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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018
Man charged for battery
against police in Braselton
A man was recently arrested for bat
tery against a Braselton Police Depart
ment officer.
Garrett Brown, 39, 1517 East Barnard
St., Glennville, faces charges of battery;
simple battery on a law enforcement
officer; and felony obstruction of a law
enforcement officer with violence.
Police were called for a noise com
plaint coming from a Rue Charlemagne
Dr. hotel room. People were yelling and
arguing inside.
Brown, who was naked and reported
ly intoxicated, answered the door and
a female stepped in front of him and
told officers she “had everything under
control.”
Officers saw the woman had red
marks on her neck, “as if she had been
grabbed,” according to the BPD inci
dent report.
They also saw blood on a door, carpet
and sheets and Brown had scratches on
his chest.
He reportedly struggled to get a shirt
on and yelled at officers to “close the
mother f***ing door.” Brown allegedly
grabbed the officer’s shoulder and the
officer told him not to touch him.
“Wait, did you just say don’t touch
you? I’ll f***ing touch you if I want.
I’ll show you some f***ing rage,”
Brown allegedly said before moving
toward the officer.
When the officer attempted to detain
Brown, he “mule-kicked” the officer in
the genital area, according to the report.
He allegedly came towards the officer
again and fought him.
Brown was handcuffed after a brief
struggle. He continued to resist attempt
ing to roll around and break the cuffs.
“Never, I would never give up,” he
allegedly told the officer when they told
him to stop resisting.
The officer held him down and later
noticed Brown was biting his leg. He
refused to let go and shook his head
while still biting. The officer struck him
in the back and Brown let go.
He couldn’t be calmed down and con
tinued to resist. He was also reportedly
verbally aggressive towards the other
officers during the incident and yelled
during the drive to jail.
The woman later told officers the two
were in town for a wedding and they
argued while she was trying to calm
him down after he started drinking. She
reportedly told officers that Brown is in
the Army and suffers from PTSD and
that “alcohol is the trigger that sets him
off,” according to the report.
She said if she can get him to go to
sleep, all will be fine the next day.
OTHER ARRESTS
Other recent arrests made by the BPD
were:
•Gene Savage, 49, 2938 10th St.,
Columbus — wanted person. Savage
turned himself in.
•George Martin Loden, 36, 943
Lakemere Cr., Suwanee — wanted
person. Loden was the passenger in
a vehicle pulled over for a light vio
lation. He was arrested after officers
learned he had a warrant.
•Malachi Chad Chang-Smith. 21,
3439 Fernview Dr., Lawrenceville —
wanted person. Chang-Smith was the
passenger in a vehicle pulled over for
speeding and was arrested after officers
learned he had a warrant.
•Brian William Ecker, 46, 7140 Silk
Tree Pt.. Braselton — driving under the
influence (DUI)-alcohol and endan
gering a child while DUI. Ecker was
involved in a vehicle accident and
officers smelled alcohol on his breath.
He told officers he’d had one beer the
night before. Ecker at first agreed to do
a field sobriety test, but later said he
didn’t want the children to see. He had
two children in the vehicle, who were
retrieved from the scene by a family
member.
•Amanda Danielle Nuttall, 29, 25
Brittney Ct., Jasper — disorderly under
the influence. Nuttall got into an argu
ment with a man she met through
Craigslist. The two reportedly “had a
few drinks” and went to a hotel. Nuttall
allegedly got upset because she thought
the date took her keys. Officers saw she
appeared to be “extremely” under the
influence and continued searching for
her keys in her vehicle while officers
talked with her. She allegedly cursed at
them and called them “worthless pigs”
and accused the date of stealing her
keys so he could kidnap and rape her.
Officers told her to calm down and they
left the scene, but were called back
minutes later after Nuttall screamed
and cursed in the hotel lobby and
flicked a cigarette at an employee.
•Caleb Rapheal Adams, 19, 7083
Grand Hickory Dr., Braselton — pos
session of an alcoholic beverage under
21 years old; burglary; and contribut
ing to the delinquency of a minor. A
juvenile female was also reportedly
involved in the burglary during the
incident. Several residents reported the
duo to neighborhood security. One
resident said the juvenile asked him for
money so she could “get away from her
boyfriend.” A security guard found the
two, but they fled on a four-wheeler
with a bottle of liquor. The juvenile
fell off the four-wheeler and Adams
retrieved her before striking the securi
ty guard’s vehicle and fleeing on foot.
Officers later found them. The two
reportedly broke into a Gene Saraz-
en Dr. residence. Officers also found
ammunition in Adams’ pocket, as well
as on the neighborhood golf course.
The juvenile was ultimately released
to a guardian after being taken to the
hospital. She reportedly tried to cut her
wrists and told officers she’d taken 14
Xanax bars.
GED orientations scheduled
If you, or someone you know, needs
to obtain a GED, now is the time.
The Lanier Technical College Adult
Education program is offering GED
classes in Auburn, Braselton, and
Winder.
Classes are free, and are available
morning, afternoon, and evenings.
To begin classes, students will need
to attend one of the following orien
tations at the Wimberly Center for
Community Development, 163 Mar
tin Luther King Jr. Drive, Winder:
•Wednesday, April 18, 1 p.m.
•Tuesday, April 24, 6 p.m.
•Tuesday, May 8, 6 p.m.
•Wednesday, May 16, 1 p.m.
•Tuesday, May 22, 6 p.m.
Students are required to bring their
state issued ID to orientation. Anyone
that is 16 or 17 will have additional
paperwork to complete before attend
ing orientation.
For more information and to regis
ter for orientation, call 770-531-3361.
The Winder classes will be held at
the Wimberly Center.
The Auburn classes are held at
the JD Withers Building near Auburn
Elementary School.
The Braselton classes are held at
the Braselton Public Library.
If someone is ready to take their
GED test, the testing lab is open on
Mondays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
the Wimberly Center.
To schedule a GED test, go to www.
ged.com.
Women’s self-defense class to be
offered at YMCA later this month
The Winder-Barrow Brad Akins
YMCA will host a women’s self-de
fense class on Saturday, April 21,
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., with an option
al "hardcore" hour from 1-2 p.m.
Classes will be taught by female
instructors.
The one-day course will instruct
attendees how to prevent, avoid and
respond to life-threatening situations.
Participants will learn easy-to-use
techniques that work for women of
all ages, sizes and fitness levels.
The class is geared to girls and
adult women ages 13 and up. Class
content will include avoidance and
escape techniques, as well as actual
hands-on fighting experience.
The cost for the class is $15
for YMCA members and $20 for
non-members.
For more information, call the
YMCA at 770-868-2917.
Interested women can sign up at
YMCA in person or by phone, or just
show up for the class. Participants
should wear comfortable clothing and
bring a light snack if desired.
Fight at Coin Laundry
leads to drug-related arrest
The following incidents
were recently reported to
the Winder Police Depart
ment:
•outstanding arrest war
rant, trafficking in cocaine,
illegal drugs, marijuana or
methamphetamine, posses
sion and use of drug-relat
ed objects, giving a false
name, address or birthdate
to a law enforcement offi
cer, possession of metham
phetamine, possession of
a Schedule II Controlled
Substance and battery at
the Coin Laundry on North
Broad Street, where a fight
between two females was
reported.
•battery - Family Vio
lence Act (FVA) at a West
Midland Avenue residence,
where a domestic dispute
was reported between a
man and his girlfriend.
•terroristic threats and
acts at Akins Ford, West
May Street, where a
female employee reported
receiving a series of threat
ening text messages from
her husband who she is in
the process of divorcing.
•theft by taking at Sonic
Restaurant. South Center
Street, where a female
employee reported $107
had been stolen from her
purse while it was on a
desk inside the restaurant.
•public drunkenness and
hold for another agency at
Circle K. East May Street,
where a 52-year-old man,
“lingering out in front of
the store” was seen visibly
swaying and appeared to
be intoxicated. The man
had a warrant out of Wal
ton County.
•driving under the influ
ence (DUI) of alcohol
and failure to obey a stop
sign or yield after stop
ping on West Midland Ave
nue, where the driver of a
2006 Nissan Altima was
observed running the stop
sign.
•DUI - drugs at Dairy
Queen, West May Street,
where a suspicious person
was reported.
•lost/found property
at Fort Yargo State Park,
South Broad Street, where
a government-issued
vehicle license plate was
reported missing.
•criminal receipt of
goods/services fraudulent
ly obtained at a Third Ave
nue residence, where a man
reported receiving collec
tion letters from attorneys
on a T-Mobile account that
he did not have. He said
he had already contacted
T-Mobile about this issue.
•damage to property
at Cook Out, West May
Street, where the driver
of a 2017 Nissan Sentra
stated he was driving in
reverse out of a parking
spot and turned his vehicle
and hit the drive-thru sign
causing extensive damage
to his vehicle and pulling
the pole out of the ground.
•possession of a Sched
ule I Controlled Sub
stance, possession of a
firearm or knife during the
commission of or attempt
to commit certain felonies,
sale, distribution of dan
gerous drugs, drugs not
kept in original contain
er, possession and use of
drug-related objects, DUI
- alcohol, reckless driving,
consumption/open con
tainer of an alcoholic bev
erage in the passenger area
of a vehicle, possession
of marijuana and failure
to obey a traffic control
device on East May Street,
where a traffic stop was
conducted on the driver
of a 2002 Honda Accord
traveling 70 miles per hour
in a 40-mph speed zone.
•hold for another agen
cy, possession of cocaine
and possession and use
of drug-related objects at
Frog Alley on Williamson
St., where a 23-year-old
female was picked up.
•DUI - drugs at Taco
Bell. East May Street,
where a 37-year-old
female was found asleep
in her 2001 Chevrolet
Tahoe parked in the park
ing lot.
•pedestrian under the
influence (PUI) on Wil
liamson Street, where a
44-year-old female was
located walking in the
roadway.
•DUI - drugs on West
May Street, where a
two-vehicle accident was
reported.
•entering an automobile
or other motor vehicle
with the intent to commit a
theft or other felony at the
Lions Club on East Broad
Street, where a man report
ed someone had entered
his 2008 Dodge Ram 1500
truck and stole his wallet
with $1,200 in currency,
his driver’s license, weap
on carry permit and credit/
debit cards inside.
•burglary and criminal
trespass at Rose’s Express,
Monroe Highway, where
the alarm was going off at
10:50 p.m. The rear door
was found unsecured with
pry marks on it.
•DUI - alcohol, con
sumption/open container
of an alcoholic beverage
in the passenger area of
a vehicle, improper lane
change/failure to maintain
lane and failure to exercise
due care at Sonic, South
Center Street, where a traf
fic stop was conducted on
the driver of a 2007 BMW
3 Series.
•battery and criminal
damage to property at a
Lily Drive residence,
where an assault was
reported with two females
actively engaged in a fight
inside the home.
•simple battery, criminal
trespass, false imprison
ment and stalking - FVA
at a Marion Lay Street
residence, where a domes
tic dispute was reported
between a woman and
man.
•criminal trespass at a
Glen Avenue residence,
where a woman reported
someone had scratched her
2003 Toyota Camry from
the front to the rear on the
passenger side.
•theft by taking at a
Wood Avenue residence,
where a man reported the
2006 Scion XB, registered
to his mother, had been
stolen from this location.
•lost/found property at
a Brookview Terrace, res
idence. where a woman
reported her medication,
including Alprazolam.
Meloxicam, Divalpro
ex, Ibuprofen, Gaclofen,
Hydrocodone and Opira-
mate, missing.
•battery and cruelty to
children at a Marion Lay
Street residence, where an
assault on a female was
reported.
•trespassing at a Lily
Drive residence, where the
driver of a 2007 Chevro
let Tahoe who had been
barred from Barrow Coun
ty was located.
•battery - FVA, obstruc
tion or hindering persons
making emergency phone
calls and cruelty to a child
at a Shenandoah Lane res
idence, where a domes
tic dispute was reported
between a woman and her
boyfriend.
•forgery of a financial
card at a Red Oak Way
residence, where a woman
reported six fraudulent
credit transactions on her
credit report.
Racist graffiti found in Braselton
Someone found racist
graffiti on a bridge in Bra
selton.
Officers with the Bra
selton Police Department
were recently called to
Silk Tree Pt. on reports of
criminal trespass.
Someone found graffiti
on a neighborhood bridge,
which is reportedly owned
by the town.
The graffiti — which
was drawn underneath the
bridge — reportedly read,
“Hang n****r here.”
No suspects were listed.
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other incidents reported
to the BPD were:
•recovery of stolen
property and hit and run
on Friendship Rd. where
a stolen vehicle was found
wrecked off the roadway.
Officers also smelled mar
ijuana in the vehicle. Nei
ther the substance nor the
driver were found.
•damage to property on
Commons Dr. where a
truck got stuck in the mud
and caused large ruts in
the ground.
•lost or mislaid prop
erty on Tour de France
Dr. where someone lost a
wallet while playing golf,
•information on White
Walnut Way where a man
found a sandwich bag
that said, “turn in illegal
immigrants.” He found it
offensive.
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