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THURSDAY. MAY 27. 2021 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 13A
Deputy recovering after fall
down embankment in foot chase
Forsyth County suspect who fled still sought
By Dan Pool
Editor
dpool@pickensprogress.com
A Pickens deputy is re
covering, but expected to
miss a couple of months of
duty, after falling down an
embankment while chasing a
Forsyth man who fled after
the deputy stopped his vehi
cle, which had been operated
suspiciously.
According to a report
from Public Information Of
ficer Hannah Wise, on May
15, deputies responded to the
intersection of Pea Ridge Rd.
and Fortner Rd. to investigate
four suspicious persons.
Deputy Jeremy Stanley, the
first responding officer, lo
cated the individuals on the
side of the road and began
communication with them.
“Stanley then became
aware while investigating
that incident of a suspicious
vehicle, a black Camaro,
passing by multiple times
and acting suspicious. After
waving the vehicle down, he
made contact with the driver
who tried to keep a distance
from Stanley,” according to
the information provided by
the sheriff’s office. “He pro
ceeded to give multiple false
names. After identifying the
unknown individual as Aaron
Joseph Key and running his
information, deputies discov
ered that Key had a warrant
out of Forsyth County.”
Key became argumenta
tive and when instructed that
he was being placed under ar
rest, Key ran towards the ad
jacent woods and down a
steep hill. Approximately
halfway down the hill,
Deputy Stanley lost his foot
ing. Deputies ended the ini
tial chase and immediately
called for medical units as
Stanley’s injuries were appar
ent. Other responding
deputies later did a search of
the area for Key with no suc
cess,” Wise stated in an e-
mail.
Sheriff Donnie Craig later
said that Stanley had surgery
for a shoulder that was both
broken and dislocated. The
deputy is expected to miss
several months of duty but is
recovering.
The passenger of the vehi
cle was interviewed by
deputies and drug parapher
nalia that tested positive for
methamphetamine was dis
covered. The individual was
placed under arrest for pos
session of drug paraphernalia
and possession of meth.
A warrant was issued for
Key, who is from Forsyth
County. He is charged with
Obstruction of a Police Offi
cer, Giving a False Name, Af
fixing a Plate w/intent to
conceal, No Proof/No Insur
ance, Suspended Registra
tion.
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The Sheriff’s
Beat
From the Pickens
Sheriff’s Office
During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office responded
to or initiated 1802 calls for service. These numbers are taken
from the report provided directly from the 911 Center where
all calls are logged as they are perfonned. Below is a break
down of all dispatched calls by the call type for each incident.
Accidents 17
Suicide Threats / Attempts 5
Domestics 15
Theft / Burglary Related 15
Forgery / Fraud 1
Traffic Stops 105
Citations Issued 15
Animal Investigations 10
Suspicious Persons/Activity 27
Alann Calls 8
Stranded Motorists 8
Street Hazards 5
Vandalism 3
Abandoned Vehicles 2
Extra Patrol of neighborhoods, businesses and residences
1316
In addition to these, other calls include search warrants, civil
service, 911 hang-up calls, assaults, disorderly persons, miss
ing persons, assistance with medical calls, natural death in
vestigations, demented persons, funeral escorts, harassment,
trespassing, and many more.
before Memorial Day weekend
Seat belt,
speed limits,
and other laws
to be enforced
(ATLANTA) State troop
ers and local law enforce
ment are asking everyone to
make the summer travel sea
son a safe one this year by re
membering to click their seat
belt or risk being handed a
ticket.
With many Georgians ex
pected to be on the road dur
ing the Memorial Day
holiday weekend, officers
are sharing personal stories
of seat belts saving their lives
or the lives of others to show
why we all need to buckle up
on every trip.
Deputy Brandon Farmer
is a member of the Newton
County Sheriff’s Office
Highway Enforcement of
Aggressive Traffic
(H.E.A.T.) team. Brandon
credits a seat belt with saving
his life in a crash that killed
two of his friends when he
was 17 years old. His two
friends were not wearing a
seat belt, and one was ejected
from the truck on impact
with another vehicle. Losing
his friends almost 20 years
ago is always on his mind
when he has to notify a fam
ily that a loved one has been
killed in a traffic crash.
“My message when I stop
someone for not wearing a
seat belt is you do not want to
have to go through what I
have been through,” Farmer
said. “There are some mis
takes you just cannot come
back from, and choosing not
to wear a seat belt could one
day possibly cost someone
their life.”
Corporal Kris Herrick
with the Crisp County Sher
iff’s Office credits a seat belt
saving his life during a crash
in his patrol car in 2008 when
he was working for the
Cordele Police Department.
Cpl. Herrick was not injured
when his patrol car hit a cul
vert, went airborne over a ve
hicle that pulled out in front
him and then landed in the
median. Investigations by
the Georgia State Patrol and
insurance companies deter
mined Cpl. Herrick would
have been ejected from his
car had he not been wearing
his seat belt. Surviving that
crash has led Cpl. Herrick to
become a certified child pas
senger safety seat technician.
“I usually do not give
warnings for those I find on
the road not wearing a seat
belt because I know I would
not be alive today if I had not
been wearing one during my
crash,” Cpl. Herrick said. “I
share my story every chance
I can with the hope it may
one day save a life, and when
I have time on the road, I ex
plain how seat belts are de
signed to save lives.”
Cpl. Kris Hall is part of
the Habersham County Sher
iff’s Office H.E.A.T. team
that has been working to re
duce the number of people
killed in traffic crashes in the
popular tourist spot in the
northeast Georgia mountains.
Cpl. Hall was called to a
crash in April of this year in
volving an SUV and a pickup
truck on a four-lane highway
where the speed limit is 65
miles per hour. A family of
six, including four children
under the age of 5, was not
seriously hurt, while the
driver of the truck, who was
not wearing a seat belt, suf
fered several broken bones
and was taken to a local hos
pital.
“After seeing so many
crashes in 26 years of law en
forcement, it is a good to
know this family survived
because the mother and fa
ther were wearing their seat
belts and made sure their
children were properly re
strained," Cpl. Hall said.
"Our H.E.A.T. unit and other
agencies conduct seat belt,
distracted driving, and sobri
ety checkpoints on a regular
basis, and our enforcement
efforts have helped reduce
the number of people killed
in traffic crashes in Haber
sham County by 67 percent
over the last five years."
With the Memorial Day
holiday travel weekend be
ginning Friday, the Georgia
State Patrol and local law en
forcement agencies are work
ing to reverse the increase in
the number of people who
have been killed in traffic
crashes in Georgia over the
last year.
Preliminary data from the
Georgia Department of
Transportation shows the
number of people killed in
traffic crashes through the
first four months of 2021 is
18 percent higher than for the
same time period last year,
and 60 percent of those killed
Application for 2021 Tater Patch Players Youth Workshop
Workshop will be June 1 to 4, from 9am to 1pm. Application will be on a first come/first served basis. No more than 21
children will be accepted. The ages are from 9 through 16. There is a $50 fee for each child.
We will provide a snack each day for the children. Please advise below of any food allergies or dietary restrictions.
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Parent
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Date of Birth:
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Relationship:
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Health
Concerns:
Allergies
Please list:
Relationship:
Medical Information
MEDICAL RELEASE STATEMENT: I hereby authorize Tater Patch Players to seek emergency medical assistance for
my child in the event the parent or guardian cannot be reached. I will assume full responsibility for all charges related to
above.
PUBLICITY RELEASE: I allow the above named child to be photographed and/or interviewed for publicity
purposes. Photos may appear in local press and/or on the Tater Patch Players and Tater Patch Players Youth
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in traffic crashes so far this
year in Georgia were not
wearing seat belts.
The 2021 Memorial Day
Holiday travel period begins
at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 28,
and runs through 11:59 p.m.
on Monday, May 31. Ac
cording to the Georgia State
Patrol, 15 people were killed
in traffic crashes during the
78-hour Memorial Day holi
day weekend last year.
“No one thinks they will
be in a crash, but a seat belt
is the best protection you
have in your vehicle in the
event of a crash,” Governor’s
Office of Highway Safety Di
rector Allen Poole said. “No
matter if you are traveling out
of town or across town this
summer, make the smart
choice to wear your seat belt
on every trip.”
Data from the National
Highway Traffic Safety Ad
ministration shows 73 per
cent of people in the United
States survive serious traffic
crashes when correctly wear
ing a seat belt. Passengers
correctly wearing a seat belt
in the front seat of a passen
ger car can reduce their risk
of a fatal injury in a crash by
45 percent, and the number is
60 percent for those in a light
truck.
The Governor’s Office of
Highway Safety, Georgia
State Patrol and local law en
forcement offer the following
tips for those traveling during
the Memorial Day holiday
weekend:
Allow extra time for your
trip.
•Make sure everyone is buck
led up before getting on the
road.
•Program navigational de
vices before your trip and
find a safe place to park off
the road if you need to
change your destination.
•Take breaks on long trips
and switch drivers if possi
ble.
•Never get behind the wheel
when drinking and always
arrange a ride with sober des
ignated driver.
13 individuals were booked into the Adult Detention Center
on charges from the Pickens Sheriff’s Office. Out of these,
the following charges were taken by PSO deputies
some individuals have multiple charges):
(note:
Surety Come Off Bond
1
Theft by Taking
1
Family Drag Court Violation
1
Superior Court Bench Warrant
1
Possession of Methamphetamine
1
Violate Family Violence Order
1
Contempt of Court
1
Aggravated Assault
1
Drive with Suspended License
1
Probation Violation
3
Battery- Family Violence
1
In addition to the above ac
tivity from the Uniform Pa
trol Division, Court Service
Deputies reported the fol
lowing statistics for the past
week:
In the Adult Detention
Center:
Total Jail population: 75
Total male inmates: 54
Total female inmates: 21
Persons Scanned at Front Sex Offenders:
Door: 1365
Weapons Found: 12
Courts Held: 10
Arrest Made in the Court
house: 0
Civil Papers Received : 33
Civil Papers Served: 43
There are currently 67 sex
offenders registered with
the Pickens Sheriff’s Of
fice..
Tater Patch Players
announce 2021 Youth
Theater Workshop
Tater Patch Players will
be holding a Youth Theater
Workshop June 1 - 4, Tues
day through Friday from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. A snack will
be provided daily.
Students, age 9-16, are
invited to learn a little about
the many sides of theater.
They will learn about the
tech side of theater, which
includes lights, sound ef
fects and set building. They
will also get to learn many
skills needed by actors. A
little bit of music will be
added in to help round out
the day.
There is a cost of $50 per
student. Class will be lim
ited to the first 21 com
pleted and paid
applications. Applications
are available by sending an
email to taterpatchplay-
ers@gmail.com. They will
also be available at the the
ater on Wednesday and
Thursday, May 26 and 27,
from 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Tater Patch Players the
ater is at 95 Philadelphia
Lane, Jasper Ga. 30143.
Email: taterpatchplay-
ers@gmail.com.
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