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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2021
BARROW NEWS-JOURNAL
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Winder man arrested after
robbing other man of
shoes, assaulting him
The following incidents
were among those Oct.
14-20 that the Winder Po
lice Department respond
ed to.
•A Winder man was ar
rested Oct. 19 for aggra
vated assault, burglary,
robbery, theft by taking,
criminal trespass, hinder
ing a 911 call and simple
battery a day after he re
portedly showed up at a
South Center Street resi
dence that he had previous
ly been criminally barred
from. The complainant
reported the man arrived
at the residence a little
before 11:30 a.m. Oct. 18
and punched him in the
mouth and threw him to
the ground during an al
tercation before running
off with at least two pairs
of shoes that he had stolen
from the complainant’s
box truck. After authori
ties spent the day search
ing for the man, he was
spotted walking along
South Broad Street the
morning of Oct. 19 by a
police detective and was
detained.
•A woman at a Georgia
Avenue residence report
ed Oct. 18 that a 40-inch
TV had been stolen from
her home. She said it was
the third time in a six-
month span that her home
had been burglarized.
•A man reported Oct. 18
that his girlfriend hit him
during an argument they
were having while they
were driving along South
Broad Street. The woman
was not present when po
lice responded and had not
been located at the time of
the incident report.
•A Statham woman was
arrested Oct. 18 for mis
demeanor theft by shop
lifting after attempting
to steal two items from
Quality Foods on North
Broad Street.
•A Commerce woman
was arrested Oct. 18 for
marijuana and cocaine
possession and possession
of drug-related objects
after she was stopped
for driving 56 miles per
hour in a 45-mph zone
on South Broad Street.
The officer who stopped
her noticed an odor of
marijuana and conducted
a probable-cause search
of the vehicle, locating a
plastic bag of marijuana, a
THC cartridge, cocaine, a
metal grinder and plastic
marijuana packaging ma
terial.
•A manager at Mc
Donald’s on North Broad
Street reported Oct. 17
that a woman had come
into the restaurant to order
coffee, become upset with
her order and grabbed her
arm while snatching the
money and leaving. Po
lice reviewed video foot
age and determined the
woman had only snatched
the money. They did not
pursue any charges due
to “insufficient probable
cause,” according to the
incident report.
•A Winder man was
arrested Oct. 16 for dis
orderly conduct, disturb
ing the peace and public
drunkenness after police
responded to a dispute
call at an East Broad
Street residence, where
the man reportedly yelled
vulgar language in public
view and was "trying to
fight with people.”
•A Statham man was ar
rested Oct. 16 for driving
with a suspended license
following a traffic stop in
the area of West Midland
and Woodlawn avenues.
•A woman at a Windsor
Drive residence reported
Oct. 16 that two firearms
had been stolen from her
house while she was in
jail.
•A man reported Oct.
15 that jewelry items had
been stolen from his de
ceased mother’s house on
West New Street.
•A Statham man with
felony arrest warrants for
shoplifting from Hill’s
Ace Hardware on West
Athens Street was ar
rested Oct. 16 after he
was observed walking on
North Broad Street by a
police officer.
•A Winder man was
arrested Oct. 16 on ac
tive warrants after he was
spotted walking between
Circle K and American
Pest Control on East May
Street by a police officer.
•A Jefferson man was
arrested for driving under
the influence of alcohol
- less safe and a Winder
man who was a passenger
in his vehicle was arrested
for public drunkenness af
ter the two were involved
a private-property ve
in
hide accident on North
Broad Street on Oct. 16.
Police made contact with
them in the parking lot
of Waffle House on West
May Street and noticed an
open case of beer cans in
the front-passenger seat.
Both men were “unsteady
on their feet,” and the pas
senger urinated on himself
while talking with police,
according to the incident
report.
•A Gainesville woman
was arrested on an active
Hall County warrant Oct.
16 after she was spotted
sitting on a curb on Wil
liamsburg Way, “rocking
back and forth and mak
ing crazy gestures.”
•A woman at a Georgia
Avenue residence report
ed Oct. 15 that the "loud
volume” from a concert in
downtown Winder several
weeks prior had caused
her walls to shake and a
frying pan to fall, caus
ing a dent in the floor.
She also claimed some
sheetrock had fallen from
her ceiling as a result of
the concert. Police deter
mined that no crime had
occurred.
•A Winder man was ar
rested Oct. 15 for posses
sion of drug-related ob
jects, giving a false name
to law enforcement, pos
session of methamphet-
amine and crossing the
guard lines of a detention
facility with drugs after
he was spotted riding a
bike behind a closed busi
ness near the intersection
of West Williams and
North Broad streets after
1 a.m. by a police officer.
The meth was found in his
belongings while it was
being processed at the
county detention center.
•A man at a Fallen View
Court residence reported
Oct. 14 that an unknown
suspect had stolen a life-
sized skeleton decoration
and air pods from his ve
hicle the previous night.
•A Winder man was
arrested Oct. 14 for sim
ple battery after hitting
another man during an
altercation at the Winder
Lions Club on East Broad
Street.
•A Winder woman was
arrested Oct. 14 for sim
ple assault and criminal
trespass following a do
mestic disturbance at an
Ashwood Way residence,
where she reportedly
broke a door and threw
several items and threat
ened to shoot a family
member during an argu
ment.
•A Winder man was ar
rested Oct. 14 on charges
of disorderly conduct and
theft of services at Fort
Yargo State Park, where
Georgia DNR authorities
reported he was being
disorderly in the park and
had taken a boat.
•A Winder woman
was arrested Oct. 14 for
driving with a suspend
ed license after she was
stopped on St. Anthony
Drive for driving with de
fective equipment.
BCES communications officer Savage
retires after 18 years of service
Sept. 24, was the last day on shift for
Barrow County E-911 communications
officer Johnny Savage. After more than
27 years of service in the public safety
field, he has decided it is time to retire.
Savage began his public safety career
in 1994, when he started volunteering
with Oconee County Fire Rescue. In his
23 years with them, he worked his way
through the ranks and was even assistant
fire chief at one point in his career.
Savage came to Barrow County Emer
gency Services in 2002 when he joined
the Barrow County E-911 Center. He
started as a full-time communications
officer and was promoted to supervisor
later in his career. Throughout his time
at BCES, he has witnessed many chang
es in leadership and the operations in the
911 Center; he has evolved through each
change to “continue to provide the best
quality of service to the citizens of Bar-
row County,” BCES officials said.
“Working with Johnny for these past
years has been a joy,” said E-911 center
manager William Wright, “While we will
miss him and his enjoyable personality, I
am happy for him in the transition from
career to retirement. Johnny has always
been a hard worker, a terrific team mem
ber, with an impeccable work ethics. No
one is more deserving of a long and hap
py retirement filled with relaxation and
enjoyment. I wish him all the best.”
“We truly appreciate the many years of
service to the citizens of Barrow County
and the BCES team,” added BCES chief
Alan Shuman.
Submitted photo
Johnny Savage is pictured.
“His dedication and hard work is a
great example of the quality folks we
have here at BCES. I wish him well in
his retirement.”
Savage plans to take some time off
to travel with his wife and spend qual
ity time with his family before starting
a new career outside of emergency ser
vices.
When asked what he would like to say
to everyone he has had the pleasure of
working with at BCES he said, “This job
makes you realize your problems aren’t
as bad as they seem. Remember that,
keep the faith, and pray for the people
involved.”
Driver reportedly points
gun at woman on interstate
A driver reportedly aimed a handgun
at woman in a vehicle in front of him
while both were traveling on 1-85 re
cently.
The woman said she was traveling
south on the interstate when a vehicle
being driven erratically pulled up be
hind her. She said she looked into the
rearview mirror and said she saw a male
pointing a black handgun at her.
The woman said she pulled her vehi
cle to the outside lane to allow the driver
to pass and recorded the tag number as
the automobile went by.
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