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2C The Forest-Blade • ummiEmaniielConntyLive.com • Swainsboro, Georgia • February 17, 2021 Sheriff's Reports According to the Eman uel County Sheriff’s Of fice. .. February 8 Deputies were dis patched to a call on Hwy 80 W. about a person ringing the doorbell and looking intoxicated and driving off after it being the wrong address. Dep uty was traveling W. on Hwy 80 when the vehicle turned in front of anoth er deputy, at which time he initiated a traffic stop. Deputies approached the vehicle to identify the driver due to dos call and the driver was visibly in toxicated. Deputies received a call at Union Chapel Rd. in reference to a male sub ject making threats to his mother. Upon arrival, of fender was very belliger ent towards deputies and subsequently was placed under arrest for disorder ly conduct for his actions. Complainant stat ed someone is burning something in the woods near Moss Trail and it’s keeping him awake at night. Deputies served a 10-13 without incident on Lau rel Dr. Deputies were dis patched to Hwy 80 E. in reference to a reckless driver. Deputies were dis patched to Bus. 1 S. in reference to a golf cart traveling recklessly on the roadway. February 9 Deputies received a transfer call from Toombs County 911 center stating they received a call from a female subject threat ening self-harm. Toombs 911 advised they pinged Public Notice At approximately 6:55 am on Monday, February 15, 2021, the City of Swains boro wastewater plant operated by Clearwater Solutions had a discharge of approximately 185,000 gallons. The accidental spill of untreated biosolids was discharged to Yam Grande Creek. The issue was resolved within one and a half hours and the plant is backto normal conditions. 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O QASSIREDS IE0AL5 £■ Wednesday, November 25,2020 A simple, easy-to-use PDF viewer will appear once you've selected an E-Edition. Pages will load one at a time, which you can "thumb through" using the up and down arrows. You can also search for keywords as well as increase and decreaes the zoom. These tools are highlighted sink in the photo to the left of this text. her cellphone in the area of Wilkes Cemetery Rd. and deputies responded to the area. Deputy responded to Old Reidsville Rd. in reference to a harass ing communications re port. Upon arrival, com plainant state she had had issues involving the offenders and that they have escalated the harass ing communications by having different people ride by her residence and take photos of her and her husband while they are sitting on their porch. Complainant stat ed she was at LJR pellet mill when a known driv er pulled up stating that she hit her vehicle and then jumped back in her freightliner and left. Complainant stated of fender went on her prop erty in Dellwood and took her mixed breed dog off the chain. Deputy responded to Eloise St. for to a suspi cious vehicle. February 10 Deputies, along with EMS and first responders, were dispatched to Dell wood Rd. in reference to an unresponsive male. Deputy made an arrest for revoked license. Complainant stated that while traveling down Hwy 1 S. she ran over a tire tread in the roadway causing slight damage to the passenger side of her vehicle. Deputy made a speed ing arrest. Deputies served an ar rest warrant on offender on Maple Rd. Deputy met with com plainant in reference to a report concerning a TPO violation that was said to have involved offender. C/o stated offender at tempted to contact her through her child, which is a violation of the court order that was served to offender. Deputies responded to Maple Ave. in Stillmore in reference to a domestic disturbance call concern ing two parties. Victim stated she and her daugh ter had gotten into physi cal altercation that ensued over a cell phone. Victim further stated her daugh ter took her phone and af ter she had gotten it back, her daughter jumped on her and punched her in the face. While on scene, contact was made with of fender during which time offender was believed to be under the influence of a CNS- type controlled substance. Offender showed signs of erratic behavior that consisted of compulsive tweaking and disorganized response to questions. Victim stated offender did not live at her residence and stated she wanted to press charges. Complainant stated a vehicle was taken from his residence and did not have a tag displayed. February 11 Complainant stated she received a 1099 from Ohio Dept, of job & Fam ily Services stating she had received $4870 in unemployment compen sation. C/o stated she re ceived no such payment and was employed in GA for all of 2020. Witness stated someone called her mother claim ing to be from Publishers Clearing House asking her to send them $600 for a fee to receive lottery winnings her mother sup posedly won. February 12 Deputies responded to Hawhammock Church Road in reference to theft of currency. Report taken from complaint and prop er process was explained. Deputy located a sto len vehicle on US 1 South Bypass while perform ing routine patrol tech niques. Deputies made contact with the offender and placed him under ar rest without incident. Of fender was transported to the Emanuel County jail without incident. Vehicle was turned over to owner. Case officer was notified of the incident. Complainant stated that the victim states he traded a 1998 Tahoe for the offenders 1997 Ford Truck and signed the ti tle over to him. After the trade, the listed offender went to the tag office and applied for a replacement title saying he lost his. Now the victim cannot get the F150 registered. Arrest was made on 1-16 84 West Bound due to possession of drug related items/Narcotic equipment was located in vehicle. February 13 Deputy responded to Oak Park Hwy for a stolen firearms and stolen wallet report. Complainant lat er discovered firearms in his home, but was unsure about the whereabouts of his wallet and apolo gized for not thoroughly searching the home be fore calling 911. Deputy responded to Old Reidsville Road in reference to a male that was seen outside a win dow. Upon arrival suspect was gone in a possible green color truck, no fur ther information at this time. Deputies were dis patched to Hebron Road in Garfield in reference to an unknown sub ject knocking on com plainant’s door. Deputies were dis patched to McK enzie Drive in reference to criminal tres- pass. Complainant stated she is in the middle of a divorce with the offend er and has a Restraining Order on him. On this day while she was eat ing at Huddle House in Swainsboro some of the offenders kin were riding through taking pictures of her. Deputies received a call about shots being fired on Canoochee Road near the city limits. Deputies pa trolled the area with neg ative contact. Deputies assisted GSP with a two vehicle MVA on US Highway 80 West. Minor injuries reported. Deputies were dis patched to US 1 South near Nunez Lexsy Road where the Victim was traveling when his vehicle struck an 8x16 homemade trailer ramp belonging to the offender. The victim’s vehicle sustained flat tires from the incident. February 14 Deputies were dis patched to Bishop Chap el Church Road due to a listed vehicle stuck in the ditch on listed roadway occupied by the offender and witness. Driver was arrested for an outstand ing warrant. Deputy responded to the incident on Angelfish Lane in reference to an unresponsive male. February 15 Deputies were dis patched to the area of Highway 1 North in ref erence to a wrong way driver. The vehicle was advised to be traveling South in the Northbound lane. Responding depu ties did not locate any ve hicles traveling the wrong way, finding traffic to be flowing normally. Deputies were dis patched to Gardenia Road in reference to a vehicle stuck in the road way. Upon arriving on scene, listed vehicle was observed to be stuck in a portion of the roadway covered with standing wa ter. It appeared as though the vehicle had bottomed out due to ruts in the road. Daniels Chevrolet Towing was contacted to remove the vehicle. Ve hicle did appear to have received water damage to the interior, as well as minor damage to the rear bumper received in the process of removing the vehicle. At the time it was unknown if there were any further mechanical damages. County Road Department was notified. Twin City Police Reports Officers with the Twin City Police Department (TCPD) reported... February 15 Officer conducted a traffic stop for a no tag display. Investigators determined the vehicle to be lawfully purchased and driven until registration could be obtained. Further investigation revealed that the passenger was in possession of firearm after being adjudicated a felon in Georgia. Passenger was arrested and warrants will be obtained to effect the charge.
