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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
PAGE 7A
Public Safety
Barrow County Sheriff’s Office Incidents
Various tools
from Winder
BCES recognized by Georgia
Firefighters Burn Foundation
BCES RECOGNIZED
Pictured with an appreciation plaque from the Georgia Firefighters Burn
Foundation, from left to right, are: Barrow County Emergency Services
Chief John Skinner, firefighter paramedic David Schuler, and Deputy
Chief Alan Shuman.
The Georgia Firefighters Bum Foun
dation (GFBF) recently held its annual
Firefighters' Recognition Day luncheon
and awards ceremony.
Departments from across the state were
recognized at the luncheon for their efforts
in raising money in the 27th Annual Give
Bums the Boot campaign.
During the 2016 “Give Bums the Boot”
Boot Drive, Barrow County Emergency
Services (BCES) collected over $19,700.
This money was combined with collec
tions from fire departments across the state
to total over $624,000. The money raised
during the Boot Drive goes towards sup
porting Bum Foundation programs includ
ing camps for children who have been
burned and public education programs.
“Barrow County Emergency Services
would like to thank everyone who con
tributed last year. Those ‘small' donations
of pocket change collected at intersections
around the county add up,’’ said Boot
Drive Coordinator David Schuler in a
news release. “We are so thankful that we
have such generous citizens in Barrow
County.’’
“The GFBF is extremely grateful for an
extraordinary cadre of volunteers working
selflessly over the years towards the over
all wellbeing of those we serve” said a
GFBF publication.
Statham home heavily damaged by fire
The following recent
incidents required the
response of the Barrow
County Sheriff’s Office:
•burglary and theft by
taking at an Austin Road,
Winder, residence, where
a man reported sever
al items missing from in
and around his barn. He
valued the missing items,
including extension cords,
power head, trimmer for
power head, pole saw for
power head, string trim
mer for power head, table
saw and battery chargers,
at $2,279.
•criminal trespass at a
Carl-Bethlehem Road,
Bethlehem, location,
where a hit and run was
reported. A female report
ed a semi-track pulled in
her driveway at a high rate
of speed and continued
to a shop on her prop
erty to turn around. She
said she approached the
truck driver and told him
he shouldn’t be on her
property or driving so fast.
She said the truck driver
hit her with his door as he
closed it, before he sped
down her driveway sling
ing gravel as he pulled
back on the road almost
hitting another car.
•reckless driving,
improper lane change/
failure to maintain lane
and too fast for conditions
on Bogart-Jefferson Road
at Jordan Cofer Road,
Statham, where a single
vehicle crash was reported
and a 2007 Honda Civic
was observed down an
embankment.
•welfare check at a
Diamond Ridge Drive,
Statham, residence. A
Walmart Vision Center
employee reported she
called this residence due
to a missed eye appoint
ment and a female, that
appeared to be crying,
answered the phone. The
complainant said a male
could be heard in the
background cursing and
yelling at the female.
•reckless driving and
improper passing in a
“No-Passing” zone on
Highway 211 NE at Wind
ward Road, Winder, where
a traffic stop was conduct
ed on the driver of a 2006
Nissan Frontier.
•driving under the influ
ence (DUI) of alcohol,
improper lane change/fail
ure to maintain lane and
open container violation
on Fleeman Road at Dee
Kennedy Road, Hoschton,
where an accident was
reported. The male driv
er of the 1988 Chevrolet
Celebrity that was found
off the road in a ditch was
transported to Northeast
Georgia Medical Center
for treatment of his inju
ries.
•attempting or conspir
ing to commit financial
identity fraud at a Moss
Side Drive, Bethlehem,
residence. A man reported
he believed his ex-wife
was using his Social Secu
rity number to apply for
credit.
•financial transaction
card fraud at a Kendall
Park Drive, Winder, resi
dence. A woman reported
she found several transac
tions on her bank account
that neither she nor her
husband had made.
•theft by conversion at a
Mary Alice Drive, Wind
er, residence, where an
outstanding warrant was
served on a male.
•driving with a suspend
ed or revoked license on
Rockwell Church Road
NW at City Pond Road,
Winder, where a traffic
accident was reported.
•theft by deception at
Walmart, Atlanta High
way NW, Winder. A
woman reported she had
lost $500 in an attempt to
purchase a 2003 Honda
Accord from a woman she
had contacted through a
Facebook yard sale site.
•outstanding arrest war
rant at an Atlanta High
way SE, Winder, location,
where a traffic stop was
conducted on the driver of
a 2003 Ford Taurus that
was wanted in Gwinnett
County for a kidnapping.
•DUI - alcohol and
open container violation
at Farmer’s Furniture
on Plaza Drive, Winder,
where a man was report
edly passed out in the
driver’s seat of a Kia
Sportege. Responding
officers found the vehicle
in the Walmart parking lot
near Murphy Oil with the
male sitting inside.
•simple battery - Fami
ly Violence Act (FVA) at
a Dunahoo Road, Winder,
residence, where a domes
tic dispute was reported
between a man and his
father.
•burglary at an Ever
green Drive, Winder, res
idence. A man reported he
returned to his residence
and found the glass on
the front door was broken
and the house had been
ransacked.
•DUI - under age 21
and reckless driving on
Jefferson Highway, Wind
er, where a single vehi
cle accident was reported.
The male driver of the
2004 Toyota Sienna stat
ed he swerved to avoid a
deer and lost control and
the vehicle rolled. How
ever, the male driver also
admitted he had consumed
alcoholic beverage at a
friend’s house prior to the
accident.
•hold for another agen
cy at Northeast Georgia
Medical Center Bar-
row, North Broad Street,
Winder, where a man
was picked up after being
treated for injuries he had
sustained in a single vehi
cle accident.
•suspicious vehicle at
a Lackey Road, Winder,
location, where a male
was found asleep in the
back seat of a 2014 Dodge
Avenger.
•criminal trespass at a
Pin Oak Drive, Bethle
hem, residence, where a
man reported four tires on
his 2009 Ford Focus had
been cut and flattened.
•burglary and criminal
trespass at an Argonne
Road, Winder, residence,
where the property man
ager reported two doors
leading to the storage areas
attached to the garage had
been kicked in.
•hit and run: duty of the
driver to stop at or return
to the scene of an accident
and duty to report striking
an unattended vehicle at
Walmart, Atlanta High-
stolen
barn
way NW, Winder, where
a traffic accident was
reported. A woman driv
ing a 2012 Toyota Camry
stated she was driving her
vehicle into a parking spot
and the vehicle accelerat
ed on its own. She stated
she drove up the curb into
some bushes and also hit
the light post. The Toyota
driver said she put the car
in reverse and it acceler
ated backwards striking a
1998 Honda Accord that
then struck a 2005 Ford
Five Hundred and a 2002
Toyota Corolla.
•recovered stolen prop
erty at Walmart, Winder,
where a suspicious vehicle
was reported. A Walmart
employee stated a 2004
Dodge Ram 1500 truck
had been parked in the
parking lot for approxi
mately one month. A
check of the truck tag
returned through GCIC
as stolen out of Gwinnett
County.
•public drunkenness,
willful obstruction of law
enforcement officers, dis
orderly conduct, criminal
trespass - FVA and simple
assault - FVA at a Stoney
Creek Drive, Winder, res
idence, where neighbors
were complaining about a
man walking across peo
ple’s lawns. The man had
reportedly been told ear
lier by the female home-
owner along with another
law enforcement officer
not to return to the resi
dence.
•dispute at a Dillard
Heights Drive, Bethle
hem, residence, where a
911 hang-up was reported.
•domestic dispute at a
Kennedy-Sells Road NW,
Auburn, residence.
See BCSO on Page 8A
Just after 6:30 p.m. Sun
day, communication offi
cers with Barrow Coun
ty Emergency Services
received a 911 call report
ing a structure fire in the
2600 block of Rat Kinney
Road in Statham.
Firefighters were dis
patched to the scene and
found heavy fire on one
side of the single-story
home with heavy black
smoke flowing from the
other side of the home,
Capt. Scott Dakin said in a
news release.
Firefighters made entry
into the structure and start
ed extinguishment efforts
while also checking for any
potential victims.
Nobody was home at
the time of the fire. Jack-
son EMC was requested to
respond to the scene as the
live power line had burned
away from the structure
and was on the ground
hampering firefighting
efforts.
The house suffered
extensive fire and smoke
damage as a result of the
fire. Crews from Stations 1,
6 and 7 responded.
Two adults were dis
placed as a result of the
fire.
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