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THURSDAY. MARCH 3. 2022 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 5B
methamphetamine were dis
covered. Both were arrested.
Woman makes suicidal
threats after Xanax taken
away
Deputies went to a house
to speak with a woman about
her grandmother making sui
cidal threats. The woman told
them that her uncle called
911 after her grandmother
made the threats.
Then deputies spoke with
uncle, he told them his
mother had been making the
threats after her Xanax was
taken from her. He said she
had a prescription for the
medication but her doctor ad
vised she should not be al
lowed to continue taking
them because she was taking
more than prescribed. The
granddaughter corroborated
the story. The grandmother
was transported to the hospi
tal by EMS.
The Sheriff’s
Beat
From the Pickens
Sheriff’s Office
Breakdown of Charges for those Arrested:
21 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 (note: some individuals have multiple
charges):
Assault/ Battery: Terrorist Threats/ Intimidation 2
Simple Assault 1
Cruelty to Children - 3rd Degree 1
Possession of Controlled Substances 4
Possession of Weapon During Crime 1
Possession by Convicted Felon 1
Possession of Methamphetamine
with Intent to Distribute 1
Battery - Family Violence 1
Drug Related Object 1
Reckless Driving 2
Obstruction of Law Enforcement 1
Give False Name to Police 1
DUI 1
Fleeing/ Attempt to Elude 1
Contempt of Court 1
Theft by Shoplifting 1
Drive with License Suspended/ Revoked 4
Suspended/ Cancelled/ Revoked Registration 2
Headlight Violation 1
Turn Signal Required 2
Safety Belt Required 1
Bond Violation 3
Probation Violation 4
Parole Violation 1
Accountability Court Violation 1
During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office responded
to or initiated 3,249 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 24
Suicide Threats / Attempts 5
Domestics 41
Theft / Burglary Related 27
Forgery / Fraud 12
Traffic Stops 187
Citations Issued 18
Animal Investigations 19
Suspicious Persons/Activity 34
Alarm Calls 22
Stranded Motorists 13
Street Hazards 20
Vandalism 5
Abandoned Vehicles 1
Extra Patrol - neighborhoods, businesses, residences 2,432.
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.
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.
Distraught women at
tempts suicide after
boyfriend arrested
Deputies arrived at a
house and arrested a man
with several outstanding war
rants. His girlfriend was pres
ent at the time and obviously
upset. A short time later,
deputies were sent back to
the same house due to the
girlfriend attempting suicide.
The girlfriend’s mother
said that she took a large
amount of prescription pills
and had a knife. When
deputies arrived, they found
the woman to have superfi
cial wounds and she admitted
to taking the prescription
medication. She was taken to
the hospital by EMS.
Search for a wanted man
ensues after multiple inci
dents
Deputies were doing pa
trols when a car began driv
ing toward them head-on in
the wrong lane. They turned
around and tried to stop the
car. The car began to increase
its speed and drove aggres
sively to get away from the
deputies. While trying to stop
the car, deputies watched the
car drive through a stop sign,
cross over into oncoming
lanes of traffic, and slam on
the brakes to cause the
deputies to wreck their patrol
cars.
Deputies set up to PIT
(pursuit intervention tech
nique) the vehicle in order to
end the chase. Right before
the deputy could safely PIT
the car, it took a sharp turn
and hit a tree. The man then
got out of the car and ran on
foot into the woods.
Deputies confirmed the
driver’s identity while wait
ing for backup. The wooded
area was searched by
Alex Goble
Staff Writer
In the Board of Assessors
February meeting Chief Ap
praiser Roy Dobbs com
mented on how active this
recent period has been in the
county. In a recent interview
with the Progress he de
scribed the assessors office
view of the county as “an
ever changing canvas,” with
something new happening
constantly.
According to Dobbs, any
where you look real estate is
showing evidence of tremen-
deputies and the K9, but they
did not find the driver.
Charges for Felony Fleeing,
Reckless Driving, Failure to
Maintain Lane, and Driving
on a Suspended License were
issued.
Later on that same man
tried to enter a nearby home.
Two outdoor lights were bro
ken but he did not get into the
house. Additional charges of
criminal trespass were added.
The next morning
deputies responded to a silent
alarm at a convenience store.
As they got to the store and
were getting out of their cars,
the same man exits the store
and yells, “Come get me big
boy.”
A brief chase ensued and
the area searched but were
unable to locate the man. It
was confirmed by the store
employee, who activated the
alarm, that it was the same
man deputies were looking
for the night before. The store
employee claimed the man
was scaring her and admitted
to her that he was on the run
from the law. Additional war
rants for Obstruction of Law
Enforcement were applied
for this incident.
Woman accused of battery
refuses to get out of bed and
cooperate with deputies
Deputies were contacted
by Canton Police Department
about someone making a re
port with them about an inci
dent which took place in
Pickens County. Deputies
wen to the home of the per
son trying to make a report. A
woman claimed to be
punched in the head multiple
times, bit, and scratched by
another woman. She claimed
to not know the woman who
attacked her and that the fight
was unprovoked. Deputies
observed visible marks to
corroborate her story. When
deputies went to speak with
the other woman, they found
her lying on a mattress on the
floor with a blanket over her.
She refused to stand up
dous change.
This is due to more people
wanting to move to this area,
more people wanting to
build, and more people want
ing to buy land. He added
that on top of that, we’ve al
ways got normal attrition,
where someone can no
longer take care of their
home so they sell it, or
they’re no longer alive and it
gets passed on and changed,
creating even more activity in
the assessors office.
This growth is not neces
sarily a recent spurt. It’s been
going on for a few years.
after being told to do so and
she refused to answer any
questions. She told the
deputies she didn’t want to
answer them. Deputies pulled
her up and placed her under
arrest for Battery and Ob
struction of Law Enforce
ment. She still refused to
answer any questions or pro
vide any additional informa
tion. While being transported
to jail, she began banging her
head against the inside of the
car and admitted she
“jumped” someone.
Woman with warrants
found hiding in shower
Deputies went to a house
where they believed a wanted
woman was staying. They
knocked several times on the
door with no answer. Finally
a man inside said he had no
way to get to the door to
open. So he told the deputies
to come in through the win
dow. After the deputies
crawled through the window,
they found the wanted
woman hiding in the shower.
Deputies were able to
confirm her identity even
though she lied and gave a
false name and date of birth.
Additional charges of Giving
a False Name and Obstruc
tion of Law Enforcement
were applied for.
Women scammed by fake
Amazon call center
A woman was called by a
person claiming to be with
Amazon and told there was
fraud on her account. She
was told to purchase Amazon
gift cards to clear up the
fraud. She went to a store but
couldn’t find any Amazon
gift cards. She called the call
center back, and they told her
to get Ebay gift cards instead.
She was able to get those
cards and she gave the card
numbers and PIN numbers to
the people at the “call cen
ter.” She also gave them the
last four digits to her debit
card. The total value of the
gift cards was $200. She later
realized it was a scam and
called her bank to freeze her
funds.
Vehicle chase ends with
man arrested in possession
of weapon and various nar
cotics
Deputies tried to stop a car
after noticing the driver was
not wearing a seatbelt and did
not use a turn signal. The car
started running from the
deputies at a high rate of
“Anybody that’s been paying
attention, you’ve seen the
growth all the way through,”
Dobbs commented. “Anyone
who’s said ‘Jasper has been
dying’ hasn’t been paying at
tention, people are buying
and building and selling as
hard as they can go.”
It’s the same story for
much of north Georgia, not
just Pickens County. This
area, according to the asses
sors office, is much more de
sirable than more urbanized
areas for several reasons, in
cluding its people. “The peo
ple’s attitudes here, we’ve
got to quit being so friendly
to everybody or we’re going
to keep growing,” Dobbs
quipped.
He attributes the growth
across most north Georgia
counties to the quality of life.
In comparison to many other
places it is not overdeveloped
to the point where it reduces
the quality of life. “That’s
where people want to live
and it’s where people want to
raise their families,” he said.
There has actually been an
influx to Georgia from all
over the country. Climate,
stability, water, and natural
resources are listed as some
of the biggest attractions.
One telltale sign of demo
graphic growth that Dobbs
likes to cite is traffic. “The
other thing that gives away
what’s going on around here,
if you’ve lived here for any
length of time, is the people
that sell red lights and stop
signs have made a lot of
money,” he said. “There are a
lot of places we didn’t used
to have.”
When asked if he expects
the growth to continue at a
quick pace Dobbs answered
with just one word. Yes.
speed in a residential area.
During the chase, the car
left the roadway because the
driver was driving recklessly
and nearly struck an oncom
ing vehicle. The car turned
suddenly, nearly hitting some
children in an all-terrain ve
hicle, then the car crashed.
After crashing, the driver
immediately opened the door
and stayed in the car. He
turned to the side like he was
reaching for a weapon.
Deputies drew their
weapons and gave verbal
commands to the driver to
exit the car. He got out of the
car and admitted to having a
gun while he was being
placed under arrest. When his
car was searched, a handgun
and tin canister were located.
Inside the canister was a
pipe with suspected metham
phetamine, two loaded sy
ringes with suspected heroin,
some marijuana, 29 pills, a
scale, and three individual
bags of suspected metham
phetamine totaling 8 grams
for suspected distribution.
He was charged with
Seatbelt Violation, No Turn
Signal, Reckless Driving,
DUI, Fleeing and Attempting
to Elude Law Enforcement,
Possession of a Controlled
Substance, Drag-Related Ob
jects, Possession of a Firearm
by a Convicted Felon, Pos
session of Marijuana (less
than one ounce), Possession
of a Firearm During the
Commission of a Crime, and
Intent to Distribute a Con
trolled Substance.
Traffic stop results in
felony amounts of mari
juana seized
Deputies stopped a car be
cause it had an expired regis
tration. When deputies
approached the car, they
could smell a strong odor of
marijuana coming from the
car. They told the driver he
was stopped due to the ex
pired registration and that the
strong smell of marijuana
gave the deputies probable
cause to search the car. The
man became upset and said
he didn’t think that was nec
essary. Backup deputies ar
rived and the car was
searched. Two black package
bags inside of a black beanie
with a large amount of mari
juana were located under the
driver’s side door. The man
was charged with Felony
Possession of Marijuana.
Individuals argue over the
use of a gas pump
Deputies arrived at a gas
station and found two people
to be arguing loud enough for
citizens and deputies to take
notice. A deputy went over
two the two men and asked
what the problem was.
The two men’s stories
were similar; they said the ar
gument started over both
wanting use one of the partic
ular gas pumps. One man felt
the guy already at the gas
pump was taking too long
and wanted the space while
the other one felt he should
have relocated to another
pump. One man told deputies
he was glad they intervened
when they did because situa
tion might have escalated.
Both men pumped their
gas and left.
Two arrested after K9 dis
covers meth during a traf
fic stop
Deputies stopped a car for
not having any insurance.
When they approached the
car, they noticed a man and a
woman inside the car and ap
peared to be nervous and did
n’t want to respond to
deputies.
Deputies told the two they
were stopped due to no insur
ance and the car could not be
driven and if they could not
get the car insured it would
have to be towed. Because of
the behavior of the two peo
ple, deputies asked the
woman if there was anything
illegal in the car and she said
no.
The deputies requested a
K9 to do an exterior check
around the car. During the
check, the K9 alerted to
something being inside the
car, giving probable cause for
deputies to search the car.
During the search, two sy
ringes filled with suspected
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: 905
Weapons Found: 9
Courts Held: 7
Arrests Made in
the Courthouse: 0
Civil Papers Received : 56
Civil Papers Served: 46
In the Adult Detention
Center:
Total Jail population: 57
Total male inmates: 49
Total female inmates: 8
Sex Offenders:
There are currently 63 sex of
fenders registered with the
Pickens Sheriff’s Office.
Scholarships available
for family research/ history
from Honea-Worley Family
Scholarship Fund
• First place $2,000; second place is $1,000, third $500
• High school seniors only — not required to be
college-bound.
• Applicants need to submit a four-generation family
history where at least one person in the research has
significant ties to Pickens County.
• Research should extend from current person back
through parents, grandparents and great-grandparents.
• More than just dates, places and names, research should
show a story of the people — who they were, where they
came from, their churches, professions, education,
interesting life experiences.
• Documentation, similar to a term paper is required.
Help can be obtained in the Georgia Room at the
Pickens library.
• Works will be judged by an independent panel.
• Deadline is May 2 by noon. Works should be
dropped off at Century 21 Lindsey and Pauley, 25
North Main Street, Jasper
For questions, contact Maria Boling at 770-355-6537
or email mariaboling91 l@vahoo.com
This scholarship is managed by
the Pickens Historical Society
for the Honea-Worley families.
"It is our sincere hope every
graduating senior knows and is
proud of their family s history. ”
Our members will be glad to as
sist anyone preparing works to
enter.
GRISHAM, POOLE
& CARLILE, PC
Criminal Defense | Family Law
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but you can start where you are and change
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