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THURSDAY. APRIL 21.2022 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 5B
PHS Literary Team Member
Duncan is State Champ
On March 26th, senior
Piper Duncan took home first
place in the GHSA State Lit
erary Finals in International
Extemporaneous Speaking.
Duncan, who competed for
this round in Milledgeville,
was given the topic, “Will re
cent moves by Israel to di
rectly engage with Palestine
authorities result in progress
toward peace?”. Extempora
neous speakers are given
thirty minutes to outline a
seven minute presentation on
their topic using resources
they compiled prior to com
petition.
The region Literary meet
took place on March, March
5th at the Carroll County Per
forming Arts Center. PHS
took a full team that included
region placements as follows:
Alex Nix: 4th place boys
solo and humorous oral inter
pretation.
Macey Thomas: 4th place
dramatic interpretation
John Carter Wilson: 4th
place argumentative essay
Piper Duncan, State Lit
erary winner for Extempo
raneous Speaking.
DJ Waina, Warren Posey,
Christian Wright, Steven Fer-
rebee: 4th place boys quartet
Piper Duncan: 1st place Inter
national Extemporaneous
Speaking
The literary team is
coached by Mrs. Sarah
Harbin and Mrs. Valerie
Boehm.
Literary contestants from PHS at region match. Back
Row L-R: Piper Duncan, Kalvin Wilson, Sara Kate Smith,
Ari Hale, Beth Childers, Carter Moore, Macey Thomas,
Alexander Nix, Warren Posey
Middle Row L-R: Nicole Chuong, Steven Ferrebee,
Christian Wright, DJ Waina
Front Row L-R: John Carter Wilson, Emma Archer, Lex
Reed, McKinley Thomas.
Continued from Sports Pane
Golf team report
Coach Brandon Thomas,
Coach Jordan Shaw and
Emery Bryant won the tour
nament with a -5 for 9 holes.
Then on Thursday, both
teams traveled to Chesatee
Golf Course to play against
Dawson County. Dragons
came up a little short, losing
183-170. The Nettes contin
ued their winning ways by
defeating Dawson 133-166.
Leading the Nettes to vic
tory were Dani Zeigler,
Mariah Clayton and Emery
Bryant.
Continued from Sports Page
Soccer team report
the boys and their performance at Luella in round one of the
GHSA state playoffs. Their hard work, dedication and dy
namic teamwork is paying off. These boys are making PHS
soccer history, and we can't wait to see them back in action
for round two in Savannah.”
All-Region teams were recently announced, with top
honors awarded to the Sanchez brothers. Juan Sanchez was
named Region 7AAAA Offensive Player of the Year and
Jose Sanchez, the Region 7AAAA Defensive Player of the
Year.
Jack Lowrie, Juan Sanchez and Jose Sanchez were se
lected to the Boys All-Region First Team. Will Finney, Gus
Gibson and Sidney Shorter were named to the Boys All-Re
gion Second Team, and Honorable Mention went to Ethan
Carlan, Jack Flatt, Charlie Gibbons, Chris Knight, Tucker
Ledford and Francisco Santos.
Eleina Bryant and Josselly Bautista (shown below) were
selected to the Girls All-Region First Team. All-Region Sec
ond Team selections were Karolina Kearns and Adysen Nor
ton, with Honorable Mention to Paige Johnson, Sara
Marshburn, Anslee Stone and Chloe Young.
The second round playoff game for the boys’ team is
April 21 in Savannah versus Benedictine Military School.
Photos by Janie Carlan
Eleina Bryant had three
goals in the game against
Luella
Josselly Bautista with the
ball in the region game.
ound of the state playoffs.
He is the Region 7AAAA
Offensive Player of the Year.
gion 7AAAA Defensive
Player of the Year.
The Sheriff’s
Beat
From the Pickens
Sheriff’s Office
In addition to the above ac
tivity from the Uniform Patrol
Division, Court Service
Deputies reported the follow
ing statistics for the past week:
Persons Scanned at
Front Door: 759
Weapons Found: 5
Courts Held: 6
Arrests Made in
the Courthouse: 2
Civil Papers Received: 81
Civil Papers Served: 28
In the Adult Detention
Center:
Total Jail population:64
Total male inmates: 55
Total female inmates: 9
Sex Offenders:
There are currently 64 sex of
fenders registered with the
Pickens Sheriff’s Office.
The Pickens Sheriff's Of
fice responds to many calls for
service every day. The follow
ing incidents are a few
deputies respond to each day.
Church finds threatening
messages written on Easter
service flier
Deputies were contacted
about some suspicious papers
found at a church. When the
deputies got to the church, they
spoke with the man who found
the suspicious papers that were
on a sidewalk and some in the
parking lot.
The man said the papers
were originally sent out as
fliers telling about the upcom
ing Easter service. However,
someone wrote on both sides
of the flier saying, “[profanity]
your lying [profanity] God”
and “I kill Christians.” There
were also two cards found that
were supposedly made by “un-
mercifuldeath.com.” Unmerci
ful Death is a known “death
metal” band. Deputies watched
footage from the security cam
eras and then turned the case
over to the detectives for fur
ther investigation. In the mean
time, deputies have added
extra patrols in the area.
Woman receives harassing
texts revealing pornographic
material
A woman said she some
how ended up in a group text
with about 20 other people that
she did not know. She ignored
it at first and noticed no one
was responding to these texts;
however, she kept getting these
links sent to her 2 and 3 times
a day for about a week. . She
finally became curious about
the links that kept being sent
and clicked on it to open. The
link took her to a website that
she thought was child pornog
raphy. Both deputies and de
tectives checked out the same
link, and it was a pornographic
site but there were no children
involved in any of the pictures
or videos. The deputies and de
tectives showed the woman
how to block the number so it
could not contact her anymore.
Woman reports grandson
and ex-son-in-law for steal
ing hundreds of dollars from
her
The woman described to
deputies how she believed
$460 came up missing from
her wallet. While she couldn't
be sure, she thought that her
grandson and ex-son-in-law
stole the money from her wal
let while they were staying
with her.
She said that they had both
been drinking heavily and she
had grown tired of it. She de
cided to confront them and in
form them that they were no
longer welcome at her home.
She explained that shortly
after, the ex-son-in-law began
asking her lots of questions to
distract her and kept asking her
questions to keep her from
leaving the room. During that
time, she said the grandson
went to the bathroom, which is
by the room where she keeps
her wallet. She thinks during
that time the money was taken.
This case has been turned over
to the detectives.
Medical episode becomes
disorderly
Deputies went to a park be
cause they got several calls
about a person being disor
derly. When the deputies got
there, they spoke with a man
who said that his dad was ex
periencing a medical episode.
The man said that he
wanted to have his dad com
mitted. The man also said
there was a woman that prob
ably should be removed from
the park because she was very
intoxicated. The man's dad
was checked out by medical
personnel and the man was
given information on the
process of having someone
committed.
Deputies went to speak
with the intoxicated woman.
Supposedly she had been wan
dering around and arguing
with everyone she spoke to at
the park. The intoxicated lady
told deputies and medical per
sonnel that they should leave
the man's dad on the ground
and let him “wallow around in
the mud”. While the
deputies were talking to the
woman, they could smell alco
hol on her. The deputies told
her she needed to get someone
to pick her up from the park.
She immediately started argu
ing with deputies, and she
started shouting that the peo
ple with her weren't her real
family so she wouldn't be
going anywhere with them.
That's when she got really
disorderly and was placed
under arrest for Disorderly
Conduct.
Intoxicated woman becomes
violent after being found
laying on the side of the road
Deputies got a call about a
woman laying in the road, and
she couldn't get up. When the
deputies got there, they
walked up to the woman and
she was rolling in the grass on
the side of the road. She kept
trying to stand up. She began
shouting cuss words at the
deputies.
The deputies asked what
was going on, and she said,
“Help me and I will tell you.”
Deputies tried to help her up,
but she was so intoxicated she
kept falling down. The woman
kept shouting cuss words at
the deputies. Finally she was
able to stand up and she
started stumbling as she
headed towards the road.
Deputies tried to get her to
stop walking towards the road
but she ignored them, causing
them to have to grab her arm
to keep her from stumbling
into the road. Deputies tried
helping her walk her toward
their patrol car. She started
flailing her arms and tried to
pull away from them. The
deputies detained her, but did
not arrest her right then. She
was so intoxicated that she fell
to the ground and could not
get up again on her own. The
deputies helped her to sit up
against the car, but she kept
falling over. Deputies called
EMS to take her to the hospi
tal because she was so ex
tremely intoxicated. While in
the ambulance heading to the
hospital, she began kicking
her legs and kicked one of the
deputies in the chest. When
they finally got her to the hos
pital, she kept trying to kick
all the nurses trying to help
her. Her blood alcohol level
was 0.315. Deputies finally ar
rested her and charged with
Obstruction and Public
Drunk.
Woman seammed by some
one claiming to be federal
agent
A woman said she was
following a link on social
media that someone else had
posted, and when she clicked
on the link it took her to a
messaging chat. In that mes
saging chat she started
speaking to a person that
claimed to be a government
agent from the Department
of Development.
The “agent” started ask
ing for her personal informa
tion, in order for her to get a
federal grant, and the woman
gave it to the “agent”. Then
the “agent” told the woman
to pay him for a service in
the form of gift cards, and
that she would get the federal
grant in return. The woman
then went to the store and
purchased $400 worth of gift
cards. Then she sent the
“agent” all of the gift card in
formation. The woman said
she kept asking the “agent”
when she would receive her
grant payment, but she never
received anything. The
deputies looked at the con
versation the woman had
with the “agent”, and she
asked the “agent” several
times if this was some sort of
a scam, but the ‘agent” kept
assuring her that this was
100% legitimate. The
woman said she sent the gift
cards because that was sup
posed to be for the delivery
of the federal grant. Detec
tives were notified about the
incident.
Sign at “pick up location”
informs man he’d been
seammed
A man found a dog ken
nel for sale on social media.
The man called and talked to
the person selling the kennel,
and he decided to go ahead
and buy it. The man sent a
payment to the person selling
the kennel, through an app.
The seller confirmed that he
received the money and told
the man where to pick it up.
However when the man
got to the address to pick up
the kennel, he found a sign
that read, “If you are here be
cause of (the seller's name),
you have been seammed. We
recommend you to file a po
lice report.” The man called
his bank and they requested
the incident to be docu
mented with a police report.
Detectives were notified
about the incident.
Man found by girlfriend
and mother unconscious
with needle in his arm
Deputies were called to a
gas station because of a man
that had overdosed. While
Emergency Medical Services
treated the man, deputies
spoke with the girlfriend and
mother of the man. They said
that they were taking the man
to rehab when they stopped
at the gas station. They went
into the gas station and when
they got back to the car, they
found him unconscious with
a needle in his arm. The man
was given Narcan and be
came conscious and alert.
Then refused any medical
treatment. Deputies found
out the man had a warrant for
his arrest and arrested him.
Driver shouts racial pro
fanity toward road crew
member
Deputies were working at
one of the road work areas,
and saw one of the construc
tion crew putting out an or
ange cone. A car went by and
the driver yelled, “Get out of
the road [racial profanity].”
Deputies stopped the car and
the driver said he did yell that
racial slur. He apologized for
the language he used. The
driver said he yelled the
racial slur because he was
upset that the road crew was
in the roadway.
Deputies told the driver
he could be potentially
charged for his actions. The
crew worker said that he
wanted to pursue criminal
charges and was told, by the
deputy, how to get a warrant
for the driver's arrest.
During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office responded
to or initiated 2,204 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
13
Suicide Threats / Attempts
4
Domestics
17
Theft / Burglary Related
12
Forgery / Fraud
3
Traffic Stops
122
Citations Issued
20
Animal Investigations
7
Suspicious Persons/Activity
25
Alarm Calls
8
Stranded Motorists
5
Street Hazards
7
Vandalism
3
Abandoned Vehicles
1
Extra Patrol - neighborhoods, businesses, residences 1,792.
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:
15 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):
Simple Battery
1
Obstruction of Officer
1
Possession of a Controlled Substance
1
Drugs not in Original Container
1
Give False Name/ Information to Police
1
Criminal Trespass
1
Public Drunk
1
Driving without a Valid License
2
Disorderly Conduct
1
Drug Court Violation
1
Probation Violation
4
Bond Violation
3
GRISHAM, POOLE
& CARLILE, PC
Criminal Defense I Family Law
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