slumped
over his steering wheel at a
Hwy. 53 gas station.
•Kimberly Justine Crowe,
37. 965 Liberty Bell Lane,
Hoschton — bench warrant.
Police arrested Crowe after
discovering she had a war
rant out of Gwinnett County
during a traffic stop for a re
ported child safety seat viola
tion.
•Candis Erianna Penning
ton, 21,3931 Brookgreen Dr.,
Fayetteville, North Carolina
— possession of a Schedule
I, II substance, possession
of marijuana (less than one
ounce), possession of drug-re
lated objects and speeding.
Pennington was arrested after
an officer reportedly found
fentanyl in her vehicle during
a traffic stop for speeding.
According to the arrest report,
Pennington admitted to hav
ing marijuana, which led to
a vehicle search. The officer
reportedly found three small
pills with markings and col
ors consistent with fentanyl.
INCIDENTS
Recent incidents reported
by Braselton police includ
ed:
•information on Spout
Springs Rd. where a man
said a female neighbor, with
whom he’s had issues for
three years, followed him
in her vehicle from his resi
dence to a fast-food restau
rant. He said she exited her
vehicle and took a picture of
his tag. The man said he was
concerned the woman would
harm him and his wife.
•damage to property on
Hancock Dr. where a man
said a mover backed up a
Luck and struck an alumi
num awning at the man’s
new business location. The
man said he’d asked the
mover to move the truck for
him because he felt uncom
fortable doing so.
Buford man wanted for insurance fraud, forgery
Insurance and Safety
Fire Commissioner John
F. King announced Friday
(May 26) that Salvatore
Arzillo, 52, of Buford, has
been charged with insur
ance fraud and forgery, ac
cording to a press release.
“In September of 2021,
Mr. Arzillo opened a
claim with Auto Owners
Insurance Group alleging
lightning damage to his
property,” King said. “The
suspect submitted several
invoices for repair costs
and replacement items
in an attempt to procure
more than $18,000. In
vestigators determined
that Mr. Arzillo altered
the invoices and the work
claimed on the invoices
was never completed.”
Warrants were taken
out against Mr. Arzillo
on May 22 in Gwinnett
County.
Region
Possible Fentanyl cluster identified in Gainesville
The Georgia Depart
ment of Public Health
(DPH) has become aware
of a dangerous, poten
tially lethal substance
contained in street drugs
surfacing in North Geor
gia. The overdoses were
reported on May 7 in
Gainesville, but the drugs
may also be sold on the
street in other areas of the
state. Four patients have
been hospitalized, but no
deaths have been reported
from the identified clus
ter.
What you can do:
•Share this information
with your colleagues,
friends, family and com
munity.
•Get naloxone! Nal
oxone can save lives by
reversing the symptoms
of an overdose. You can
get naloxone without a
prescription at your local
pharmacy. Educational
resources for naloxone
administration are avail
able at https://dph.geor-
gia.gov/EmergencyHelp-
forOpioidOverdoses.
What everyone needs to
know:
•Street drugs laced with
fentanyl or fentanyl an
alogs are common and
could be the reason for
these overdoses.
•You will NOT be able
to tell if a drug is laced
by looking, smelling or
touching it. Be cautious!
•Naloxone DOES work
on fentanyl-related over
doses. but it may require
more than one dose. Be
prepared and carry more
than one dose.
•Call 911 if someone is
overdosing. Opioid over
dose can result in perma
nent physical and mental
damage or even death if
medical treatment is not
administered immediate
ly-
•The GA 911 Medical
Amnesty law provides
immunity to those seek
ing medical attention for
themselves or someone
else due to an overdose.
This immunity covers:
Possession of certain
drugs or drug parapher
nalia. violation of proba
tion. parole and other vio
lations, illegal possession
and consumption of alco
hol and civil and criminal
immunity for administra
tion of naloxone
For information on
treatment and recovery
services, call Georgia
Crisis & Access Line at
1-800-715-4225.
State
Georgia arson hotline number available to state residents
The office of the Insur
ance and fire commissioner
reminds Georgians that
the state has a toll-free
arson hotline, 1-800-
282-5804, sponsored
by the office and the
Georgia Arson Control
Program.
Callers to the hotline
will be eligible for re
wards of up to $10,000
if they provide infor
mation leading to the
arrest and conviction of
an arsonist. Callers and
reward recipients may
choose to remain anon
ymous.
“We want to remind
Georgians of this in
centive to report any
information they may
have
fire,”
about a suspicious
said officials. “In
many cases, investigators
rely on evidence provided
by witnesses to convict an
arsonist.”
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