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February 7, 2018
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INCIDENTS
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Resident reports
receiving strange
call asking for
grandson’s bail
At. about 4:55 p.m. on
Feb. 2, a male Point
View Court resident
told Dep. Thomas
Haskins that he was
contacted on his home
phone three separate
times that day at 12:30
p.m., 1 p.m. and 1:50
p.m., respectively, by
someone he thought
was his grandson. The
resident said he didn’t
have caller ID but said
the caller sounded
like his grandson and
knew personal details
about his grandson.
The resident said the
caller claimed to be his
grandson but told the
resident he might sound
a little funny because
he has a cold. The resi
dent said the caller told
him he was stopped by
the police while rid
ing as a passenger in a
vehicle in Atlanta. The
resident said the caller
urged him not to tell his
father about the situa
tion but said the police
had found “a bunch of
drugs in the car”, and
he had been arrested.
The resident said the
caller asked him to bail
him out in the amount
of $8,000 or the caller
would have to spend
15 days in jail. The
resident said he told
the caller he didn’t have
$8,000 and would have
to let the caller’s father
know what happened at
which point the caller
hung up on him. The
resident said he then
contacted his grandson’s
father and told him
about the situation. The
resident said his grand
son’s father then con
tacted his grandson who
said he knew nothing
about the phone calls.
Forsyth woman
reports sending
$549 to caller
for tech repair
At. about. 9:18 a.m.
on Feb. 5, a Forsyth
woman told Dep.
Thomas Haskins she
had problems with her
computer so she took
it. to a company called
“Gilt.edge Solutions”,
which fixed the issue
and returned her
computer to her. The
woman said later the
same day she was con
tacted by a male caller
claiming to work for
Gilt.edge Solutions. The
woman said the caller
told her there had been
a mistake, and Gilt.edge
Solutions intended to
refund the woman $258.
The woman said the
caller then instructed
her to go to a website,
www.teamviewer.com
and enter a passcode to
allow him to access her
computer. The woman
said she complied at.
which point, the caller
instructed her to go
to her Western Union
account.. The woman
said the caller told her
that, in order to receive
the refund, she would
need to send him $500
plus an additional $49
in Western Union fees.
The woman said she
then sent, the caller
$549, and the caller
told her to turn off her
computer and said her
money would be in her
account, the follow
ing day. The woman
said she subsequently
checked her account,
and learned that, no
money had been added.
The woman said she
was then unable to get.
back in touch with the
caller.
Resident reports
son crashed car
into home on
Cottage Hill Dr.
At. about. 12:18 p.m.
on Feb. 1, an 83-year-
old female Cottage Hill
Drive resident, told Dep.
Thomas Haskins she
woke up and found her
garage door and a por
tion of her home were
damaged after her son
drove his 1999 Saturn
SLI into her home. The
resident, said her son’s
vehicle hit. her home and
then reversed into the
front, right, side of her
own vehicle, a blue 2013
Mazda 3. The resident,
said her son told her he
didn’t, remember what,
had happened but. said
he called her that, morn
ing asking for a ride. The
resident, said her son
told her that, his vehicle
was broken down on 1-75
South at. which point, the
resident, said she called
a friend and asked the
friend to pick up her son
and bring him back to
her home. The son told
Haskins he didn’t, remem
ber leaving home the
previous night, nor driv
ing or calling his mother
to pick him up. The son
also denied consuming
any alcohol or medicine
in the previous 24 hours,
saying he had started an
alcohol rehab program
and had been sober for 10
days. Sgt.. David Asbell
of the Forsyth Police
Department, then told
Haskins he had seen
at. about. 10 a.m. that,
morning a vehicle with
significant, damage to
its front, side and a flat,
tire stalled out. in the
road on 1-75 South near
mile marker 186. Asbell
said the son was the
vehicle’s driver and said
he helped the son push
the vehicle out. of the road
before giving him a ride
to Waffle House on Tift.
College Drive. Asbell told
Haskins the son did not.
appear to be impaired.
Forsyth driver
charged with
DUI after Feb. 6
traffic stop
A 48-year-old white
Forsyth man was
arrested and charged
with DUI after a traffic
stop on Fairview Church
Road on Feb. 6. At. about.
8:29 p.m., Cpl. John
Thompson saw a white
2002 Nissan Frontier
with no tag lights travel
ing on Hwy. 42 North.
Thompson stopped the
truck on Fairview Church
Road and saw the male
driver stumble out. of the
truck. When Thompson
told the driver the reason
for the stop, the driver
replied, “Well I guess
there had to be a reason.”
Thompson smelled the
odor of alcohol coming
from the driver, who
admitted to having a few
drinks. The driver then
failed several field sobri
ety tests. After failing the
one-leg stand test, the
driver told Thompson: “I
know I shouldn’t, be driv
ing.” Thompson found a
cold half-empty Natural
Light, beer can behind
the truck’s center con
sole. Once at. the Monroe
County Jail, the driver
tested positive for more
than the legal limit, of
alcohol on a state breath
test. The driver was also
charged with having no
tag lights and an open
container violation.
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