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February 11, 2009
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^Reporter
The Public Record
Deputies: Forsyth woman made up assault
BY LAURA THACKSTON
A Forsyth woman told police
she ran out of gas on Jenkins
Road and was nearly assaulted
by two heavy-set men who
stopped to check on her. But
deputies say she was actually
drunk and was found crawling
on the road after jumping out of
her ex-lover’s truck, and charged
her with lying to authorities.
Jessica Ramsey, 31, was arrest
ed after she apparently lied to a
Monroe County Sheriffs deputy,
telling him she had been
assaulted on Jenkins Road.
According to a sheriffs report,
Ramsey told Cpl. Coughenour
III that she was driving home
from an all-night poker game in
Macon when her Chevrolet
Suburban ran out of gas on
Jenkins Road. Ramsey said she
had left her car and started
walking toward Rumble Road
when a truck pulled up beside
her. Ramsey said two heavy set
men got out of the truck and
walked toward her, forcing her
back against the car. Ramsey
claimed that she tried to fight
them off as they grabbed at her
and her belt. Then she said a
car passed by and one of the
men threw her to the ground
before leaving and heading
toward Rumble Road.
Coughenour went to Jenkins
Road and tried to find the loca
tion of the alleged assault.
Unable to find it, Ramsey pur
ported to give him a description
of where she had been. She also
said she had lost her cell phone
and wallet during the assault.
Coughenour returned to the
scene but couldn’t find Ramsey's
wallet or cell phone even by call
ing the number. While talking to
Ramsey at her house,
Coughenour also saw dried
blood on the front porch.
Coughenour later learned that
a Pineview Road resident had
notified Forsyth police that
Ramsey had damaged his car.
He said said he'd had an affair
with her. The complainant said
Ramsey had come to his location
at a Macon bar and was very
drunk, so he decided to take her
home.While driving to Forsyth,
he again told Ramsey that the
affair was over and he was
going back to his wife. He said
Ramsey then flew into a rage
and cussed at him during the
rest of the ride back, and she
also damaged his Nissan Titan.
The complainant said he had
just turned onto Jenkins Road
when Ramsey opened the car
door and jumped out. He said he
asked Ramsey to get back into
the truck, but she only cussed at
him so he drove off and left her
there.
Also, Ramsey’s next door
neighbor told deputies that
Ramsey had called him at 2:43
a.m. and asked for a ride. The
neighbor said he had found
Ramsey crawling on Jenkins
Road. He put her inside his
truck. He said Ramsey had
attacked him on the way to her
house. According to the report,
the neighbor had visible injuries
on his face and his left hand.
The neighbor said once they got
to her house Ramsey kicked the
bed with her foot and hit the
bed with her hand. Ramsey
reportedly told the neighbor
that she didn't remember any
thing that had happened.
Later, a friend of Ramsey’s
confirmed that she had taken
Ramsey to a Macon bar and left
her with her ex-lover. Ramsey
admitted that she had lied
about the incident but said she
had been scared.
Ramsey was charged with
false report of a crime and crim
inal damage to property in the
second degree.
Reward offered in home invasion
Still no arrests have been made
but a reward is being offered for
information that leads to an arrest
in the armed home invasion Jan. 27
at the home of Marvin and Linda
Bowdoin in Juliette.
Sheriff John Cary Bittick said he’s
working on getting several organi
zations and groups to donate to the
reward fund. Bowdoin is already
putting up $1,000 of his own money.
The reward will be paid for infor
mation that leads to an arrest and
conviction in the case.
A masked man armed with a shot
gun entered the Bowdoin home on
Juliette Road around 9 p.m. on Jan.
27. Bowdoin, owner of Bowdoin’s
grocery store on Hwy. 87, fired two
shots from his .22 pistol and robber
fled, but hasn’t been arrested.
Bowdoin’s heroic effort to defend
his family and property from the
armed invader has won him nation
al notoriety. The National Rifle
Association and other media outlets
have picked up the story. Bowdoin
said he’s just happy to have gotten
out of it without being killed.
“I’m just glad to be alive,” said
Bowdoin. Anyone with information
is asked to call sheriff’s Inv. Allen
Henderson at 994-7287.
Incidents
The Monroe County
Sheriff’s office reported the
following incidents Jan.
31-Feb. 1:
Dog slaughters
goat, gets shot
At 10 a.m. on Jan. 31
Deputy Seckinger was dis
patched to Blout Road in
reference to an animal
complaint. The com
plainant said around 7:45
a.m. he noticed that one of
his goats had been killed
and partially eaten. The
victim said a yellow lab
had come from the barn
with some of the dead
goat’s organs hanging from
its mouth. At that time the
complainant shot and
killed the dog and notified
police. The value of the
goat was $90. The victim
didn’t know who owned the
dog.
Man trying to
impersonate
police officer?
At 10:36 p.m.on Jan. 31
Deputy Haskins noticed a
black Chevrolet truck
pulled off onto a logging
trail on Gordon Road. The
truck owner said he and
his friend were just sitting
in the truck drinking beer
and talking. The owner
agreed to let Haskins
search the truck and a
scanner and emergency
lights were found. The man
said the lights were not
wired up and were white.
The owner said he’d had
about five beers and the
passenger was given per
mission to drive. At the
Sheriff’s office, Deputy
Beck ran a criminal check
on the truck owner and
found that he had been
previously arrested for
impersonating a police offi
cer. Beck and Haskins
went back and found the
truck on Teagle Road. The
driver was stopped for no
tag light and failure to
maintain lane. The owner
passed sobriety tests.
Haskins seized the lights,
flash controller and siren
control from the truck
owner. Haskins was going
to contact the Griffin and
Spalding County police
departments to see if any
one had been stopped by a
black truck or by someone
matching the truck owner’s
description.
Rottweiler
puppy shot and
killed in yard
At 1:21 p.m. on Jan. 31
Deputy Seckinger was dis
patched to Big Buck Drive
after it wa reported that
sometime between 7 a.m.
and 11:20 a.m. someone
shot a man’s six month old
Rottweiller puppy while it
was chained in the front
yard. No one was home at
the time and no one wit
nessed the incident but a
woman had called the vic
tim to tell him about his
dog. There was blood on
the ground from the where
the dog had been. The cal
iber of the weapon was not
known and the victim said
it appeared the bullet had
gone through the dog.
Driving without
headlights, man
gets DUI charge
At 1:07 a.m. on Feb. 1
Sgt. Haskins was given a
lookout for a black SUV
driving without headlights
and weaving on 1-75 south.
Haskins watched the driv
er exit the interstate and
stop behind Waffle House.
The driver had his wind
shield wipers on even
though it wasn’t raining
and Haskins could smell
alcohol coming from the
car. The suspect couldn’t
find his license and said he
must have left it at the
club. When Haskins asked
how much he’d had to
drink, the driver said he
hadn’t had too much.
Haskins noticed a U.S.
Army ID and asked the
driver to hand it to him.
The suspect’s information
came back not on file. The
driver then tried to act as
if his credit card was a dri
ver’s license. He failed
sobriety tests and blew a
.183 during a breathalyzer
test. He was charged with
driving without headlights
and DUI.
Pit bull stops
burglary
At 2:21 p.m. on Feb. 1
Cpl. Coughenour III was
dispatched to Collier Road
about a burglary. A com
plainant said he and his
wife had left the house
around 9 a.m. and
returned around 2:30 p.m.
to find two dogs standing
at the end of the driveway
and the rear door was
open. It appeared the bur
glars had used a sharp or
flat instrument to pry the
lock from its housing. The
burglars took a Sony
Playstation 2 from a child’s
room and ransacked a sur
rounding cabinet. They
also removed all the cables
from a Dell laptop and laid
the Playstation box on the
dining table. The laptop
had not been taken or
moved from its original
location. A Honeywell box
was missing from the mas
ter bedroom that had con
tained a large amount of
coins and money. Sometime
during the burglary a large
pit bull had gotten off of its
leash and entered the
house. The owners had
realized this when they
returned home and found
the dog and an overturned
chair in the living room.
The Playstation and sever
al pieces of jewelry had
been left on the dining
table. A white plastic Wii
game box was also found
lying in the driveway. The
location of the box was evi
dence that the burglars
had left the area walking
or running toward Collier
Road. The box was placed
into evidence for finger
printing.
-Compiled by Laura
Thackston
Arrests
The following arrests were reported
at the Monroe County Jail Jan. 28-
Feb. 4. An arrest means a person has
been charged with a crime but the
law considers them innocent until
proven guilty:
Jan.28
• 10 a.m. Paul Atlee Laneback, 28,
Juliette, theft by taking
Jan.29
•6:59 p.m. Randall Matthew Ware,
25, Crossett, AR, armed robbery,
aggravated assault
•7:51 p.m. William Christopher
King, 33, Athens, TN, aggravated
assault, armed robbery
Jan.30
•4:36 p.m. Edward Eugene
Knolton, 44, Roberta, robbery
Jan.31
•2:39 a.m. Robert Gresham, 20,
Knoxville, TN, violation of GA con
trolled substance
•2:43 a.m. Tyler Brandon Henry,
20, Knoxville, TN, possession of mari
juana, no tail lights, driving on sus
pended license
•6:23 p.m. Yoshanda Bonner, 31,
Macon, financial identity fraud
Feb. 1
•2:08 a.m. Elias Bonilla, 30,
Fayetteville, headlight covers, DUI
•2:22 p.m. Abraham Garcia, 22,
Alpharetta, driving without license,
failing to stop at an accident with
injuries, improper lane change
•3:18 p.m. Luis Ortiz, 22, Dudley,
NC, no license, aggressive driver, hit
and run
Feb. 2
•9:32 a.m. Jessica Lyn Ramsey, 31,
Forsyth, criminal damage to property
in second degree, false report of a
crime
• 12:53 p.m. Bryan McCracken, 38,
Smyrna, TN, deposit account fraud
•7:54 p.m. Chris Lee Napier, 38,
Forsyth, passing on a double yellow
line, reckless driving, DUI
Feb. 3
•8:34 a.m. Latrence Morgan, 26,
Forsyth, simple battery
Feb. 4
•12:04 a.m. Deja Antione Grier, 20,
Forsyth, theft by receiving stolen
property
•12:12 a.m. David High Jr., theft by
receiving stolen property
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