Wednesday, August 29,2018
dawsonnews.com I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS 111A
Ellijay man charged with vehicular homicide
By Allie Dean
adean@dawsonnews.com
An Ellijay man was arrested Aug.
24 on a misdemeanor charge of sec
ond degree homicide by vehicle after
a January motor vehicle wreck left
one dead.
According to Dawson County
Sheriff Jeff Johnson, Riblet was
involved in a wreck at the intersection
of Hwy. 182 and Hwy. 136 on Jan.
11,2018.
He was cited for failure to yield,
and accused of turning left into the
path of an oncoming vehicle operated
by Mark Douglas Allison of Murphy,
N.C.
Allison died on Jan. 18, and follow
up investigations were conducted to
determine whether or not the injuries
he sustained in the wreck were related
to his death, Johnson said. A warrant
was issued for Riblet’s arrest on Aug.
17, and he is accused of causing
Allison’s death by failing to yield.
Johnson said Riblet has since been
released after posting a $10,000 bond.
Riblet
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year-old children by “consciously disregarding a sub
stantial and unjustifiable risk that their acts would
endanger the safety of the children,” Sheriff Jeff
Johnson said in an email Monday.
“All subjects are accused of allowing
the children to live in the home that
contained garbage, clothing, cigarette
butts, food items, glass smoking devic
es, pet feces and used condoms; all of
which posed a great health risk,”
Johnson said.
Damian Wayne Breyaert, 21, the son
of Vincent and Stephanie, was charged
with a misdemeanor count of party to a
crime due to having knowledge of the
reckless conduct but failing to inter
vene on behalf of the two children.
Vincent Breyaert was also charged
with two felony counts of possession
of a controlled substance, one felony
count of the manufacture of marijuana,
two counts of drug related objects, one
count of cruelty to animals and one
count of disorderly house.
“On Aug. 23, the Dawson County
Sheriff’s Office, working in conjunc
tion with the Georgia Governor’s Task
Force, seized 15 marijuana plants, 29
hydrocodone pills and an unknown
substance that has been sent to the GBI
for testing and positive identification,”
the email from Johnson reads. “This
investigation was initiated as part of
the task force’s annual eradication fly
over.”
Breyaert is accused of possessing the
15 marijuana plants in the backyard of
his home. He is also accused of being
in possession of a glass smoking
device with residue believed to be
methamphetamine and is accused of
possessing 29 pills believed to be
hydrocodone without having a valid
prescription.
He is also accused of possessing
multiple glass smoking devices along
with scales and other containers with
marijuana residue.
Breyaert was also arrested for allegedly willfully
neglecting two pet chickens by failing to provide water
and food (apart from french fries and cake on the
ground) and failing to provide treatment for a large and
potentially infected bare spot on one of the chickens, as
well as maintaining a disorderly house by encouraging
the use of illegal drugs.
As of press time Vincent Breyaert is being held in the
Dawson County Detention Center on bond. The others
were released on O.R. bond, which means they did not
post money but have promised to appear in court.
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Breyaert
Destiny
Breyaert
Stephanie
Breyaert
Vincent
Breyaert
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