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February 18,2009
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DUI for Forsyth man who passed
out while driving Lee Street
BY LAURA THACKSTON
A Forsyth man was arrested Friday,
Feb. 6 after smoking marijuana and
blacking out behind the wheel of his
car.
According to a Forsyth police
report, officers Kimberly Barnett and
Matthew Brown were dispatched to
North Lee Street in reference to a
car sitting in the middle of the road.
When police arrived, they discovered
that two bystanders had moved the
car to the McDonald's parking lot.
One bystander told Brown that
someone had seen the driver, Jack
Burke, passed out behind the wheel
of his car in the middle of North Lee
Street. At that point, the second
bystander arrived and told Brown
that he'd had to get his kids from
school and hadn't felt safe leaving
Burke alone, so he had taken him
with him. The man said Burke had
been traveling south on North Lee
Street when he blacked out behind
the wheel of his car in the middle of
the road. Both bystanders had tried
to wake Burke, but couldn't. The sec
ond man said he had to get into the
car and move it off the road. The two
bystanders were released and an
ambulance was called for Burke.
According to the report, the para
medics said that Burke's vital signs
were normal and Brown asked if he
wanted to go to the hospital. Burke
said he was fine and had just fallen
asleep.
According to the report, Burke said
he had smoked marijuana the night
before and wasn't sure if it had been
laced with other narcotics. He failed
sobriety tests and Barnett said she
thought he was under the influence
of something besides marijuana.
Burke told Brown he had a round
tray in the trunk of the car that he
used to roll up marijuana cigarettes.
While searching the car, Brown
found medical scissors that people
commonly use to hold marijuana cig
arettes while smoking them.
Burke's car was towed and he was
transported to the Monroe County
Hospital where he gave a blood sam
ple. He was charged with driving
under the influence of drugs.
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Incidents
The Forsyth Police
Department reported the
following incidents Jan.
31-Feb 2:
Driver hits
phone booth at
Circle K, flees
At 8:51 p.m. on Jan. 31
Officer Crane was dis
patched to Harold G.
Clarke Parkway after a
complainant said two men
had been arguing and
pushing each other at
Circle K. The complainant
said they got into a Ford
Explorer and sped off, los
ing control and hitting a
phone booth located on the
left corner of Circle K. The
men continued driving and
got on 1-75. The com
plainant didn’t get the
car’s tag number and the
store clerk said she didn’t
see anything and didn’t
know if the men paid in
cash or credit for gas.
Marijuana,
$3,031 found in
traffic stop
At 1:31 a.m. on Feb. 1
Officer Crane stopped a
Volvo on 1-75 for failure to
maintain lane and for a
burnt out tag light. Crane
could see marijuana on the
pants and shirt of the front
passenger and could also
smell it in the car. The
driver and passenger
appeared very nervous but
said there wasn’t marijua
na in the car. The driver
gave Crane permission to
search the car. The passen
ger was searched and was
found to have a clear plas
tic bag of marijuana in his
pants pocket. An empty,
blue plant pot with a hid
den compartment was
found in the car. When
Crane unscrewed the bot
tom drip pan he found two
bundles of money that
were wrapped in rubber
bands. Another bag of mar
ijuana was also found and
the driver said the money
and marijuana were both
his. The driver had a sus
pended license. He and the
passenger were arrested
and transported to the
Monroe County Jail. The
money found in the com
partment and in his pocket
totaled $3,031.
DUI charge after
100 mph chase
At 8:15 p.m. on Feb. 2
Officer Phillips was
patrolling Brooklyn
Avenue when a Chrysler
300 passed him that was
speeding. Phillips had to go
over 100 mph to catch up
to the car and watched as
it passed a Ford truck in a
no passing zone. At this
point Phillips tried to stop
the car but the driver
turned left onto Hwy. 18
without signaling and con
tinued to speed. The driver
saw Phillips behind him
and put on his brakes but
didn’t stop. The driver
finally pulled into the Shell
Station and opened his
door. Phillips had to tell
the driver to stay in the
car twice and could smell a
strong odor of alcohol com
ing from the car and the
driver. At first the driver
wouldn’t tell Phillips how
much he’d had to drink,
but then said he’d had a
few shots about an hour
earlier. The driver tested
positive for alcohol con
sumption and was arrest
ed. He blew a . 144 during a
breathalyzer test.
The Monroe County
Sheriff’s office reported the
following incidents Feb. 5-
11:
Trespasser
at daycare
Deputy Seckinger was
dispatched to R&C
Daycare in High Falls
about a trespasser. A day
care employee said that
around 6:45 p.m. on Feb. 4
a suspect had entered the
business and started offer
ing children cookies. The
complainant said they
have had problems before
with the suspect coming
onto the property. The
owner of R&C daycare
talked to Seckinger on the
phone and asked Seckinger
to tell the suspect that he
would file charges if he
came back on the property.
The suspect said he under
stood what would happen
if he went back to the day
care.
Brothers beat a
man severely
At 7:36 p.m. on Feb. 8 a
complainant said her two
brothers had called her
and wanted her to pick
them up from the Econo
Lodge and take them to
their house because they
had physically assaulted a
man. The complainant said
she is afraid of her broth
ers because they act vio
lently toward her and her
husband. She said one of
them had called her on her
phone and told her they
had severely beat and pos
sibly killed a man. The
suspect said he and his
brother had cleaned up the
blood as best they could
while in the motel room.
Her brother said they
wanted to hide at their
house in case they had
warrants for their arrest.
Jackson found that one of
the men was wanted in
Adairsville for probation
violation but the police
would only pick him up
within a 90 mile radius.
The other man didn’t have
warrants. While Jackson
was talking to the com
plainant, one of her broth
ers continually called her
cell phone. Jackson told
him that he and the other
suspect needed to stay
away from the com
plainant’s house. Jackson
said if they didn’t, the two
men would be charged
with criminal
trespassing.Jackson said
the suspect sounded intoxi
cated, but understood. The
Forsyth Police Dept, was
investigating the assault
the two brothers commit
ted. The assault victim had
suffered severe facial
injuries that would require
surgery.
Car burglarized
in Bolingbroke
At 10:14 p.m. on Feb. 8
Deputy Jackson was dis
patched to the Station 4
Fire Department in
Bolingbroke in reference to
a theft. The complainant
said he had been inside the
fire department when his
co-worker told him that
she heard a car door close.
The complainant said he
went outside and saw that
his rear car door was half
open and the rear passen
ger door was cracked open.
A Panasonic digital cam
era, valued at $100, was
missing from his car but
the car wasn’t damaged.
He said he didn’t know of
The following arrests were
reported at the Monroe
County Jail Feb. 4-7. An
arrest means a person has
been charged with a crime
but the law considers them
innocent until proven
guilty:
Feb. 4
•10:30 a.m. William
Eugene Baughcum, 41,
Juliette, aggravated bat
tery, cruelty to children
Arrests
Feb. 5
•12:49 a.m. Jennifer
Young, 28, Howard City,
MI, possession of marijua
na
•7:20 a.m. Benjamin
Green, 35, Juliette, unlaw
ful eavesdropping/surveil
lance, criminal attempt
•11:41 p.m. Thomas Lee
Kyle, 31, Lafayette, DUI-
drugs, possession of mari
juana, improper lane
change
any suspects. Jackson took
fingerprints from the car’s
rear door. Nothing else had
been disturbed at the fire
department. The victim
was told to contact the
Sheriff’s office if he had
any further knowledge.
Dogs kill rabbits
At 12:28 p.m. on Feb. 11
Sgt. Davis was dispatched
to Hwy. 83 north and a
complainant showed Davis
a pile of dead rabbits and
said that they were killed
by dogs that had come onto
his property. The victim
said he didn’t know who
owned the dogs and didn’t
know where they had come
from. Davis was unable to
find the dogs.
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Feb. 6
•11:39 a.m. Eddie Lee
Cargle, 49, Forsyth,
shoplifting
•5:19 p.m. Jack Burke,
18, Forsyth, DUI-drugs
•8:24 p.m. Tyrone
Carruth, 28, Forsyth, drugs,
sale of drugs.
Feb. 7
•6:23 p.m. Kendrick
Donte Davis, 20, Forsyth,
robbery
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