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PAGE 6B PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS THURSDAY. APRIL 28. 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.
Woman reports gun stolen
by boyfriend
A deputy was called by a
woman to report her gun
stolen from her car. When the
deputy got to her house she
told the deputy she thought
her boyfriend stole her gun
out of her car around the first
of the month, but she just no
ticed it missing. The deputy
asked the woman why she
thought the boyfriend had
stolen it and if she knew
where the boyfriend was
staying. The woman said she
thought her boyfriend stole it
because he had a long crimi
nal record and he was cur
rently staying in the Dawson
County Jail. The deputy got
all the gun information and
was abe to report it as stolen
on the national registry.
Two men arrested on drug
charges
Deputies were outside a
house looking for a man,
when the man and a passen
ger drove past one of the
deputies. Another deputy was
able to block the man and
passenger from going any
further. The man and the pas
senger got out of the car and
were asked if there was any
thing illegal in the car. The
man said, “Not that I know
of.” The deputies asked per
mission to search the car and
the man said it was fine.
Deputies found to small
baggies of possible metham-
phetamine underneath one of
the front seats in the car. The
deputies asked both men who
it belonged to and both said it
was not theirs. Both the man
and the passenger were ar
rested on drug charges.
Man pulled over for DUI
A deputy pulled over a
truck and when he got up to
the driver’s window to talk to
the man driving the truck, he
noticed the man kept slurring
his words and the deputy
could smell alcohol on the
man’s breath. The deputy
asked the man to get out of
his truck and walk to the back
of the truck. The man stum
bled a little.
The deputy asked the man
if he would perform a field
sobriety test, the man said he
would but he did have issues
with his shoulders and knees.
After the test, the man told
the deputy he had drank 4
Bud Light beers. The deputy
asked if the man would take
a breath test and the man said
no. The man was arrested for
DUI and taken to jail.
Man said he didn’t have a
license because he was a
foreign exchange student
A deputy watched a car
swerving and crossing the
fog line several times and the
deputy decided to pull the car
over. The car’s tag was from
Florida, and one of the tail
lights was burned out. The
driver told the deputy he was
a foreign exchange student
and did not have a valid li
cense.
The deputy asked the
driver if he had any identifi
cation, and the driver handed
him a “Farmworker Associa
tion of Florida” card. The
deputy asked the driver to get
out of the car, when the
driver got out he tensed up
his arms and balled up his
fists. The deputy told him to
turn around and put his hands
behind his back, and he did
not. The deputy called for an
other deputy to come back
him up, and the driver de
cided to turn around and let
the deputy handcuff him. The
driver was taken to jail for
driving without a valid li
cense.
A woman reported identity
theft
A woman requested a
deputy meet her at the Sher
iff’s Office to make a report
about someone stealing her
deceased father’s identity.
The woman told the
deputy her father passed
away in the middle of last
year, when she tried to file
her father’s taxes she was
told that his taxes had already
been filed. The woman told
the deputy that she was the
sole executor of her father’s
estate. She wanted to have a
report filed about the inci
dent.
Several arrested on racket
eering charges
Deputies worked with
CMANS (Cherokee Multi-
Agency Narcotics Squad) in
arresting several men and
women with active warrants
for racketeering. Racketeer
ing activity means to commit,
attempt, or solicit to commit
a specific crime listed in the
GA Code. The Ga Code cov
ers 40 different types of
crimes.
Couple gets into a dispute
with a man borrowing tools
A deputy was called to a
house where a couple said
they had been arguing with a
man that had borrowed tools
from them. The couple told
the deputy after they argued
with the man he followed
them to another house. The
man finally left, but he went
back to the couple’s house
and waited on them to return.
When the couple got
home, the man took a knife
out of his pocket and told the
couple he would tell the law
that one of them threatened
him with the knife. After that
the man left. The couple told
the deputy they didn’t even
own a pocket knife. The
deputy went to the man’s
house but never was able to
get in touch with him.
Business woman complains
of people parking in her
customer’s spots
A business woman called
for a deputy to come to her
business because a couple of
people were in parking
spaces reserved for her cus
tomers. The business woman
has a sign on the gate that
says the parking spaces are
for customer of that business
only.
The business owner saw a
man pull into one of the spots
and just sit in his car. A while
later a woman drove up and
parked next to him. The man
got out of his car and walked
over to the window of the
other car and the woman in
that car handed him a “wad
of cash.”
The business woman went
outside and began con
fronting the two people
parked in those spaces, the
business woman told them
the spaces are reserved for
customers only. The man got
into his car and left. The
woman in the other car
started yelling at the business
woman, but the business
woman could not understand
or hear clearly what the
woman was saying. The busi
ness woman knew where the
man lived and told the deputy
she wanted both people crim
inally trespassed from her
business. The deputy went to
the man’s house and the man
told the same story to the
deputy. He said the woman in
the other car was his sister
and she was meeting him to
give him some money. The
deputy informed him he was
criminally trespassed from
the business and could not re
turn to it. He gave his sister’s
number to the deputy, so the
deputy could also inform her
she was criminally trespassed
from the business.
Man wrecked a motorcycle
and then ran off
A man was driving reck
lessly on his motorcycle, he
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passed several people on the
road. He tried to drive around
another car and wrecked off
the side of the road. Some of
the other drivers on the road
said they saw the wreck, and
that the gas tank had come
off the motorcycle and the
man was carrying it back to
where he wrecked, but the
gas tank was leaking gas and
started a fire.
The other drivers say at
that point the man dropped
the tank and took off running
into the woods. Deputies
began searching the woods
for the man, they even had
the K-9 out looking for him.
The deputies wanted to
make sure the man was ok
and not hurt from the wreck.
The K-9 found the man’s mo
torcycle helmet, but never
found the man.
SHERIFF’S OFFICE PROGRAMS - An anonymous tip
app, Tip 411, and In Plain Sight, a security camera pro
gram, are both offered to the public. More information
about both programs can be found at https://pickensgash-
eriff. com/programs.
The Sheriff’s
Beat
From the Pickens
Sheriff’s Office
During this past week, the Pickens Sheriff’s Office responded
to or initiated 1,699 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
14
Suicide Threats / Attempts
4
Domestics
15
Theft / Burglary Related
16
Forgery / Fraud
3
Traffic Stops
68
Citations Issued
9
Animal Investigations
7
Suspicious Persons/Activity
26
Alarm Calls
13
Stranded Motorists
6
Street Hazards
0
Vandalism
2
Abandoned Vehicles
0
Extra Patrol - neighborhoods, businesses, residences 1,321.
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:
34 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 in-
dividuals have multiple charges):
Violation of RICO (Racketeering)
11
Possession of a Controlled Substance
4
Driving Under the Influence
5
Fleeing and Attempting to Elude
1
Bond Violations
3
Burglary in the 1st Degree
1
Theft by Conversion
1
Theft by Taking
2
Theft by Deception
1
Theft by Shoplifting
1
Driving without a Valid License
2
Driving on a Suspended License
1
Aggravated Assault
1
Criminal Damage to Property 2nd Degree
1
Possession of a Weapon During a Crime
1
Criminal Attempt to Commit a Felony (Arson)
1
Interference with Government Property
1
Disorderly Conduct
1
Probation Violation
2
Man kicked front doors of
the courthouse
Deputies were called to
the courthouse after hours be
cause people saw a man
“mule kicking” the front
doors of the courthouse. The
woman that saw the man
kicking said he was kicking
the doors then he lit a piece
of paper and tried to stuff the
paper into the doors at the
courthouse.
Deputies asked the man
why he did those things, and
the man said he was trying to
get the attention of law en
forcement. The man told
deputies when he saw them
arrive he put the fire out with
his hands. The man said he
was scared and did not want
to die. The man was arrested
and charged with interference
with government property
and criminal attempt to com
mit arson. The doors to the
courthouse are fine.
Man found in his car sleep
ing at an intersection
A deputy walked up to a
car that was stopped at an in
tersection, inside the car was
a man that as unconscious
and drooling on himself.
The deputy knocked on
the window to wake the man
up. The man was startled and
disoriented when he woke
up, and he could not figure
out how to open the car door.
Finally the man was able
to get the door open and the
deputy started talking to him,
the deputy could smell alco
hol on the man’s breath. The
deputy asked the man if he
knew where he was and he
said. “A forest”, the man was
slurring his words and his
eyes were very watery and
glossy. Then the man told the
deputy he was in Alpharetta.
The deputy asked the man
how much he had to drink
and the man said the standard
amount. The man attempted
a field sobriety test, but
failed. He was arrested for
DUI.
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: 1,230
Weapons Found:10
Courts Held: 12
Arrests Made in
the Courthouse: 4
Civil Papers Received: N/A
Civil Papers Served: N/A
In the Adult Detention
Center:
Total Jail population:67
Total male inmates: 59
Total female inmates: 8
Sex Offenders:
There are currently 63 sex of
fenders registered with the
Pickens Sheriff’s Office.
Chattahoochee Tech celebrates
opening of Center for
Advanced Manufacturing
Chattahoochee Tech hosted community leaders at a ribbon-cutting ceremony to cele
brate the opening of the college’s Center for Advanced Manufacturing.
Chattahoochee Technical
College celebrated the open
ing of its $8,905,000 Center
for Advanced Manufacturing
at the North Metro Campus
with a ribbon-cutting cere
mony held Thursday, April
21, in conjunction with the
Cartersville-Bartow Cham
ber of Commerce.
North Georgia Staffing
President Debbie Underkof-
fler, who also serves on the
college’s Board of Directors,
was a featured speaker at this
event. “I believe the training
that is going to take place in
this building is going to be
such an asset for our current
and future workforce, and
open up so many opportuni
ties,” said Underkoffler. “At
North Georgia Staffing, we
specialize in manufacturing
staffing, and this building is
just music to our ears.”
Located in the center of
campus, the 20,001-square-
foot Center for Advanced
Manufacturing will house the
college’s Precision Machin
ing and Manufacturing pro
gram, as well as the
Industrial Maintenance and
Electrical Technology pro
gram. This facility also fea
tures high-tech computer labs
and robotics.
Non-credit skilled work
force training in industrial
maintenance will be available
for local industry in this facil
ity through the college’s Of
fice of Economic
Development.
“Local industries have an
increasing need for a trained
workforce in advanced man
ufacturing technologies,”
said Dr. Ron Newcomb.
“This facility will allow us to
answer employer needs
within our community.”
For more information,
visit ChattahoocheeTech.edu.