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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.
Woman admits to drink
ing beer while driving
down the road
Deputies stopped a car,
and while they were talking
to the driver, they noticed the
smell of alcohol coming from
the car and the driver’s
breath. The driver agreed to a
field sobriety test; however,
was having difficulties com
pleting the test.
During one of the tasks
the deputies had her do, she
stopped and said, “I’m just
going to admit I’m not in the
place to drive.” She also ad
mitted to drinking a beer
while driving down the road.
She was placed under arrest.
Child taken to hospital
from dog bite
Deputies arrived at a
house to find a young child
being evaluated by EMS due
to an injury from a dog bite.
Deputies determined that the
child was bitten when two
dogs began fighting. The
dogs ran away from the
house and continued fighting
on the neighbor’s porch.
Deputies along with Animal
Control separated the two
dogs to stop them from fight
ing while EMS continued to
treat the child.
The child’s mother told
the deputies that there had
been a similar incident two
weeks earlier. She said that
the two dogs had been kept
separated to keep them from
fighting since the last time
they were fighting; however
today, the child decided to
take the white dog outside for
a walk and didn’t notice that
the brown dog was not put
up. Because the dogs were
family-owned and the inci
dent happened with family
members, Animal Control
said that they could take the
dogs. The family was advised
about the process of euthana
sia if they decided to go that
route. The dogs were re
leased to their owners and the
child was transported to the
hospital for his injuries.
Woman claims to be
“flogged” by man
Deputies arrived at a
house in response to a report
of threats being made. When
deputies spoke with the
woman at the house, they
could smell a strong odor of
alcohol coming from her
breath. She also appeared
confused when she started
trying to explain the situation
to deputies.
She said that deputies
were at her house the night
before for an assault incident.
The night before she told
deputies that she and a man
had been heavily drinking.
She said she fell asleep but
woke up to go to the bath
room later in the night, and
when she entered the bath
room, the man hit her in the
back of the head causing her
to fall.
The man started yelling
and cussing before leaving
the house. Then she said she
was unsure what had actually
happened or if the man had
really hit her. Since there was
no physical evidence of her
being injured, the influence
of alcohol, and the story
changing, no charges were
filed.
When she talked to
deputies the next night, she
said the man “flogged” her.
Then she said that she passed
out after deputies left the
night before and was woken
up to the man covering her
mouth with his hand. He then
said if she called the law, he
would kill her. After that he
left the house. She said she
wanted to report him for
threatening her. Deputies dis
covered the man had a war
rant from another incident.
The woman was advised on
the process of obtaining a
warrant.
Woman walks out of house
shooting at vehicle, ar
rested for narcotics posses
sion
Deputies received multi
ple reports of someone shoot
ing a gun in front of a house.
During their investigation,
they found video of a woman
walking out of a house with a
gun and shooting several
shots at a van driving away.
When the deputies arrived
at the house, they found two
women inside the garage.
The two women saw the
deputies and quickly shut the
garage door. Deputies could
see through a window the
women moving things
around.
One of the women came
out the front door to speak
with deputies while the other
woman went out the back
door into the backyard.
Deputies saw the woman
in the backyard and got her to
tell her to come around the
fence to speak with them.
She said that the gun was in
side the house and gave
deputies permission to
search. She later told them
the gun was inside a duffle
bag. When deputies searched
the bag they found four small
bags of suspected metham-
phetamine, a glass pipe, and
other drug paraphernalia;
however, they did not find
the gun inside the bag. The
Pickens 4-H is on a winning streak
Back row (L to R): Molly Hooker, Beau Tate, Sheila Flores, Karina Mendez, Amelia
Hooker, and Ryan Johnson. Front Row (L to R): Siobhan Towers, Sophie Morgan,
Otoniel Bautista, Natasha Flores, and Viridiana Valdovinos.
On the heels of Junior-Se
nior DPA at Rock Eagle
where Pickens County 4-
Hers broke records, clover-
leaf 4-Hers from Pickens
County traveled to Union
County on Saturday, March
19th to show off their hard
work and come back winners
as well. These 4-Hers were
from both Harmony Elemen
tary and Jasper Middle
School. Once again, every
single 4-Her placed with over
300 competitors in atten
dance. Pickens County was
even recognized as the
county at the competition
with the highest percentage
of first place winners.
First, each 4-Her had to
leam about a subject area of
interest. We had subjects
ranging in everything from
robotics to braille. After a
speech of four minutes was
developed, then display
boards had to be prepared.
Since Junior-Senior DPA had
just been completed two
weeks before, these students
had a limited time to get
ready for this competition.
However, they did this and
their hard work really
showed.
Representing 4th grade at
Harmony Elementary
School
Sophie Morgan did a pres
entation on Van Gogh in the
Arts category focusing on the
Sunflower and Starry Night
paintings. Siobhan Towers
was in the Public Speaking
category who pled with the
audience to help save her fa
vorite animal—the panda.
Both of these students were
awarded first place in their
respective categories.
Representing 5th grade at
Jasper Middle School
Otoniel Bautista made a
great after school snack in the
food fare project. He created
a snack called “The Very
Hungry Caterpillar” using
celery, peanut butter, grapes,
and apples. Natasha Flores
was in the very competitive
International Project. She
talked about the holiday cel
ebrated in Mexico called the
Day of the Dead. Beau Tate
told us about Robotics as he
covered the history of robots
and explained exactly what
constitutes a robot. He even
made his own “BoardBot”
that he made from a tin can
and created a code so that it
would respond with a loud
noise. Viridiana Valdovinos
was in the Clothing and Tex
tiles project. She had her au
dience travel south of the
border with textiles. All of
these students came home
with blue ribbons.
Representing 6th grade at
Jasper Middle School
Amelia Hooker competed
in the Forestry project. Her
presentation was entitled
“Deforestation Destruction.”
She selected this topic after
studying about deforestation
in school. Amelia awarded
second place.
These 4-Hers were ac
companied by Justin Fellen-
baum, Pickens County agent;
Traci Buckingham and Melv-
ina Carlan, Pickens County
4-H volunteers; Teen Leaders
Sheila Flores, Molly Hooker,
and Ryan Johnson; Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Morgan, Will Tate,
and Lupita Gonzalez who
were family members of the
4-Hers.
The Pickens County 4-H
program presently serves all
5th and 6th graders at Jasper
Middle School. However,
any child in Pickens County
in 4th through 12th grade can
be a part of the 4-H program
whether in public school, pri
vate school, or home school.
There are over 60 project
areas that youth can learn
more about through this pro
gram. You can look at a more
complete list of project areas
on the Georgia 4-H website
georgia4h.org. Pickens
County 4-H also has a focus
on developing leadership
skills and have students par
ticipate in community serv
ice. If you are interested in
having a family member get
involved in 4-H, you can
contact the county 4-H office
at 706-253-8840. You can
also find out more about
what activities are going on
in 4-H locally by looking at
the 4-H Facebook page at
Georgia 4-H Pickens County.
THURSDAY. MARCH 24. 2022 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 5B
gun was actually found under
the mattress.
The woman that owned
the duffle bag and also a pos
sible shooter was arrested.
Additional charges of Posses
sion of a Drag Related Ob
ject and Possession of a
Controlled Substance were
applied for as well. The case
was turned over to Detectives
to finish the investigation.
Man arrested for DUI after
going 36 mph over speed
limit and refusing to pull
over
Deputies tried to pull over
a car that was going 91 mph
in a 55 mph zone. The car
kept driving, making multi
ple turns, until the driver fi
nally pulled into the
driveway of his house. When
he put the car in park, he got
out with his hands up, even
though he wasn’t being asked
to do that.
Deputies believed the man
was under the influence of al
cohol. When asked why he
wouldn’t stop, the driver told
deputies that he didn’t want
his car to be towed. Deputies
told him that his vehicle
would not be towed for sim
ply speeding. Then the
deputies asked the man if he
had been drinking, and he
said no. The man also refused
a field sobriety and blood
draw test. The deputy told the
man that he would be ar
rested for DUI because he
witnessed multiple signs of
intoxication. Deputies found
an open container of alcohol
in the car along with a large
amount of money. The
money was handed over to
the driver’s daughter at his
request and he was taken to
the Adult Detention Center.
He was charged with Driving
Under the Influence, Speed
ing Maximum Limits, Open
Container, and Fleeing.
Man let off with warning
continues talking, arrested
for possession of narcotics
Deputies made a traffic
stop on a car for an expired
registration. The driver was
given a warning about the ex
pired registration and was
told to “Have a good day.” As
deputies were walking back
to the patrol vehicle, the
driver kept talking, and even
tually deputies asked to
search the vehicle. The man
said yes and then told
deputies that there was some
marijuana in the car. As
deputies searched the car
they first found a plastic
bladder containing urine in
the center console, and they
found a small amount of mar
ijuana. They also found a
glass pipe for the suspected
use of methamphetamine.
The driver was then placed
under arrest and charged with
Possession of Drag Parapher
nalia.
Woman claims neighbors
shining laser beams have
vandalized her property
A woman told deputies
that her neighbors continu-
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ously shine laser beams into
her windows and on her
property causing some dam
age. She also said she was
supposed to be a witness for
Donald Trump and because
of that several things have
happened. She started walk
ing around showing deputies
all the alleged damage.
She pointed out some
brown spots on the leaves of
her bushes, she said that they
were caused by the lasers, but
deputies could see there were
several brown spots on all of
the leaves. She also pointed
out several other things she
thought were burned by the
lasers. Another complaint
was that the grass around her
fence in the morning was wet
and she believed it was
caused by laser beams de
stroying her well. All infor
mation was gathered for
reporting purposes only at the
request of the woman.
Woman has to evict man
after self-proclaimed
“booty call”
A woman told deputies
that she had sex with a man
and now he won’t leave her
alone. She said that he stayed
with her for a few nights after
he got out of prison and she
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: 1091
Weapons Found: 13
Courts Held: 11
Arrests Made in
the Courthouse: 0
also gave him $800 to fix his
teeth. She said he had a heart
condition so she felt bad for
him. However, she was ready
for him to leave her house.
Deputies advised her that he
had now established resi
dency so she would have to
have him evicted in order to
get him to leave.
Man claims ex-wife’s
brother stole car parts
Deputies responded to re
ports of harassment. When
they arrived at the house,
deputies spoke with a man
claiming his ex-wife’s
brother tampered with his
car, by removing chassis
parts to the front end. How
ever, no parts seemed to be
missing, the man agreed that
he did not see anything miss
ing either. The man said that
when he drove the track he
felt like the vehicle didn’t
steer correctly, even though
none of the parts were miss
ing and no signs of tamper
ing. The man asked if he
needed to get a mechanic to
look at it, and the deputies
told him that he should only
drive the vehicle if he felt it
was safe. No charges were
pursued due to there being no
physical evidence.
Civil Papers Received: 29
Civil Papers Served: 31
In the Adult Detention
Center:
Total Jail population:72
Total male inmates: 58
Total female inmates: 14
Sex Offenders:
There are currently 65 sex of
fenders registered with the
Pickens Sheriff’s Office.
The Sheriff’s
Beat
From the Pickens
Sheriff’s Office
During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office responded
to or initiated 1,845 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 breakdown
of all dispatched calls by the call type for each incident.
Accidents 14
Suicide Threats / Attempts 0
Domestics 18
Theft / Burglary Related 9
Forgery / Fraud 4
Traffic Stops 103
Citations Issued 24
Animal Investigations 6
Suspicious Persons/Activity 29
Alarm Calls 15
Stranded Motorists 5
Street Hazards 9
Vandalism 3
Abandoned Vehicles 4
Extra Patrol - neighborhoods, businesses, residences 1,461.
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:
18 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):
Burglary 1
Simple Battery — Family Violence 1
Battery — Family Violence 1
Possession of Controlled Substances 3
Possession by Convicted Felon 1
Drug Related Object 1
Obstruction of Law Enforcement 1
Fleeing/ Attempt to Elude 1
DUI Refusal 1
Open Container 1
Speeding 1
Reckless Conduct 1
Drive without a Valid License 3
Vehicle Headlights Violation 1
Vehicle Tail Light Violation 1
Bond Violation 1
Probation Violation 4
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