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The True Citizen, Wednesday, September 21,2022 — Page 7
I^FOR THE RECORD
Man charged for catalytic converter theft
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
A Vidalia man is charged
with 10 felony counts of theft
by taking for allegedly stealing
catalytic converters.
Reeves Custom Coaches
reported September 2 that mul
tiple catalytic converters had
been cut off of customers ’ RVs.
According to a Burke County
Sheriff’s Office incident re
port, Hunter Reeves made the
discovery when he went to
service one of the RVs. The
front section of the property
was secured with a gate and
fence and was not damaged.
Security camera footage was
available.
Clay Austin Gibson was ar
rested September 13 and held
without bond.
The estimated cost per cata
lytic converter is $2677.
BURKE COUNTY JAIL BOOKINGS
SEPT. 12-18
Otis Wesley
Bailey, 31
US Hwy 25 N,
Waynesboro
BCSO, Sept. 17
Battery; criminal
trespass
Emily Ann
Johnson, 39
Baduiy St.,
Waynesboro
WPD, Sept. 17
Aggravated assault -
family violence
Renzo
Whitfield, 55
Chaucer Rd,
Waynesboro
BCSO, Sept. 13
Probation violation -
felony
NO
PHOTO
AVAILABLE
Steven James
Harman,
Brushy Creek Rd.,
Keysvi/le
BCSO, Sept. 18
Simple battery -
family violence
Demarrius Rashad
Jeffers, 31
Zack St.,
Waynesboro
BCSO, Sept. 16
Probation violation
for fingerprintabie
charge - felony
Clay Austin
Gibson, 24
Tom McDonald Rd.,
Vidalia
BCSO, Sept. 13
Theft by taking -
catalytic converter -
felony (10 counts)
Nyeesha Naeema
Hankerson,30
Middieground Rd..
Waynesboro
BCSO, Sept. 17
Safekeeping for
Grovetown PD
Antwon Deangelo
Johnson, 38
South Main St.,
Sy/vania
GSP, Sept. 18
Safekeeping for New
ington
EricTyrece
Douglas, 34
MyrickSt,
Waynesboro
WPD, Sept. 14
Property damage, de
struction, or trespass
ing - city ordinance
(housing for WPD)
Nathaniel
Jones, 55
Mamie Jo Lane,
Waynesboro
WPD, Sept. 13
Battery - family
violence (1st offense)
- misdemeanor;
probation violation
- municipal (sus
pended license etc.);
housing for WPD
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AVAILABLE
Willard Lamar
McDowell
North Main St.,
Tonopah, Nev.
BCSO, Sept. 17
Speeding in excess
of maximum limits
76/55; open contain
er of alcohol in motor
vehicle; DUI - driving
under the influence
of alcohol
Stephen Jermaine
Phillips, 40
Johns Rd., Augusta
BCSO, Sept. 16
DUI - driving under
the influence of
alcohol; aggravated
battery
Wendell Bernard
Washington, 25
Brower Ln., Sardis
BCSO, Sept. 17
Possession of fire
arm or knife during
the commission of
or attempt to commit
certain felonies; dis
charge of firearms
on ornearpubtic
highway or street;
reckless conduct
Dylan Ja’von
Dixon, 20
Charles PerryAve.,
Sardis
GSP, Sept. 18
Speeding in excess
of maximum limits
78/55; holding/
supporting wireless
telecommunications
device; DU7 - less
safe - alcohol
Jamie Nadine
Aikens, 29
Hattocks Ave.,
Maysville, NC
BCSO, Sept. 16
Interference with
custody - 1st or 2nd
conviction - misde
meanor
AGENCIES
BCSO: Burke County Sheriff’s Office;
WPD: Waynesboro Police Department;
GSP: Georgia State Patrol;
MPD: Midville Police Department;
SPD: Sardis Police Department;
JCSO: Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office;
DOC: Department of Corrections
DNR: Departmentof Natural Resources
DISCLAIMER NOTICE: ALL ARE
PRESUMED INNOCENT UNTIL
PROVEN GUILTY IN A COURT
OF LAW
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BURKE EMA REPORT
The Burke County Emergency Management Agency re
sponded to 124 patients’ calls during the week ending Sept.
18. Of those, 65 resulted in transports, including 34 to Augusta
hospitals and two to other out-of-county hospitals. Twenty five
of the transports were emergencies and 40 were non-emergent.
The agency also answered 22 fire calls during the week.
They included one brush/grass fire, three fire/smoke alarms,
15 rescues, one vehicle fire and two unspecified calls.
Flipping deputies the bird
SHELLIE SMITLEY
thetruecitizen.shellie@gmail.com
A local man thought to be
hiding in his bedroom with a
gun after a domestic dispute,
“shot birds” at the Burke Coun
ty Sheriff’s Office deputies
who came to arrest him.
Meagon Benefield called 911
after she was assaulted by her
boyfriend Otis Bailey Friday,
September 16. She told officers
she was outside hiding and that
Bailey had a rifle in his bed
room, according to the official
incident report.
Deputies arrived on the scene
and located Benefield in the
basement area crying, shiver
ing and sitting at the basement
steps in a fetal position.
“She was highly intoxicated
and had trouble getting up,”
the deputy wrote. “I observed
Benefield to have several vis
ible injuries including a cut to
her left eyebrow, a busted lip,
visible swelling around her face
and head, as well as a larger cut
on her right foot/ankle area.”
According to Benefield, she
and Bailey were drinking with
another couple when an argu
ment began. Bailey got mad
at Benefield and pushed her
down, got on top of her and
began repeatedly hitting her
in the head with closed fists.
When she tried to run away,
he pushed her down again.
She stated her glasses were
knocked from her face during
the altercation and she lost one
of her lenses, valued at $275.
Deputies attempted to knock
on the door of the residence
several times in their search
for Bailey. Finally, contact was
made with Bailey through his
bedroom window, where depu
ties could see him sleeping on
a bed.
“When they knocked on the
window, Bailey shot birds at
them and refused to get up,”
the incident report states.
After several minutes, Bai
ley came to the garage door
and was taken into custody
and charged with battery and
criminal trespass.
Although Bailey uttered
that he didn’t do anything,
officers observed his knees to
be scratched and blood on his
knuckles, indicating that he had
assaulted Benefield in the way
that she described.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Editor:
Your recent article in the True Citizen contains completely
incorrect information and I would like to correct/amend/update
via this letter.
My last name is spelled VanDeRyt.
I had overdosed on fentanyl while in Bloomingdale. The EMT’s
spent 30 minutes using the AED and giving me CPR on the side
of the interstate. When I came back to life, I had a heart rate of
6 beats per minute. The medical transport had already covered
my body with a sheet and in ice and declared a time of death.
It is a miracle I’m alive and it deserves to be amended to show
that it was not some funny mishap where my death was mistaken,
but a real situation where I WAS pronounced dead after these
medical personnel busted their behinds to save my life and were
riding with my lifeless body while believing they had failed.
After I came to and the EMT’s were leaving me at the hospital
(St. Joseph's), I asked them if the fentanyl crisis/opioid epidemic
was as bad as they say it is. One of the EMT’s looked at me and
said, “Oh yeah. I see at least three or four of these a night, more
on the weekends.” The next EMT chimed in: “and keep in mind,
that’s three or four OD’s per each of us EMS personnel each
night.” (Keep in mind., this is in SAVANNAH. A lot of people,
a lot of EMT’s, a lot of overdoses).
Only about half of those overdoses survive.
This article’s misinformation can misguide people about using
drugs and addiction, and while meth is dangerous, the opioid
epidemic is even more so.
Written for my sake and for those caught in the seemingly
never ending cycle of opiate use that is becoming more danger
ous by the day.
Thank you,
Kristen VanDeRyt”
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