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November 28, 2012
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The Public Record
Forsyth’s Middlebrooks completes DUI course
Sergeant Teldric Middlebrooks of
the Forsyth Police Department
completed a D.U.I. Detection and
Standardized Field Sobriety
Testing course taught by the
Georgia Police Academy Division
of the Georgia Public Safety
Training Center in Forsyth.
This training program includes
the observation techniques
involved in recognizing when a
driver may be operating vehicle
under the influence of intoxicants.
Patterns of driver behavior and
the more common driving errors
committed by drivers under the
influence of intoxicants are identi
fied. Students are taught the safe
methods of stopping and
approaching a suspect driver and
the observations to make in order
to determine if a driver is under
the influence.
Emphasis is placed on the prop
er manner in which to administer
field sobriety tests. Practical exer
cises are conducted during the day
and night, and are used to empha
size the importance of a proper
response to this problem. The field
sobriety tests taught meet the
standards of the National
at GPSTC
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration and the
International Association of Chiefs
of Police.
Funding for this program has
been provided by the State of
Georgia Governor's Office of
Highway Safety.
Incidents
The following incidents
were reported by the
Monroe County Sheriff’s
Department Nov. 10-Nov.
19.
Pit bull owner
cited for neglect
Two dog owners were
found to have violated coun
ty animal ordinances follow
ing a sheriffs investigation.
At about 6:25 p.m on Nov.
10, Sgt. Randy Grindstaff
and Dep. Kevin Powell met
with a Pioneer Trail man
who wanted to file a com
plaint about his neighbor's
dog whose home is on Ham
Road. The resident said he
and some other neighbors
had previously complained
about the neighbor's dog
constantly barking. The res
ident said the dog has no
shelter, and that the owner
was not giving it food or
water. The resident said the
dog owner moved it as close
to his property as possible
and as far away from the
owner's home as possible.
While Grindstaff was there,
the dog continuously barked
for 20 minutes, a clear vio
lation of the nuisance ordi
nance. Powell and
Grindstaff saw the dog, a
Pit Bulldog puppy, from the
resident's property, and
they saw the dog was with
out shelter, tied to a tree
and without any sign of food
or water. The dog was also
without a rabies or ID tag.
Powell and Grindstaff tried
to meet with the dog's own
ers but no one answered the
door. Grindstaff saw the dog
was malnourished and
appeared dehydrated.
County animal control offi
cer Alfred Taylor took pos
session of the Pit Bulldog
puppy, as well as a Bull
Mastif that was severely
infested with the mange.
Grindstaff was later con
tacted by the dog's female
owner who said she and her
husband own the Bull
Mastif. The owner said her
female best friend who had
moved out the previous day
was the owner of the Pit
Bulldog puppy. Grindstaff
determined the Pit Bulldog
puppy's owner had had pre
vious complaints filed with
Animal Control in Griffin
and in Henry County, and
she is also on felony proba
tion for obstruction. On Nov.
13, Dr. Brandon Pinson
examined both dogs and
determined the Pit Bull was
about 15 percent under
weight, and the Bull Mastif
had a skin allergy from flea
bites. Pinson said he didn't
think there was enough evi
dence to prosecute on the
state level but said there
were signs of neglect. The
Bull Mastif s owner was
charged with county ordi
nance violations for rabies
vaccination and identifica
tion tag requirements while
the Pit Bulldog owner was
charged with county ordi
nance violations for neglect
of an animal, rabies vacci
nation, identification tag
and nuisance.
Stabbing suspect
nabbed during
Monroe traffic stop
A 55-year-old black Tifton
man, who is a suspect in a
Bartow County stabbing,
was arrested and charged
with driving on a suspended
license and failure to main
tain lane after a traffic stop
on 1-75 South on Nov 18. At
about 4:30 a.m., Dep.
Timothy Campfield received
a lookout for a white
Mercury Grand Marquis
traveling on 1-75 South
toward Tifton. The male
driver was a suspect in a
Bartow County stabbing.
Campfield saw the vehicle,
which had a Tift County
County tag. Sgt. Kirk
Seckinger, Cpl. Edgar
Johnson, Dep. Jeff Wilson,
Campfield and two Forsyth
Police Officers, Sgt. Teldric
Middlebrooks and Officer
Redd stopped the car. The
driver was arrested and
placed in the back of
Campfield's patrol car.
While inventorying the dri
ver's vehicle, Wilson found a
knife wrapped with a maga
zine between the front
seats. A black cell phone
was also placed into evi
dence. The driver was taken
to the Monroe County
Sheriffs Office where his
clothes could be examined.
He was wearing a white col
lared shirt that was covered
with blood and dirt.
Store employee
accidentally
shoots himself
At about 7:03 p.m. on Nov.
17, Dep. Timothy Campfield
went to a Hwy. 87 store
where he met with a man
who said he shot himself
accidentally. The man said
he works at the All Seasons
Bait and Tackle. The man
said when he was closing
up, he retrieved his
Jennings .22-caliber pistol
from behind the register.
The man said as he was
putting the gun in his hol
ster, he dropped it. The man
said the gun hit the floor
and discharged, shooting
him in the right forearm.
Campfield asked the man if
there were any witnesses.
The man said there were
not. He said the gun
belonged to the store own
ers, but he has had it for
several years. Campfield
took photographs of the
scene and placed the gun
into evidence. He was
unable to photograph the
gunshot wound because it
had already been wrapped
up when he arrived. The
man was transported for
medical attention by
Monroe County EMS.
Headphones, GPS
among items
stolen from truck
At about 5:10 a.m. on Nov.
15, Sgt. Randy Grindstaff
met with a Smith Road
man who said his company
truck had been broken into
between the hours of 9 p.m.
the previous night and 5
a.m. that morning. The resi
dent's unlocked truck was
parked in the driveway
beside the home. The truck
is a 2010 white GMC Sierra
owned by U.S. Sprinkler
Inc. of Stockbridge. The
stolen items included: a
black Garmin GPS, a yellow
18-volt Dewalt cordless
drill, a set of black JVC
Sports headphones, a black
chrome Husky 140-piece
socket set and a gray
Jansport book bag. The
items were valued at about
$635. It was the second
reported auto break-in in
the area in 24 hours. At
about 5:44 p.m. on Nov. 14,
Cpl. Willie Brown met with
a Floyd Road man who said
he was leaving for work at
about 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 14
when he noticed someone
had entered his pickup
truck and taken his GPS
system, a carton of ciga
rettes and three lighters.
The resident said he was
unable to obtain a serial
number for his GPS system.
The stolen items were val
ued at about $190.
Forsyth mayor’s
name forged on
fraudulent check
At about 4 p.m. on Nov.
16, Dep. Lawson Bittick
went to Forsyth City Hall in
reference to forgery. Bittick
met with Forsyth city man
ager Thomas White who
said a man tried to cash a
$1,650 false check from the
City of Forsyth at the
Monroe County Bank in
Bolingbroke. The teller at
the bank did not cash the
check and immediately noti
fied city hall of the attempt
ed transaction. White said
the signatures on the check
are copies of both Forsyth
mayor John Howard and a
city hall employee. White
said the original city check
was written to Unifirst
Corp. in the amount of
$307.86.
Couple arrested
for stealing TV,
gun from home
on Lee King Road
A 30-year-old white
Forsyth woman and a 32-
year-old white Forsyth man
were each arrested and
charged with two counts of
theft by taking after it was
discovered they stole and
pawned a shotgun and a TV
from a Lee King Road
home. The woman was also
charged with obstruction. At
about 12:07 p.m. on Nov. 18,
Dep. Lawson Bittick went
to a Lee King Road home in
reference to a burglary. A
man told Bittick an Insignia
TV had been stolen from a
bedroom in the home, which
was vacant. The man's
mother, the home's owner,
said the TV had been there
several days earlier. There
was no visible forced entry
to the home. The homeown
er said she found out her
daughter had been inside
the home and taken a 12-
gauge Mossberg shotgun.
The homeowner said her
daughter told her she was
using the shotgun while
going hunting with her hus
band in south Georgia.
Bittick asked the homeown
er's daughter over the
phone if she had the shot
gun, and the homeowner's
daughter said she did. The
homeowner's daughter said
she had come to the home
on Nov. 17 and retrieved the
shotgun from behind the
front door. The homeowner's
daughter said she was with
her husband in south
Georgia and said she didn't
know anything about the
television being stolen. She
said she had several TVs in
her home and did not have
any need for another one.
The homeowner said her
daughter had a key to the
home and had never been
told not to return to it. The
homeowner then told
Bittick her daughter likely
pawned the items at a
pawn shop. Bittick called
the homeowner's daughter a
second time and asked her
to return the shotgun to the
Sheriffs Office the next day
when they returned from
their hunting trip. The
homeowner's daughter said
she had just talked to her
mother and said her mother
didn't want the Sheriffs
Office to have the weapon.
Later in the evening, Bittick
met with a man who said
he heard directly from the
homeowner's daughter and
her husband that they had
pawned the shotgun at a
pawn shop in Macon. The
man said the homeowner's
daughter and her husband
were at their home on Old
Atlanta Highway and had
never traveled to south
Georgia to hunt at all.
Bittick then went to the
homeowner's daughter's
address and saw her hus
band sitting on the couch
inside the home. The hus
band invited Bittick inside,
and when Bittick asked him
about their trip, he admit
ted they had lied about the
trip. The husband said they
came up with the story
because they wanted extra
time to go pick up the TV
and shotgun he admitted
they had pawned. The
homeowner's daughter then
arrived at her home. Bittick
asked her about her trip.
The homeowner's daughter
then admitted she had
pawned the shotgun and
the TV because of rough
times, but that she planned
to return the items before
anyone noticed they were
gone. She said she pawned
the shotgun at Macon Gun
and Pawn for $100 and
pawned the TV at Van's
Pawn Shop for $115. Both
shops were contacted and
asked to place a hold on the
items.
Missing teen girl
returns home after
Nov. 19 search
At about 7:53 p.m. on Nov.
19, Dep. Charles King went
to a Logwall Church Road
home in reference to a miss
ing person. King met with
the female homeowner who
said her 13-year-old daugh
ter had left the home and
had not returned. The
homeowner said her daugh
ter had been gone since
about 4:30 p.m. that after
noon. Monroe County
Emergency Services arrived
at the scene to assist with a
search. After searching for
about four hours to no avail,
a helicopter with night
vision was called in. After
the helicopter searched for
about an hour, the daughter
returned home at about
3:45 a.m. King asked the
daughter where she had
been, and she responded
she had been at another
property owned by her par
ents across the pasture.
King asked the daughter
why she had left. The
daughter hesitated for sev
eral moments and then said
it was just a disagreement
with her sister and that she
had needed to get away for
a little while. King
explained the seriousness of
the situation to the daugh
ter, and she apologized for
her actions.
The following arrests were
reported by the Monroe
County Sheriff’s Department
Nov. 15-20. The arrest means
someone has been charged
with a crime, but the law
considers them innocent
until proven guilty.
Nov. 15
• Carl Benjamin Dozier,
43, Forsyth, child support
contempt order
• Latiera Tagena Grier,
23, Forsyth, terroristic
threats
• Jason Shariod
Hargrow, 32, Forsyth,
driving while license sus
pended/revoked, no regis
tration
• Edward Binion Harris,
46, Juliette, child support
contempt order
• Shaneika Louise
Smith, 17, Forsyth, GCC
(city)
• Tonya Marie Wilson,
31, Forsyth, theft by
shoplifting, GCC
(Magistrate)
Nov. 16
• Russell Dwayne
Bowdoin, 45, Forsyth,
aggravated stalking
• Stephanie Dianne
Deaton, 20, Forsyth, driv
ing while license suspend
ed/revoked, DUI
• Terry Michael
Edwards, 28, Forsyth,
child support contempt
order
• Peggy Sue Marshall,
45, Forsyth, suspended
registration, driving while
license suspended/revoked,
no proof of insurance
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Arrests
• Adam Daniel Morgan,
36, Forsyth, theft by tak
ing, terroristic threats,
simple battery, theft by
shoplifting, simple battery
Nov. 17
• Kara Nicole Brown,
23, Centerville, giving
false name
• Herman Lee Reeves,
42, Forsyth, off bond
Nov. 18
• Jennifer Denise
Mucher, 30, Forsyth, theft
by taking, obstruction
Nov. 19
• Brandon Robert Clark,
29, Atlanta, DUI, failure to
maintain lane, speeding,
open container violation
• Stantavious Da' Juan
Hill, 20, Lithonia, theft by
taking, criminal trespass
• Bradley Ray Mucher,
32, Forsyth, theft by tak
ing
• Christopher Guy
Spear, 36, Jackson, child
support contempt order
Nov. 20
• Serena Blanton
Himes, 39, Odom, driving
while license
suspended/revoked, speed
ing
• Paul Alexander
Sutton, 35, Bronx, N.Y.,
driving while license sus
pended/revoked, speeding
WANT
Raymond Childers
W/M-Age: 52
Wanted by the Monroe County Sheriff’s
Office for Terroristic Threats.
Anthony Ausbrooks
B/M • Age: 39
Wanted by the Monroe County Sheriff’s
Office for Violation of Probation
Rickie Searcy
B/M • Age: 51
Wanted by the Monroe County Sheriff’s
Office for Theft by Taking
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