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BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
Woman arrested after jumping out of truck
nude, lying down in road next to cemetery
The following incidents were
among those Sept. 2-8 that the
Winder Police Department re
sponded to.
•A Statham woman was
arrested for simple battery
against a police officer, public
indecency and disorderly con
duct around 8:30 p.m. Sept. 5
after she reportedly jumped out
of a truck nude on West Can
dler Street by Rose Hill Ceme
tery and laid in the road, block
ing traffic. After being asked to
step over to the sidewalk by an
officer, the woman reportedly
struck the officer in the chest
with a fist and said, “I’m just
white.” The woman also report
edly began talking to the graves
in the cemetery and saying,
“wake up.” She was transport
ed to a local hospital for eval
uation.
•Police responded to a Hor
ton Street residence Sept. 7 to
a report of theft, where a wom
an accused her ex-boyfriend of
stealing her vehicle. The wom
an said she agreed to let the
man borrow the vehicle in July
but that he had had not returned
it. She later retrieved it but did
not have the key she had giv
en him, and he returned to her
house and took it back. At the
time of the report, police were
trying to determine whether it
was a civil issue and advised
the woman that she could can
cel the insurance and tag on the
vehicle if she wished.
•A Winder woman was ar
rested and charged with battery
Sept. 7 after police respond
ed to a 2nd Street residence,
where she was refusing to
leave. The woman was charged
with scratching a man's neck
and face during a dispute.
•Men at a West Candler Street
business reported just after
5 p.m. Sept. 7 that an unknown
suspect or suspects had driven
by the business and fired what
was believed to be a BB gun at
the building, causing damage.
•A Winder woman was ar
rested and cited for criminal
trespass at an Apperson Drive
residence Sept. 7 after police
responded to a call of her be
ing there in her car and having
“a mental crisis.” After being
processed at the jail, the wom
an was released on the citation
and taken to a local hospital for
evaluation.
•An employee at Hill’s Ace
Hardware reported that an un
known white male suspect had
broken into a work truck there
in the overnight hours between
Sept. 3-4 and taken two GPS
devices, several phone car
chargers and keys to the truck.
•A woman at a Northridge
Court residence reported that
an unknown suspect had struck
and damaged her mailbox
around 4:45 p.m. Sept. 6. The
suspect’s vehicle was described
by another witness as a dark
green truck.
•A juvenile repeat offend
er was charged with criminal
trespass after being seen on
surveillance trying to get into
vehicles at Ultra Performance
on Park Avenue on the night of
Sept. 6.
•A Bethlehem man was ar
rested for driving with a sus
pended license Sept. 7 fol
lowing a traffic stop on West
Athens Street due to his vehicle
having a headlight out.
•An employee at Miranda's
Mexican Restaurant on East
May Street reported a little af
ter noon on Sept. 6 that an un
known suspect in a maroon car
had struck and damaged hand
icapped parking signs while
driving erratically through the
parking lot.
•A Winder man was arrested
for battery and false imprison
ment Sept. 5 following a do
mestic disturbance at a Lake
Rockwell residence, during
which he pushed his wife down
and “flung” her, causing bruises
and scrapes and also prevented
her from leaving the porch area
during the dispute.
•A Winder man was arrested
for battery and criminal tres
pass Sept. 5 following a report
of a dispute at a Shields Street
residence, where he got into a
fight with his brother and dam
aged his truck. The two had
been drinking and reportedly
got into an argument and tight
when the complainant made
comments about his brother’s
girlfriend.
•A man reported Sept. 5 that
a vehicle had backed into him
in the left turn lane from West
May Street onto Horton Street
a little before 1 p.m. — af
ter not being able to complete
a turn before the traffic light
changed — and that the two
male suspects, after initially
getting out of the car, apologiz
ing and saying they would hx
his vehicle, ran quickly back
to their car and drove off. The
vehicle was described as a gray
Nissan SUV.
•A Winder man was arrested
for theft by shoplifting, giving
a false name to law enforce
ment and possession and use
of drug-related objects Sept.
5 after stealing alcoholic bev
erages from Circle K on West
May Street. Police located the
man at Waffle House on West
May Street. They found a gray
pipe on him during a search at
the Barrow County Detention
Center.
•Two Winder males — an
18-year-old and 17-year-old
— were arrested Sept. 4 fol
lowing a traffic stop on Monroe
Highway due to the driver driv
ing below the minimum speed.
The 17-year-old passenger was
arrested on active warrant for
robbery out of Barrow County
and was charged for being a
minor in possession of a fire
arm. The driver was charged
with violating a driving permit.
•A Winder woman was ar
rested Sept. 4 on an active war
rant for battery out of Barrow
County after she was stopped
in the Quality Foods parking
lot off North Broad Street for
driving without a tag.
•A Winder man was arrest
ed for criminal trespass Sept.
3 following a domestic dispute
at a Savannah Street residence,
during which he got into an ar
gument with the mother of his
child and damaged her hookah.
•A Winder man was arrested
for possession of a Schedule II
controlled substance and mar
ijuana possession as well as a
failure-to-appear warrant out of
Statham on Sept. 3 after police
responded to a Capitol Avenue
residence for a 911 hang-up
that followed an argument. Po
lice found a bag of cocaine in
his sock and a bag of marijuana
in his pocket, according to the
report.
•A man reported that his wal
let had been stolen Sept. 2 at
Publix on Loganville Highway
and that he noticed it was miss
ing when he realized his cards
had been used to make purchas
es at Walmart on Atlanta High
way in Winder and Kroger on
Atlanta Highway in Loganville.
The suspects seen on Walmart
surveillance footage were de
scribed as two Black females.
•An Auburn woman was ar
rested around 2:30 a.m. Sept. 3
on a failure-to-appear warrant
out of Winder and also charged
with possession of marijuana
and drug-related objects after
she was seen walking at Victor
Lord Park after park hours.
•A Gordon man was arrest
ed on probation-violation war
rants out of multiple jurisdic
tions Sept. 2 after he was found
sleeping in the gazebo at North
Broad and East Candler streets
in violation of the city’s urban
camping ordinance.
•A Winder man was arrest
ed on active warrants and also
charged with possession of
drug-related objects Sept. 2 af
ter he was seen by police walk
ing on Capitol Avenue.
•A woman reported being
scammed out of money over
Facebook by a person she
thought she was purchasing
puppies from.
Assortment of THC cartridges, marijuana and mushrooms found during traffic stop
A recent traffic stop on
1-85 led to the discovery
of multiple drugs in a ve
hicle driven by a North
Carolina man, who was
booked by Braselton po
lice on multiple charges.
Drugs seized included
mostly THC cartridges,
along with marijuana and
mushrooms.
The driver, Omar Abd
El Gawad Konsouh, 19,
3314 Daniel Place Dr.,
Charlotte, North Caroli
na, was arrested for mar
ijuana possession, mari
juana possession with the
intent to distribute, pos
session of a controlled
substance, possession a
controlled substance with
the intent to distribute,
possession of drug-relat
ed objects and speeding.
Konsouh was pulled
over after reportedly
driving 87 mph in a 70
mph zone. After an of
ficer smelled marijuana
during the traffic stop,
he searched the vehicle
and found a backpack
reportedly belonging to
Konsouh that contained
a number of drugs and
drug paraphernalia.
According to the arrest
report, the backpack in
cluded 27 unopened THC
cartridge containers,
three THC vape cartridg
es with a dark-brown liq
uid and a vaping device,
along with two plastic
bags of marijuana and
one package of mush
rooms.
The backpack also
contained one unopened
THC vape with vape in
side, seven other vaping
devices and two digital
scales. Officers found
$945 on Konsouh, who
did not explain where the
money originated or how
it was obtained, accord
ing to the report.
MAN ARRESTED
FOR STOLEN
VEHICLE,
LSD FOUND
Following a traffic
stop for speeding, Tim
othy James Holbert, 29,
15983 Sturr St., Brooks-
ville, Florida was arrest
ed for arrested after the
vehicle he was driving
was reported stolen out
of Florida. LSD was lat
er found in Holbert’s
book bag, according to
the arrest report. He was
charged with theft by re
ceiving motor vehicle,
possession of a Schedule
I, II substance, speeding,
driving without a valid
license and crossing the
guard lines with drugs
without consent.
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