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THE JACKSON HERALD
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10, 2017
JCSO incidents - Maysville
Children report
molestation in Maysville
A woman said her daughter and son told her a man had
sexually molested them on separate occasions.
Her son “was crying hysterically in the car” April 26.
When she asked what was wrong, he said he did not want
the man “to go to jail for touching him.”
At home, she asked if anyone had touched him. The boy
said the man sexually touched him with his mouth and “told
him not tell anyone.”
The girl told her mother April 27 the man “stuck his hand
in her pants and touched her private area” in the kitchen
about three years ago. The girl told her when she and the
man were in the living room, he “was shaking his bare penis
at her.”
Both children said the incidents occurred at the same
address.
DRUGS SUSPECTED AT RUNNERS LANE
Two calls were received May 1 about potential drug use
on Runners Lane.
A father reported at 7:28 p.m. his daughter found a
drag-related object in the woods behind his house.
A glass pipe was turned over to deputies, who destroyed it.
The second call at 11:35 p.m. May 1 was about a Jeep
parked “for some time” in the turnaround with its lights off.
The man said he could see the vehicle occupants were
smoking something because he could see flame from a
lighter.
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other incidents in the Maysville area reported to the Jack-
son County Sheriff’s Office include:
•a woman said she had a dispute with her daughter about
she and her friends leaving the premises. A deputy said the
woman “could not tell me her daughter’s name.” He said the
woman “appeared to be under the influence of some type
drags. She kept rambling on as to what the nature of the call
was and talking out of her head.” The woman also said “dep
uties were in the attic of her house smoking crack” earlier.
•a woman said her son traded his phone to another guy
and he had posted something “nasty” on her son’s Facebook
page. She said he also threatened to beat up her son.
•a woman said she wanted to evict her son, his wife and
two children from her house. She said she has given her
son about $30,000 in the past few years and he has spent
it on drugs. She said she is afraid if he moves out, he will
not let her see her grandchildren. But she also said he has
threatened her and her husband in the past and “all he does
is make her miserable.”
•a man on Jackson Woods Drive, reported a six-wheeled
Polaris ATV was stolen from his yard between April 27 and
May 1. He said his father saw the vehicle then. He was out
of town. The ATV looks like a four-wheeler with two extra
tires and a dump bed.
•a mother said her son had been sexually assaulted in a
school bathroom. She said he told her it was not the first
time. However, she also said he changed the name of the
other student involved twice.
•a woman said she had a dispute with a woman whom she
lives with. She said the woman hit her, told her to leave and
said she would kill her if she came back. She also said the
woman poured water on her.
•a woman on Pleasant Acres Drive said a man she had
allowed to live in a tent on her property threw a rock through
a bedroom window. She was in the laundry room when she
heard the crash and went to the bedroom. She saw the man
and a woman standing in her yard. She said the window
would cost about $500 to repair.
•a man said he went to the trailer of a man who had been
“talking trash on Facebook.” He said the man came out on
the porch and fired a pistol in the air.
•a woman said she could not find her payroll card after she
was released from jail on a bond. But May 3 she began get
ting notifications the card was being used. She said she got
a screen shot from her father that showed a man she knew
had her card. A deputy was with her when she got a notice
the card was being used at McDonald’s and Arby’s in Banks
Crossing. She said $76 had been used on the card.
GBI news release
GBI issues public safety
alert for deadly drug
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has issued a
public safety alert regarding illegal synthetic opioids.
In the last four months. 17 deaths have been caused by the
drags U-47700 and/or furanyl fentanyl, equal to the number
for all of 2016. U-47700 and furanyl fentanyl are both
Schedule I drags and used in the same manner as heroin.
Schedule I drags have a high potential for abuse and
no currently accepted medical treatment use in the United
States, according to the GBI. The drags are distributed in
either powder or tablet form.
The GBI Crime Lab has received approximately 50 cases
containing U-47700 and furanyl fentanyl this year. Many of
the cases contained three or four different additional opiates.
Because furanyl fentanyl and U-47700 are lethal at very low
doses, law enforcement and the public should use caution
when handling these drags, according to the GBI.
“They can be inhaled or absorbed through the skin and
are extremely toxic in the smallest quantities,” according to
a GBI news release.
U-47700 or furanyl fentanyl may cause symptoms such as
shallow breathing, pinpoint pupils, nausea or vomiting, diz
ziness, lethargy, cold or clammy skin, loss of consciousness,
and/or heart failure.
Should someone come in contact with the drags and an
overdose is suspected, administer Naloxone immediately
and call 9-1 -1. Multiple doses of Naloxone may be required.
One Metro-Atlanta law enforcement agency recently
seized approximately eight kilograms of the furanyl fentanyl
and U-47700 mixture. A field test of the drags was initially
negative before GBI Crime Lab testing identified the sub
stance.
The danger and complexity of the opioids led to the GBI
issuing a statewide officer safety alert. Law enforcement
has been warned to use extreme caution and utilize personal
protective equipment when handling or packaging any syn
thetic opioid.
The Georgia General Assembly introduced legislation this
year to ban both U-47700 and furanyl fentanyl. Gov. Nathan
Deal signed this law and it went into effect on April 17.
JCSO incidents - Commerce
Man’s leg seriously injured after being struck on 1-85
A man was transported
to the hospital for major
leg injuries after someone
struck him on 1-85.
Officers with the Jack-
son County Sheriff’s Office
were called to the scene
near mile marker 145 in
Commerce for an agency
assist. A tractor was bro
ken down and the mechanic
who was working on it was
struck by a Chevrolet track.
He was transported to
Northeast Georgia Medical
Center Gainesville for seri
ous injuries to his leg.
The driver left the scene,
but later returned, claiming
he didn’t know he struck the
man. He said he only heard
his mirror hit something.
Officers said the man’s
track and trailer had major
damage.
The Georgia State Patrol
was called to investigate.
POSSIBLE ARSON
REPORTED
Authorities are investigat
ing a possible arson case on
D. Williams Road in Com
merce.
Deputies were called
after a neighbor saw smoke
coming from a home. The
residence had burned to the
ground by the time officers
arrived.
The power had been shut
off at the residence since
March.
A vehicle was found
nearby, but no phone num
bers were available for the
owner.
A fenced-in spot behind
the residence contained
three dogs which appeared
to be fed and taken care of.
Animal control was called.
The fire department and
fire marshal were also
called.
OTHER INCIDENTS
Other incidents reported
to the JCSO in Commerce
were:
•suspicious person on
Ridgeway Church Road
where someone reported a
man in the area, but officers
weren’t able to find him.
•suspicious person on
Hwy. 82 North where a
man was seen running
from a store into the woods
during the early morning.
Officers found a man in the
area who said he was on his
morning jog.
•information on Cedar
Drive where someone
reported drag activity was
occurring.
•assist Banks County
Sheriff’s Office with a tree
blocking the roadway on
Hwy. 59.
•information at East
Jackson Comprehensive
High School where stu
dents reportedly smoked
marijuana while walking
around their neighborhood.
•assist the Madison
County Sheriffs Office on
JCSO - Jefferson
Arguments
lead to
two calls
A couple had two argu
ments in two days and a
Jackson County Sheriff’s
Office deputy said the
office “regularly” gets call
to the house, and “each
time both parties try to get
the other party arrested.”
The first call was 8:48
p.m. April 29. The woman
said she came home from
helping her grandmother
and her husband started
arguing with her about her
grandmother being at the
house.
She said the argument
was verbal only, she was
tired of it and was going to
get a divorce.
He said he is “sick and
tired” of his wife’s family
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Cowart Road with a wel
fare check on a 4-year-old
girl. A woman said her
daughter was taken with
out permission and had
possibly been kidnapped
by a woman who lives at
the Cowart Road residence.
The MCSO later arranged
for the complainant and
suspect to meet.
•simple battery at EJCHS
where a student was report
edly involved in an alter
cation.
•suspicious vehicle
at East Jackson Middle
School. The driver was
reportedly cleaning around
the pond, but his vehicle
didn’t have registration and
insurance.
•hay fire inside bam on
Apple Valley Road.
•damage to property on
South Elm Street where a
man said a box fell off a
track in front of him and he
struck it.
•suspicious person on
Yarborough Ridgeway
Road where a shirtless man
was reportedly walking
down the road. He reported
ly ran into the woods after
the complainant confronted
him.
•suspicious activity on
Groaning Rock Road where
a woman said a vehicle
stopped in front of her res
idence then sped off. She
also said three men were
walking down the roadway.
•suspicious person at
Tanger Oudet Center where
an employee reported a sus
pected shoplifter. The com
plainant knew the woman
from previous shoplifting
incidents. She left after see
ing she was being watched,
but got into an argument
with the complainant at the
door. She eventually left
the scene after learning the
police were called.
•terroristic threats and
acts at EJCHS where a stu
dent threatened a teacher.
•theft by shoplifting at
Tanger Oudet Center where
a man took a pair of shoes.
The complainant said the
suspect has previously sto
len items from the store.
•dispute on Blacks Creek
Church Road where a
woman said her neighbor
shot at her dogs. The sus
pect admitted to shooting,
but said he shot into the
ground. Officers confirmed.
He said he did it because the
dogs are constantly barking.
•information at EJCHS
where a special education
student brought a knife to
school. He said he needed it
for work. Officers took the
knife and the student was
called to speak with admin
istrators.
•simple battery at EJMS
where students reportedly
fought during class.
•criminal trespass on
Hoods Mill Road where
a man said his brother
returned to the residence
after being served a crim
inal trespass notice. The
man reportedly came to the
residence while their moth
er was being transported to
the hospital. He returned
twice and on one occasion,
he asked what was going
on with his mother. The
complainant told him it was
none of his business and
told him to leave the proper
ty, which he did after a “few
choice words.”
•assist the Georgia State
Patrol with a three-car crash
that shut down the road on
Hwy. 98 at Blacks Creek
Church Road. The accident
involved a tractor-trailer, a
passenger vehicle and an
SUV. The driver of the pas
senger vehicle was being
treated for injuries by fire
personnel. His vehicle had
extensive damage.
•fraud on Hoods Mill
Road where a woman said
someone used her debit
card to make two purchas
es.
•welfare check on Neal
Street where a woman said
her husband took their
child and wouldn’t let her
see him for a week. The
child was reportedly afraid
to return to his mother’s
residence because her boy
friend “whooped” him.
Officers advised the woman
they could not make the
man return the child.
•taillight violation on
Hwy. 98 where an unli
censed man was pulled
over for a malfunctioning
taillight. He was taking
his wife to the hospital for
chest pains. A med unit was
called and the man called a
licensed driver to come get
the vehicle.
•fraud on Glenn Fuller
Circle where a man was
contacted by a collection
agency about a duplicate
tax return he received in
2014. He sent the return
check back and the State
of Georgia confirmed that.
But the collection agency
appeared to be legitimate
and said he owed the debt
and a lien was placed on his
property. He got online and
paid the debt.
•hit and ran, failure to
maintain lane and duty to
notify upon striking a fix
ture on Ridgeway Church
Road where a man crashed
and damaged a fence. Offi
cers couldn’t find him on the
scene, but did find another
man’s driver’s license and
a marijuana pipe inside the
vehicle.
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