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PAGE 10A PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 2022
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The Pickens Sheriff’s Of
fice responds to many calls
for service every day. The
following incidents are a few
deputies respond to each day.
Man arrested with traffick
ing amounts of metham-
phctaminc at Waffle House
CMANS made deputies
aware of a man entering the
county with Trafficking
amounts of methampheta-
mine. They located the man
at a local Waffle House at
tempting to leave the area.
Deputies stopped the car
and the male driver and fe
male passenger exited the car
and ran away on foot.
Deputies along with
CMANS agents began chas
ing the man and observed
him throw something to the
side. They stopped him and,
while attempting to put him
in handcuffs, he continued to
try to run and refused to co
operate. After many attempts
to arrest the man and many
commands given, he was told
he would be tased if he did
not settle down. He eventu
ally stopped resisting.
While arresting the man,
his car started rolling back
wards and hit another citi
zen’s car, because the man’s
car was not placed in park
when he jumped out. They
also found the suspected
methamphetamine that the
man tossed to the side.
Deputies then found the
female passenger hiding in a
gas station bathroom and ar
rested her as well. Georgia
State Patrol, Pickens Sher
iff’s Office, and CMANS all
assisted in working the inci
dent.
Man with warrant for his
arrest threatens suicide in
barn
Deputies received a call
about a stolen vehicle. When
they arrived at the house,
they were informed by the
owner of the vehicle that her
boyfriend had taken her car
without her permission. She
said they’d been together for
years, but lately they had
been dealing with issues in
volving his mental health.
Deputies discovered the
boyfriend already had a war
rant for his arrest and began
looking for him. They found
the vehicle but it was empty,
deputies believed he had just
recently left the vehicle. They
found him less than half a
mile away from the vehicle,
he was standing on the rafters
of a nearby bam and had an
electrical cord wrapped
around his neck.
The Cherokee County ne
gotiation team was called and
he eventually surrendered.
Because his warrant was
from Cherokee County, the
Cherokee Sheriff’s Office
deputies took custody of him
and transported him for med
ical treatment.
Man going through mental
breakdown cuts wrist and
runs into woods
Deputies arrived at a
house and spoke with a
woman claiming that her
boyfriend had a mental
breakdown and ran into the
woods. There had been an ar
gument between the two and
because he was not taking his
medication, it escalated to the
boyfriend having a break
down.
She claimed he cut his
wrist on some glass after
smashing a window.
Deputies noticed a flower pot
to be knocked over, glass
cabinet, a bedroom door, a
mirror, and a window to all
be broken. Deputies also
found evidence that the
boyfriend did indeed cut
himself. Deputies tracked the
man’s location using his cell
phone and heavily searched
the area. However, they were
unable to locate him during
their search.
Woman arrested for crimi
nal trespass after returning
to neighbor’s property
A woman went to her
neighbor’s house despite
being previously issued a
criminal trespass warning for
repeatedly coming to the
house. The neighbors pro
vided deputies with video
footage of her knocking on
their door, which confirmed
she was there. The home
owners expressed concerns
for her mental state and they
worried it would escalate.
Deputies told them she
would be arrested because
she violated a criminal tres
pass warning. When they
began to speak with the
woman, deputies asked her if
she had gone over to the
neighbors house, she just
kept repeating, “This is what
my daughter wants.” She was
arrested for Criminal Tres
pass and taken to the Adult
Chemical odor forces two
Main Street businesses to
temporarily close
61 Main owner Tadd Schreiber airing out the restaurant.
By Alex Goble
Staff Writer
Two downtown Jasper
businesses, 61 Main and
Daisy Boutique, temporarily
closed last week after con
tractors hired by the owner of
the building where Daisy
Boutique is located used a
chemical on the basement.
The work left chemical
fumes in the buildings so
strong that operation was not
possible, said the restaurant
owners.
The fumes from the work
made its way up through the
building on Thursday, Feb. 3
forcing Daisy Boutique to
close by noon.
61 Main is closed for reg
ular business on Thursdays,
but attempted to open Friday
only to have to close early
due to the fumes.
Owner Tadd Schreiber
said they quickly received
customer complaints and
headaches began to affect
some of their waiters and
servers.
The restaurant wasn’t
open over the weekend and
continued to ventilate their
area with open doors and
fans.
61 Main Owner Jenna
Schreiber later expressed
frustration that they missed
several days of business and
their popular Monday dinner.
Daisy Boutique declined
to comment, but fans were
visible at their door every day
through Tuesday.
More ventilation work
was underway at press time
and it was unclear when ei
ther business would open.
Detention Center.
Woman fears daughter’s
father in custody dispute
A woman claimed her
daughter’s biological father
was calling and threatening
to come pick up their daugh
ter for her birthday. While he
is the girl’s biological father,
he has no parental rights to
the daughter and the woman
provided court documents to
prove it.
She claimed she had not
had contact with the father in
a year due to a separate inci
dent and wanted the incident
documented in case he at
tempted to take the daughter.
She also claimed to be in fear
for her and her daughter’s
safety. The house was placed
on extra zone patrols.
Man discovers up to $6,000
to be stolen from his debit
card over several months
A man noticed several
charges on his debit card that
he didn’t recognize. He
called his bank and discov
ered that there have allegedly
been fraudulent charges on
his card dating back to May
of 2021 and totaling approx
imately $5,000 to $6,000. He
canceled his card and a report
was made. Detectives were
notified of the incident.
Repossessed vehicle con
tains multiple firearms
A man working for a busi
ness repossessed a vehicle re
cently. He claimed that when
he looked in the trunk of the
vehicle he found four
firearms. He said he didn’t
know who owned the guns
but provided deputies with
the name of the business that
owned the car. Deputies at
tempted to get in contact with
the business multiple times
but were unable to contact
anyone.
None of the firearms were
reported stolen or missing.
Deputies entered the
weapons into evidence for
safekeeping.
Man receives fraudulent
check for $1,750 in the mail
A man said he received a
package in the mail with a
check for $1,750 from some
one claiming to be Chelsea
Perry. When he tried to de
posit the check, the bank told
him that the check was fraud
ulent and he should file a po
lice report. He said he also
got a check for $2,000 last
year and was able to success
fully deposit it. However, it
later came back as fraudulent
and he had to pay the money
back. Detectives were noti
fied of the incident.
Business owner finds door
pried open with items pos
sibly stolen
A business owner claimed
her business was currently
unoccupied and for sale. She
had not been there for a few
days, however when she re
turned to the business she
discovered the door had been
pried open. Someone had
broken into her business.
Deputies confirmed the
door did appear to be forcibly
opened possibly with a crow
bar. Once the deputies and
the owner went inside, she
noticed some things out of
place, but could not confirm
if anything was stolen other
than the lawnmower. The
lawnmower was worth a cou
ple hundred dollars, and it
had been outside.
She said a man inquired
about the lawnmower a few
days earlier, but she told him
it wasn’t for sale. She was
able to provide deputies with
a description of the man.
Extra zone patrols were set
up for the business and detec
tives were notified about the
incident.
Woman reports tv and jew
elry worth thousands stolen
A woman claimed that
when she woke up that morn
ing, her tv and several pieces
of jewelry were stolen. She
reported the jewelry alone
was worth around $2,800.
She thinks the man she was
living with stole her belong
ings and pawned them, be
cause she told him she
wanted to move in with her
mother.
The woman told deputies
the man had stolen from her
in the past. Detectives were
notified of the situation.
Dispute occurs at animal
shelter over ownership of
dog
A man was arrested and
his dog was surrendered to
the animal shelter. The man’s
girlfriend went to the shelter
to try to pick up the dog. She
provided papers proving she
had owned the dog. The
boyfriend called the shelter
and told them he did not give
permission to the girlfriend to
get the dog. The animal shel
ter staff wanted the incident
documented.
The Sheriff’s
Beat
From the Pickens
Sheriff’s Office
During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office responded
to or initiated 4,048 calls for service.
These numbers are taken
from the report provided directly from the 911 Center where all
calls are logged as they are performed. Below is a breakdown
of all dispatched calls by the call type for each incident.
Accidents
37
Suicide Threats / Attempts
4
Domestics
25
Theft / Burglary Related
24
Forgery / Fraud
8
Traffic Stops
129
Citations Issued
2
Animal Investigations
13
Suspicious Persons/Activity
43
Alarm Calls
19
Stranded Motorists
17
Street Hazards
20
Vandalism
7
Abandoned Vehicles
4
Extra Patrol - neighborhoods, businesses, residences 3,305.
In addition to these, other calls include search warrants, civil
service, 911 hang-up calls, assaults, disorderly persons, missing
persons, assistance with medical calls, natural death investiga
tions, demented persons, funeral escorts, harassment, trespass-
ing, and many more.
Breakdown of Charges for those Arrested:
12 individuals were booked into the Adult Detention Center on
charges from the Pickens Sheriff’s Office. Out of these, the fol-
lowing charges were taken by PSO deputies (note: some indi-
viduals have multiple charges):
Trafficking Narcotics
2
Felony Obstruction
1
Obstructing Police
1
Criminal Trespass
1
Drive with License Suspended/ Revoked
1
Bond Violation
2
Surety Come Off Bond
1
Probation Violation
5
Accountability Court Violation
1
In addition to the above
activity from the Uniform
Patrol Division, Court Serv
ice Deputies reported the fol
lowing statistics for the past
week:
Persons Scanned at
Front Door: 837
Weapons Found: 7
Courts Held: 10
Arrests Made in
the Courthouse: 4
Civil Papers Received : 34
Civil Papers Served: 47
In the Adult Detention
Center:
Total Jail population: 57
Total male inmates: 50
Total female inmates: 7
Sex Offenders:
There are currently 63 sex of
fenders registered with the
Pickens Sheriff’s Office.
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Pickens County Board of Education
Called Meeting
February 10, 2022 at 5 p.m.
Pickens County Board of Education Central
Office at 100 D.B. Carroll St., Jasper, GA
The Pickens County Board of Education will
meet on Thursday February 10, 2022 at 5:00
pm for a called board meeting.
I. Call to Order
II. Approval of Agenda
III. Executive Session
IV. Approval of Executive Session Minutes
V. Adjourn
Pickens County Board of Education
Regular Meeting
February 10, 2022 at 6 p.m.
Pickens County Board of Education Central
Office at 100 D.B. Carroll St., Jasper, GA
The Pickens County Board of Education will meet on
Thursday, February 10 at 6:00 pm for the regularmonthly
board meeting.
I. Call to Order
II. Invocation
III. Pledge of Allegiance
IV. Approval of Agenda
V. Superintendent Reports
A. Financial Update - Amy Smith, Chief Financial
Officer
B. Operations and Construction - Stacy Gilleland,
Chief Operations Offi cer
VI. Action Items
A. Approval of Personnel
B. Approval of Financial Reports
C. Approval of MOU with the University of Georgia
College of Education
D. Approval of MOA with Reinhardt University
E. Approval ofACEMAPP Member Agreement
F. Approval of Minutes
G. Approval of Surplus
VII. Public Participation
VIII. Board Comments
IX. Adjourn
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