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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2021
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
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Man at hospital reports being hit
over head with pliers by uncle
The following incidents
were among those Aug.
5-11 that the Winder Po
lice Department respond
ed to.
•A man was dropped
off at Northeast Georgia
Medical Center Barrow
Aug. 10 with a head lac
eration, and the truck that
dropped him off immedi
ately left the hospital. Ac
cording to the incident re
port, the man initially said
he had fallen off the back
of the truck hit his head
truck but then later told
police he had gotten into
an argument with his girl
friend, and his uncle, who
was driving the truck they
were in, got mad about it
and hit him in the back
of the head with a pair of
pliers. No charges were
taken due to conflicting
statements and a lack of
corroboration.
•An employee of
Medlink on West Athens
Street reported Aug. 10
that it had been discov
ered that the catalytic con
verter on his vehicle had
been cut five days earlier.
Security footage showed
two males suspected at
tempting to steal the con
verter from the vehicle
around 1:30 p.m. Aug. 5
before leaving the parking
lot around 2 p.m. when
more cars began coming
through the parking lot.
No faces were seen on
the footage as one suspect
kept his head down with a
hat on and the other had
a facemask on. The sus
pects were driving a sil
ver, older model Honda
passenger car, possibly
a Civic, according to the
report.
•A Winder man was
picked up by police Aug.
10 at a James Albert John
son Avenue residence on
a local warrant and was
also charged with obstruc
tion of law enforcement
because he ignored com
mands to come outside
and was found hiding un
der a pile of clothes.
•Employees of Gateway
Gardens Assisted Liv
ing and Memory Care on
Gateway Lane reported
Aug. 10 that someone had
stolen a catalytic convert
er from a vehicle belong
ing to the facility.
•A Statham woman was
arrested on charges of
public drunkenness, pos
session of drug-related
objects and misdemean
or marijuana possession
Aug. 9 after a report of a
suspicious person in the
parking lot of The Tree
House on Highland Drive.
Police found the woman’s
vehicle parked diagonal
ly in the lot and report
ed that she was moving
“sporadically” and had
slurred speech. Marijuana
and drug-related materials
were found during search
es of the vehicle and her
backpack.
•A man at The Store
on Jefferson Highway re
ported Aug. 9 that a white
pickup truck had struck
his vehicle in the park
ing lot and left the scene.
Police were able to get a
headshot of the suspect
through video and get a
name from a credit card
the suspect used, but no
other identifying informa
tion had been located at
the time of the report.
•An employee of a local
law office reported receiv
ing a suspicious piece of
mail with the law firm’s
address listed as the return
address. The letter con
tained drug items hidden
inside a letter addressed to
a detention center in Lou
isiana and was presented
as being sent to a prisoner
there by one of the attor
neys at the firm. The firm
confirmed that it had not
represented a client by the
name that was listed.
•A woman at an Apper-
son Drive residence re
ported Aug. 8 that some
one had tried to break into
her vehicle the previous
night. She reported find
ing numerous scratches
on the body of the vehi
cle and on all four doors,
but no one had entered the
vehicle or taken anything
from it.
•A Winder man was ar
rested for simple assault
Aug. 8 following a do
mestic dispute at a Horton
Street residence, where
he reportedly yelled ag
gressively in the face of a
woman who was pregnant
with his unborn children.
Police were shown video
of the altercation.
•A Lawrenceville
woman was arrested on
a failure-to-appear war
rant Aug. 8 after she was
pulled over for traveling
several hundred feet in the
central turn lane on East
May Street to turn onto
South Broad Street.
•A Winder man was
arrested on warrants out
of Lranklin County and
South Carolina Aug. 8
after he was spotted by
police sitting outside of a
North Broad Street busi
ness after hours and ques
tioned.
•A Winder woman was
arrested for battery at
Dairy Queen on West May
Street on Aug. 7 follow
ing a report of a domestic
dispute there. The woman
had bitten her boyfriend
on the arm during an ar
gument over her medical
condition and tried to run
away when an EMS unit
arrived to check on her.
•A man reported his ve
hicle stolen Aug. 7, say
ing he allowed a friend to
borrow it July 19 but that
it had not been returned.
•A Winder man was ar
rested for driving under
the influence of alcohol
- less safe and misde
meanor marijuana posses
sion Aug. 6 after he was
stopped on Midland Ave
nue for failing to stop at
a stop sign. The marijuana
was found during a body
search of the man.
•An arrest warrant for
stalking was issued for
an Auburn man Aug. 9
after he showed up at the
place of employment of
the mother of his child
and placed a multi-page
document on several ve
hicles, telling the vic
tim’s co-worker that he
was going to make the
victim’s life “a living
hell.” The document was
a seven-page report from
a polygraph examiner
whom the suspect had
hired. The man had been
charged with simple as
sault - family violence in
2016.
•A Statham man was
arrested for theft by shop
lifting at a gas station on
East May Street Aug. 6
after stealing $6.15 worth
of food items. He was also
criminally barred from the
store.
•An employee at a lo
cal restaurant reported a
case of fraud Aug. 5. He
said that a man purporting
to be a corporate manag
er called, telling him he
would be fired if he did
not go purchase Green
Dot cards with all of the
cash from the restaurant’s
safe.
•An employee at a local
restaurant reported that a
man who came in to pur
chase a drink had stolen
money from the restaurant
while he was requesting
change for a large bill and
then changing his mind
how he wanted the change
back. After the suspect,
described as a black male
approximately 60 years
old, left, she realized he
never gave the original
change back and had ef
fectively stolen $50.
•A woman reported
Aug. 5 that her firearm
had been stolen from her
vehicle at a Capitol Ave
nue residence.
•A woman at Quality
Inn on West Athens Street
reported Aug. 5 that her
radio and amplifier had
been stolen from her ve
hicle while it was parked
there the previous night.
CERT training class starts Aug. 23
The Barrow County Community Emer
gency Response Team (CERT) will host its
24th training class starting Monday, Aug.
23, at 7 p.m.
Classes will continue every Monday
through Oct. 18, except Labor Day (Sept.
6) and will be held at Barrow County Emer
gency Services headquarters, located at
Barrow Station 6, 222 Pleasant Hill Church
Rd. NE. Winder.
The CERT program starts by teaching
citizens how to prepare and respond to
possible disasters that may affect Barrow
County. The CERT classes teach students in
areas such as disaster preparedness, search
and rescue, and medical operations. The
program teaches students how to first take
care of themselves and their families; then
help their neighbors in case of a disaster.
Classes are free and graduates are given
the opportunity to join the Barrow County
team.
“After graduating, students can join the
CERT team in Barrow County. CERT vol
unteers work special events and occasional
ly work with local public safety agencies.”
Said CERT public information officer John
Sliman.
To sign up for the class, or for more in
formation about the CERT program in Bar-
row County, go to www.barrowcert.org and
click on “online application.”
30th annual ‘Celebrate life’ Banquet set
The Winder-based Come
Alive Ministries (CAM)
Pregnancy Care Center, a
non-profit organization,
will be holding its 30th an
nual “Celebrate Life” Ban
quet on Saturday, Aug. 28,
at 6:30 p.m.
The banquet will be held
at Bethlehem Church, 548
Christmas Ave., Bethle
hem.
The keynote speaker for
this year’s banquet is Chris
tina Middleton, executive
director of Life Resources
of Georgia.
Middleton has over 12
years of nonprofit manage
ment and executive leader
ship experience and over
16 years of ministry expe
rience, according to a news
release, and “specializes in
training, coaching and con
sulting to strengthen and
advance pregnancy help or
ganizations.”
Dinner will be catered
by The Master’s Table, and
Selah Moore will be per
forming music.
Tickets to the event are
free, but reservations are
required.
Call 770-867-3000 or
email center@campegnan-
cycare.com to reserve tick
ets.
Calvary Baptist plans ‘First Friday Night Singing ’
Calvary Baptist Church, 1975 Hwy. 82, will be performing at the church.
Statham, will have its monthly First Friday A love offering will be taken.
Night Singing on Friday, Sept. 3, at 7 p.m. For more information, call the church at
Southern gospel group The Whisnants 770-725-5164.
TREEMAN COMPANY
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Email: Treemanharper@gmail.com
www.TreemanChrisHarper.com
Town of Carl
The Town of Carl will hold
regular town meeting on
August 19, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.
in Carl City Hall.
GATEWAY GARDENS
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138 Gateway Lane
Bethlehem, GA 30620