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August 13, 2008
^Reporter
fatality
Alcohol blamed in 1-75
Detroit man returning from bowling trip
BY LAURA THACKSTON
A Detroit man died on I-
75 in Monroe County on
Monday, July 21 after
wrecking his car, getting
out and then being run
over by a tractor trailer.
Ian D-Sean Brown, 25,
succumbed to fatal head
injuries after he was run
over by the tractor trail
er.
Here’s what happened,
according to an incident
report: Brown was trying
to go around a curve on I-
75 when he lost control of
his 2009 Toyota Camry
at 3:47 a.m. According to
witnesses, he ran off the
roadway and into the
emergency lane, nearly
hitting a guardrail.
Brown overcorrected and
went across three lanes of
traffic before hitting the
guardrail head on. His
car spun around and hit
the guardrail a second
time, then came to a stop
in the second and third
lanes. Witnesses said
Brown got out of his car
and appeared to be very
unsteady on his feet. Two
people who witnessed the
accident stopped to help
him. They were trying to
lead him to safety when
Brown snatched away
from them and turned in
the path of an oncoming
tractor-trailer. The driver
tried to stop, then
switched lanes, but was
unable to avoid Brown.
He went underneath the
trailer, his head and arms
caught under the driver's
side rear wheel. The vehi
cle drug Brown a short
distance before coming to
a stop. He died at the
scene from massive head
trauma.
Police arrived shortly
after the accident hap
pened. Deputy C. King
found receipts showing
Brown spent $180 at a
bowling alley in Atlanta
and $16.50 on Belvedere
Vodka a few hours before.
After the tractor-trailer
had been moved off of
Brown, Deputy King said
there was a strong smell
of alcohol coming from
his body. The body was
taken to the Monroe
County Hospital, where
Dr. John Rogers drew a
small amount of blood
from Brown for tests.
No charges were filed in
the wreck. Brown had
been charged with DUI in
Monroe County earlier
this summer.
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Flashlight to the head
persuades suspect to give in
With no license,
pays for resisting
£$. Grindstaff
BY LAURA THACKSTON
An altercation between a
Monroe County sheriffs
deputy and a fleeing sus
pect in the woods behind
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
finally ended when the
deputy hit the suspect over
the head with a flashlight
Aug. 4.
Here’s what happened,
according to an incident
report: Sgt. Randy
Grindstaff of the Monroe
County Sheriffs
Department was driving on
Tingle Road on Aug. 4
when a Chevrolet pickup
with only one working
headlight passed him.
Grindstaff immediately
turned his car around and
followed the truck. A com
puter check showed the
car's license plate
belonged to a Chevrolet
Impala, not a truck, and as
they crossed the Butts
County line, Grindstaff
tried to stop the pickup.
But the driver, Kenneth
Lebron Holcombe, led
Grindstaff on a high speed
chase down Mount Vernon
Church Road, going 80
mph in a 40 mph zone. At
the intersection of
Mount Vernon
Church Road and
Brownlee Road, a
four way stop,
Holcombe acceler
ated and ran
through a stop
sign. Grindstaff
said Holcombe
slowed down, then
accelerated and
continued driving
at a high speed. Finally,
Holcombe pulled into the
the parking lot of Mount
Vernon Baptist Church
and fled on foot into the
woods behind the church.
Grindstaff quickly caught
up to Holcombe, but he
refused to obey any of his
commands. Grindstaff
threw Holcombe onto the
ground and pepper sprayed
him, but was unable to get
him into custody. Holcombe
began running until he
reached a house on Mt.
View Road. According to
the report, Holcombe said
he was near his brother's
house and began scream
ing his name. Grindstaff
threw the suspect to the
ground again and told him
to put his hands behind his
back. Holcombe wouldn't
listen and
refused to obey
orders. Fearing
for his safety,
Grindstaff hit
the suspect in
the head with
his flashlight,
causing him to
cooperate and
allowing him
self to be hand
cuffed. An
ambulance arrived and
treated Grindstaff and
Holcombe for injuries they
got while tussling in the
woods. Deputy Jackson
arrived on scene and asked
the suspect why he ran.
Holcombe told police he
didn't have a license. The
suspect's license was sus
pended for failure to
appear in court.
Holcombe was arrested
and charged with fleeing
and attempting to elude,
and obstruction of a law
enforcement officer, and
other charges are pending.
HOLCOMBE
Ky. fugitive, passenger captured
after high-speed 1-75 chase
A Kentucky pair has been arrested after
a high speed chase in the early morning
hours of Aug. 6 on 1-75 and
Monroe County roads.
Leonard Holland, 44, of
Goose Rock, Ky. was stopped
by a Monroe County deputy
around 8 a.m. at mile mark
er 190 southbound on 1-75
when the deputy noticed
the vehicle drifting into
other lanes of travel.
Holland was driving a sil
ver 1990 Toyota Camry and when the
deputy called the license plate numbers in
to dispatch, the tag came back to another
vehicle. When the deputy exited his vehi
cle to speak to Holland, Holland drove off
and reached speeds of over 100 mph
before exiting 1-75 at exit 188. Holland
quickly turned the car around and got
back on 1-75, reaching speeds of 120 mph.
Holland drove, with the driver's side door
open, into the emergency lane and exited
1-75 at Hwy. 18 where he cut across traffic
before, once again, getting back onto the
interstate. At mile marker
183 Holland drove the
Camry off of 1-75 into a road
side sign and jumped out of
the vehicle near the Bunn
Road area. After a short foot
chase a deputy apprehended
Holland on Gose Road.
Holland is being charged
with felony fleeing and
attempting to elude, obstruc
tion of justice and 11 traffic citations. He
also has a federal warrant out of
Kentucky for arson and is currently under
federal indictment for manufacturing
methamphetamine.
Holland's passenger, 25 year old
Amanda Grubb, of Manchester, Ky. is
being charged with disorderly conduct.
Both are being held at the Monroe
County Jail.
HOLLAND
Atkinson is Burruss
employee of quarter
Burruss Correctional Training Cen
ter Warden Carl Humphrey, right,
and deputy warden Pam Bittick,
honored Mrs. Vanessa Atkinson at a
recent departmental meeting.
Atkinson was the recipient for the
Non-Security Employee of the
Quarter. Her peers nominated her
for her dedication to duty and the
support she gives to prison medical
department. Mrs. Atkinson brought
some valuable experience with her
having worked in the medical unit at the Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison pri
or to her transfer to Burruss CTC in April 2007. Congratulations to Mrs. Vanessa Atkin-
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