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October 15, 2014
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INCIDENTS
the female driver who was dissatisfied
The following arrests
were reported by the
Monroe County Sheriff’s
Department Sept.
30-Oct. 4. An arrest
means someone has been
charged with a crime,
but the law considers
them innocent until
proven guilty.
Hopewell Road
resident reports
missing cow
At about 5:31 p.m. on
Sept. 30, Dep. Kevin
Williams went to a
Hopewell Road where
a female resident said
someone had stolen her
tan-colored Jersey cow
called “Pumpkin.” The
resident told Williams
she allowed a male
farmer to take her cow
and breed it with his
bull on his farm. The
resident said the farmer
last saw the cow on
Sept. 24. The resident
said the farmer looked
for the cow in his pas
ture and also went to
see if the cow might
have escaped due to a
down fence. The resident
said the farmer did not
find a fence down any
where nor did he locate
the cow in his pasture.
Williams asked the
resident if anyone had
been been around the
farmer’s pasture, and
she said the farmer had
seen several children
around the fence feeding
the cow. The resident
said she also contacted
the state inspector about
the missing cow, and
the inspector planned to
look for the cow in auc
tions around the state.
The resident said the
cow has a rip on her left
ear and dark coloration
on her face and feet.
The cow was later found
alive in some woods, but
the cow had suffered a
bad foot infection.
Duluth woman
gets DUI after
wine found in car
A 58-year-old white
Duluth woman was
arrested and charged
with DUI (refusal) after
a traffic stop on 1-75
South on Sept. 30. At
about 4:08 p.m., Dep.
John Thompson was
notified by dispatch
ers to be on the lookout
for a white Audi with a
North Carolina tag that
was traveling 35 mph
on 1-75 South and would
not let other vehicles
pass by. Thompson spot
ted the vehicle and saw
it cross the center lane
twice. When Thompson
got behind the car, the
female driver motioned
for Thompson to go
around her, but he
instead stopped the
car. Thompson smelled
a strong odor of alco
hol coming from inside
the car. He also saw
an empty clear plastic
cup in the cupholder
with a yellowish color
liquid inside. The
driver’s eyes were red
and watery, and she
said she was headed to
Louisiana. Thompson
asked the driver if she
had consumed alcohol
throughout the day,
and the driver admitted
to drinking wine with
lunch. Thompson then
asked the driver if there
had been wine in the
cup in her car, and she
said yes. Her speech was
also very slurred. The
driver submitted to field
sobriety tests. After first
saying her eyes were
too bad to do the walk
and turn test, the driver
agreed to do the one-leg
stand test, but she was
unable to keep her leg
elevated for more than
three seconds. After the
driver nearly fell down
trying the one-leg stand
test Thompson decided
it was unsafe to contin
ue the tests. Thompson
then asked the driver
to take a field breath
test. The driver said
she didn’t know what
to do before eventually
conceding she had con
sumed too much alcohol.
The driver tested a high
positive for alcohol on
the field breath test.
Dep. Chad Beck then
inventoried the vehicle
and found an empty car
ton of wine in the back
seat. The driver was
also charged with failure
to maintain lane and an
open container violation.
Limo company
seeks damages
from county
At about 7:09 p.m.
on Oct. 4, Dep. Kevin
Williams went to the
intersection of Blount
and High Falls roads
about property dam
age. The male driver
said he was driving his
limousine to pick up a
client when he pulled off
of the road and hit the
remnants of a road sign
which damaged his tire.
The driver then called
his male fleet manager
to bring him a new tire
for the limo. The fleet
manager brought a new
tire and changed it.
The fleet manager told
Williams the new tire
cost $180 and said he
lost $400 in revenue due
to the damage. The fleet
manager told Williams
he wanted to be reim
bursed by Monroe
County for the damages.
Woman charged
with DUI due to
Xanax tablets
A 40-year-old white
Midway woman was
arrested and charged
with DUI (refusal) after
a traffic stop on Indian
Springs Drive on Oct.
4. At about 4:16 a.m.,
Cpl. Sam Leggett was
notified by Dep. Kianda
Pritchett, who was off-
duty, that there was a
silver Nissan Altima
stopped in the middle
of the road on Indian
Springs Drive near L.
Cary Bittick Drive.
Pritchett told Leggett
appeared to be asleep
at the wheel. Pritchett
stayed at the scene until
Leggett arrived. Leggett
approached the car and
saw the driver slumped
over with her head down
and a cell phone in her
hands. The driver was
apparently asleep and
appeared to be trying
to send a text message
when she fell asleep.
The car was still in gear,
but the driver’s foot was
on the brake. Leggett
knocked on the window,
and the driver woke
up. The driver said she
had been in the Monroe
County Jail parking
lot for several hours
while trying to get her
daughter’s friend out of
jail. Leggett noticed the
driver’s pupils were con
stricted, and her speech
was slurred and ram
bling. The driver then
failed several field sobri
ety tests, including the
walk-and-turn test and
the one-leg stand test.
She tried both of those
tests twice, once with
flip-flops on and once
without them. Leggett
then asked the driver
if she took prescription
medications, and the
driver said she regularly
takes suboxone. The
driver showed Leggett
a Xanax bottle that
she said belongs to her
daughter. In plain view
on the front passenger
seat was a makeup bag
with several prescrip
tion bottles. One of the
bottles had no label
on it, and it contained
several different shapes
and colors of pills. One
of the pills had a man’s
name on it, and it con
tained Xanax pills.
There were also Xanax
tablets in the unmarked
bottle. The one prescrip
tion bottle that had the
driver’s name on it was
empty in the floorboard
of the vehicle. The
bottle had a warning
that the contents may
cause drowsiness and
to use caution when
operating a vehicle.
The driver declined a
state blood test but still
denied taking any pills.
Once inside the Monroe
County Jail, the driver
took out several more
loose Xanax pills from
her pocket. She reiter
ated to the jail staff
that the pills belonged
to her daughter. The
driver was also charged
with Violation of the
Georgia Controlled
Substance Act posses
sion of a Schedule III
and Schedule IV con
trolled substance and
possession of drugs not
in original container.
Motel employee
accuses customer
of stealing keys
At about 8 p.m. on
Oct. 3, Cpl. Sam Leggett
went to the High Falls
Hideaway motel on High
Falls Road about a theft.
The male employee said
he had a male customer
with his room and
was in the front lobby
demanding a refund.
The employee said the
customer was irate and
was shouting at him.
The employee said that
after the customer left
he could not find his
car keys, which he had
left on the counter. The
employee said he then
reviewed the security
tape and saw the cus
tomer take the employ
ee’s car keys off of the
counter and put them
in his pocket before he
left. Leggett tried to
call the customer but
was unable to reach
him. The customer then
called Leggett back the
next day and told him
he had taken the keys
by accident and had
returned them to the
employee.
Man arrested
for DUI after
Mexican dinner
A 62-year-old white
Macon man was arrest
ed and charged with
DUI after a traffic stop
on 1-75 South on Oct.
3. At about 9:40 p.m.,
Dep. Kevin Williams
saw a white Mercedes
ML350 failing to main
tain its lane on 1-75
South. Williams smelled
alcohol coming from
inside of the vehicle.
The male driver told
Williams he was return
ing home to Macon after
eating Mexican food
in Forsyth. Williams
then told the driver he
smelled alcohol, and
the driver responded
he drank a glass of
wine at about 6:30 p.m.
that night. The driver
then failed several field
sobriety tests and tested
above the legal limit
for alcohol on a field
breath test. Williams
then asked the driver
if he had had anything
else to drink that he
hadn’t mentioned, and
the driver confessed to
drinking a margarita
at a restaurant. The
female passenger said
she had also been drink
ing and did not feel
confident in driving the
driver’s vehicle home, so
Williams allowed her to
contact someone to pick
her up. The driver was
also charged with failure
to maintain lane.
Inmate accused
of breaking fire
sprinkler in jail
A 17-year-old white
Juliette man was
charged with obstruction
and criminal interfer
ence with government
property after he set
off a fire sprinkler in
the Monroe County
Jail on Oct. 1. At about
12:56 p.m., Sgt. Daniel
Ruiz was in the book
ing area of the Monroe
County Jail when he
heard the fire alarm go
off. Dispatchers noti
fied Ruiz the signal for
the alarm was coming
from the jail’s A-Block.
Ruiz went to room A-302
where the sprinkler
head had water shooting
out of it. Ruiz instructed
another deputy to move
the inmates in the block
to the recreational yard
while he turned the
water off in the entire
building. Ruiz found
the fire sprinkler on the
ground in the room occu
pied by a male inmate.
Ruiz asked the inmate
why the sprinkler head
was popped off, and the
inmate answered, “I
guess from the pressure
or something. I wasn’t
even in the room when
it busted.” Ruiz told the
inmate that sprinkler
heads don’t just bust on
their own unless some
one was messing with it.
The inmate again told
Ruiz that he wasn’t in
the room, and the fire
sprinkler must have
gone off on its own. Ruiz
reviewed the surveil
lance tape and saw the
male inmate standing
on his bed and pulling
and twisting the sprin
kler head. It appeared
the inmate had some
thing tied to the end
of the sprinkler head.
Ruiz then confronted
the inmate again and
asked him again what
happened. Ruiz told the
inmate he saw the video
of the incident and said
he would charge the
inmate with a second
obstruction charge if he
lied again. Ruiz asked
the inmate if he tam
pered with the sprin
kler, and the inmate
responded, “I may have.”
Blount Rd. man
charged with
shooting gun
during dispute
A 52-year-old white
Jackson man was
arrested and charged
with aggravated assault
after he allegedly shot
at another man during
a dispute at a Blount
Road home on Oct. 1.
At about 10:45 p.m.,
Sgt. Randy Grindstaff
went to a Blount Road
home about a person
standing in the yard
discharging a fire
arm. The female 9-1-1
caller identified the
man, who she said was
drunk and left walking
in the direction of his
Blount Road home. Dep.
Timothy Campfield and
Grindstaff then parked
at the American Legion
on Towaliga South Road
and walked toward the
alleged shooter’s home.
Before they reached his
home, Grindstaff heard
the man talking loudly
inside a male neigh
bor’s home. Grindstaff
approached the neigh
bor’s home and saw
the man sitting in his
neighbor’s living room
drinking a 40-ounce
beer. Grindstaff over
heard the man tell his
neighbor that he shot
at the male resident.
Grindstaff then entered
the neighbor’s home and
arrested the man, who
denied shooting and
said he was just joking
when he told the neigh
bor about the shooting.
Grindstaff then inter
viewed the neighbor who
said the man admitted
to shooting his pistol at
the male resident. The
neighbor also said he
heard gunshots before
the man arrived at his
home. He said the man
told him he had hidden
the pistol under some
one’s porch because he
knew deputies were on
the way. The neighbor
said the man’s gun was
a short nose .22 revolv
er. Campfield then went
to the home where the
shooting occurred and
interviewed the male
resident, the 9-1-1 caller
and male and female
witnesses. The 9-1-1
caller said the alleged
shooter came into the
resident’s home drunk
and was upset with the
resident’s mother. The
9-1-1 caller said she
escorted the man out
of the home, where he
began arguing with the
male resident. The 9-1-1
caller said she then wit
nessed the man pull out
a gun and shoot into a
fire where the male resi
dent and his girlfriend
were sitting near. The
9-1-1 caller said she
went to call 9-1-1 when
she heard a second shot
being fired. The female
witness said she saw the
man fire his gun twice
with the second shot in
the direction of the male
resident. The male wit
ness told Campfield the
same story. The male
resident told Campfield
he was lying by the fire
with his girlfriend, who
was the female witness,
when the man came up
and laid down beside
him. The male resident
said he told the man to
get up, which angered
the man. The man then
stood up and pulled a
gun and shot into the
fire. He said the man
then pointed the gun
directly at him and fired
again. The male resident
said he could not believe
that he wasn’t hit by
the second shot. He also
described the same gun
that the neighbor had
described. On the way to
the Monroe County Jail,
the man denied shoot
ing at the male resi
dent and said he only
threatened to shoot him.
The man said he was
upset because the male
resident had beaten him
up for the previous two
days. Campfield and
Grindstaff were unable
to find the gun that was
allegedly used, but all
witnesses described its
appearance the same
way. The man was also
charged with possession
of a firearm by a con
victed felon, discharging
a firearm while intoxi
cated and reckless con
duct.
ARRESTS
The following arrests
were reported by the
Monroe County Sheriffs
Department Oct. 2-9. An
arrest means someone
has been charged with a
crime, but the law consid
ers them innocent until
proven guilty.
Oct. 2
• James Daniel Hinson,
26, Macon, theft by tak
ing
• Danny Lewis Minton,
48, Forsyth, child support
contempt order
Oct. 3
• Michael Aiders, 22,
Cincinnati, Ohio, speed
ing, driving while license
suspended/revoked
• James Chance Estel,
26, Midway, speeding,
driving while license sus
pended/revoked
• Charles Hudson, 39,
Powder Springs, driving
while license suspended/
revoked
• Johnny Clifford
Lackey, 23, Culloden, dis
orderly conduct
• Earle Braxton
Markert, 62, Macon, DUI,
failure to maintain lane
Oct. 4
• Kimberly Roxanne
Carter, 40, Midway,
Violation of the Georgia
Controlled Substance Act,
drugs not in original con
tainer
• Jessie Jackson Hobby,
24, Haddock, GCC (city)
• Cole David McCullers,
24, Forsyth, disorderly
conduct, criminal trespass
• Courtney Raine
Willoughby, 21, Forsyth,
battery
• Elizabeth Willoughby,
22, Forsyth, false state
ments and writings,
concealment of facts and
fraudulent documents
Oct. 6
• Dexter Jerron Payne,
25, Byron, headlight
requirements, driving
while license suspended/
revoked
Oct. 7
• Jennifer Hilliard
Lastinger, 44, Jesup, fail
ure to appear in court
• Jorge Alberto
Martinez-Hernandez, 45,
Macon, speeding, driving
while license suspended/
revoked
• Fred Perkins, 60,
Forsyth, possession of
marijuana with intent to
distribute, possession of
drug related objects pro
hibited
• Marvin Perkins, 63,
Forsyth, possession of
marijuana, failure to
appear in court, posses
sion of marijuana with
intent to distribute
Oct. 8
• John Derek Watkins,
22, Forsyth, DUI, driving
while license suspended/
revoked, expired tag, fail
ure to stop for stop sign
Oct. 9
• Calvin T. Peoples, 45,
Riverdale, GCC (Probate)
• Cedric Trevon
Thomas, 20, Savannah,
theft by shoplifting