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ROBBERS
INCIDENT REPORTS . march 2, 2022
The following incidents were reported by the Forsyth Police Department
and the Monroe County Sheriff s Office.
Macon passenger goes to jail
for distribution of drugs
A 45-year-old Macon man was
busted on drug charges around
5 p.m. on Jan. 27 after Sgt. Kevin
Williams saw his black 2021 Ford
Escape failing to maintain lane
and following too closely Wil
liams made the stop on the car
near Cabaniss Road on 1-75 S and
saw the two occupants vigorously
smoking freshly lit cigarettes with
all the windows rolled up.
The drivers hands were shak
ing, and his stomach was quiver
ing as he handed Williams his
license and the sergeant asked
him to step out. Williams asked
if there was anything illegal in
the vehicle while he was writing
a citation and the driver hesitated
and looked away. He consented
to a search but changed his mind
and a K9 unit was called.
Deputy Jeff Thompson finished
writing the citations while Wil
liams had the passenger exit the
vehicle and led K9 Zibi around
the Escape for a free air sniff of
the exterior and the dog gave an
indication of drugs in the car.
The passenger admitted owner
ship to a bookbag that was found
in the passengers side floorboard.
Inside the bookbag were two sets
of digital scales, baggies com
monly used in the sales of narcot
ics, a Ruger LCP .380 handgun,
several packages of suspected ec
stasy, and a few small packages of
marijuana. There was also a very
small amount of marijuana in the
center console of the vehicle.
He was arrested for distributing
marijuana, distributing ecstasy,
possession of drug-related ob
jects, and possession of a firearm
during the commission of a
felony, and taken to the Monroe
County Jail. The driver was cited
and released.
Harbour Shores Drive pine
straw scam thwarted
Cpl. Larry Sullivan was dis
patched to a home on Harbour
Shores Drive in reference to a
scam around 6:18 p.m. on Feb.
10 where the elderly father of the
homeowner told him his daugh
ter was overcharged by a crew
laying out pine straw and that
the four men had left in a white
2004 Dodge Ram. He said they
agreed on a price of $4.50 per
bale and when they finished, they
demanded $870 for laying 188
bales. A BOLO was posted to the
surrounding counties. Sullivan
noticed that it was clearly not 188
bales worth of pine straw that had
been spread and left after he was
given photos of the vehicle and
suspects.
Shortly afterwards, dispatch
advised Lamar County had the
vehicle stopped, with 4 individu
als detained. Sgt. Chris Sherrell
and Sullivan went to Barnesville
and spoke with the leader of the
group who consented to speak
after his rights were read and told
deputies they agreed to $4.50
per bale and they laid 180 bales.
When asked how much he had
been paid, he said he was unsure
but that the money was in his and
another suspect’s pocket but that
some of the money was already
theirs. After retrieving and count
ing $671 in various bills. The
four men were released and told
not to return to the residence.
The $671 was returned to the
homeowner.
Hit and run driver cited
A woman who hit a vehicle
parked in front of Bulldog Nutri
tion on East Main Street and
then drove away was cited by
Cpl. Kimberly Barnett on Feb.
11. An employee told Barnett
that a customer told her that a
woman with purple tinted hair
who had just left the store had
struck her 2019 Dodge Durango
that was parked and unoccupied.
There was damage to the Du
rango’s rear driver’s side tire, rim
and to the body just in front of
the tire.
Dispatch later said that the
person who hit the vehicle had
returned to the store and Barnett
went back and spoke with the
driver’s husband who said that
his wife told him she hit a parked
vehicle at that location and that
he needed to go there. Barnett
told him he needed to tell her to
return with the car she was driv
ing when she hit the car.
A half an hour later, the woman
returned to the store driving
a 2016 Honda Civic that had
damage to the front passenger
side bumper. When asked what
happened, she explained when
she pulled into a parking spot,
she felt a bump, so she backed out
and straightened her vehicle. She
said she then got out and looked
at both vehicles but didn’t see
anything, so she went into Bull
dog Nutrition, ordered a drink
then left the store. Barnett told
her she should’ve said something
to the employee or the owner of
the Dodge while she was waiting
for her drink and cited her for hit
and run.
Woman has no memory
of wrecking her car
A 50-year-old Jonesboro wom
an was cited for DUI-refusal and
failure to maintain lane on Feb.
14 after dispatch a report that the
driver of a 2009 Toyota RAV 4
was riding on a flat tire and driv
ing erratically around 1:21 a.m.
on 1-75 S near Rumble Road.
Monroe County Emergency
Services were on the scene when
deputy Kirk Seckinger arrived
and found the woman behind the
steering wheel, semi-conscious,
vomiting on herself and not able
to answer questions. Bottles of
prescribed Prozac and tramadol
were found in the front passenger
seat in which the pill count was
not in line with the days left on
the prescription. EMS removed
her from the vehicle, placed her
on a stretcher and took her to
Navicent Hospital and Mid Geor
gia Towing removed her RAV 4
from the ditch.
At the hospital she told Seck
inger she was trying to go to her
boyfriend’s house on Lakeshore
Drive in Monroe County. The
deputy told her she was found 16
miles past where she should’ve
exited and that she had wrecked
her car, but she had no memory
of a collision. She was given a
date to appear.
Items worth thousands
stolen after contract ends
Cpl. Dalton Mosely met with a
Forsyth man in the lobby of the
sheriff’s office on Feb. 15 around
2:30 p.m. regarding a theft of
several items. The man told
Mosely another man had stolen
multiple items from his home
and was able to provide a detailed
list of everything missing which
he valued at $25,650.32. He said
the man was under a lease to own
contract and the items taken were
a part of the contract. He claims
the man took the items when the
contract ended. Mosely spoke
with Judge Buck Wilder who said
he was aware of the situation and
advised the corporal to make a
report with an attached list of the
stolen items.
Drunk driver removed
from interstate
A 2014 Dodge Ram pickup was
paced at 88 mph near Bass Road
on 1-75 N by deputy Hannah Hile
around 2:55 a.m. on Feb. 19 and
the 23-year-old Macon driver
was arrested for DUI and other
traffic-related charges. While
following the pickup, Hile saw it
fail to maintain lane several times
while straddling two lanes in the
center of the road. The intoxi
cated man also was following too
closely and nearly collided into
the rear of another vehicle.
After Hile activated her emer
gency equipment, the Ram pulled
over to the right shoulder and the
deputy could smell alcohol as she
approached. As she spoke with
the driver, she could also smell
the strong odor of cologne. He
had difficulty taking his driver’s
license from his wallet and was
unable to provide proof of insur
ance. He told the deputy that the
registered owner was his friend,
but he only knew him by his first
name of “Ryan.” When asked if he
had been drinking before driving,
he replied that he hadn’t.
Hile asked him to step to the
rear of the pickup and he had to
use his vehicle for support while
walking. Deputy Tyler Rodgers
asked him if a sobriety test could
be administered to which he
agreed but was swaying so much
he was unable to stand still. It was
determined he was intoxicated
and taken to jail where he refused
to consent to a blood test.
He was charged with DUI-
refusal, speeding, failure to
maintain lane, and following too
closely. He was also issued an
administrative license suspen
sion for refusing to submit to the
blood test.
Wanted man charged with
distributing marijuana
A man was arrested when the
smell of marijuana coming from
his black 2018 Chevrolet Malibu
prompted Sgt. Kevin Williams
to ask him to exit the car after
a stop for following too closely
just south of Hwy. 18 on 1-75
S around 2:08 p.m. on Feb. 17.
The man, 32, from Cobb initially
denied there was any weed in the
vehicle but then told him that
there was around two ounces in
side the car. Williams then asked
the female passenger to also step
See INCIDENTS . Page 6C
The following arrests were reported by the Monroe County Sheriffs Office and Forsyth
Police Department. An arrest means someone has been charged with a crime, but the
law considers them innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
FEB. 21
• Cody
Allen Dan-
ser, 36, El-
lenwood, no
insurance
• Christian
Anthony
Forbes, 23,
Bronx, NY,
move over
law, DUI-re-
fusal, driving
without a
license, open
container,
forgery
FEB. 22
• Patricia
Faith Bo
swell, 29,
Jackson,
disorderly
conduct
• Amari
Nashid
Boykin, 23,
Bronx, NY,
forgery
• Jamarco
Deshawn
Gibson, 28,
Macon, pro
bation viola
tion, crossing
guard lines
with contra
band
• Nicholas
Lawton Head,
43, Forsyth, bat
tery
• Shameeka
Marie Jackson,
34, Douglas,
DUI-refusal,
failure to
maintain lane,
suspended
registration, no
insurance, cross
ing guard lines
with contra
band, marijuana
possession
• Brandon
Oneil Perry, 31,
Sioux Falls, SD,
following too
closely, failure to
maintain lane,
driving without
a license
FEB. 23
• Joshua
Mathis, 38,
Forsyth, arson,
parole violation
• Robert Eu
gene Mobley,
46, Atlanta,
failure to
maintain lane,
child seatbelt,
driving with
out a license,
giving false
information,
failure to yield
to emergency
vehicle
• Shemar
Jamarrian
Thorpe,
21, Macon,
seatbelt, driv
ing without
a license,
following too
closely
FEB. 24
• Yosbel
Delgado-
galan, 27,
Miami, FL,
driving with
out a license
• Bryan
D. Fonseca-
Arroyo, 30,
Conyers, driv
ing without a
license
• Andrey
V Fort, 54,
Highlands,
CA, DUI,
driving with
out commer
cial license,
failure to
maintain lane
• Kory
Solomon, 36,
Macon, drug
trafficking,
possession
of a weapon
during com
mission of a
felony
FEB. 25
• Timothy
Renard Bonds,
46, Lagrange,
suspended
registration,
driving without
a license, tail-
lights
• Nikeria
Dee Amber
Hamm, 25,
Macon, mari
juana posses
sion, expired
registration
• Kier-
ston Robert
Harvey, 20,
Americus,
driving without
a license
• Reanita
Volceao
Olgetree, 47,
Forsyth, child
support
• William
Charles
Pilousky, 29,
Santa Ana,
CA, speeding,
drugs, posses
sion and use of
drug-related
objects, drug
possession
(5 charges)
marijuana
possession
(2 charges),
amphetamine
possession
• Briyana
Amaya Rob
ertson, 22,
Lawrenceville,
speeding, driv
ing without a
license, expired
registration,
taillights
• Nakosha
Renea White,
29, Macon,
speeding, driv
ing without a
license
FEB. 26
• Julian
Christopher
Andrews, 33,
Riverview,
FL, fleeing
(2 charges),
speeding
(2 charges),
reckless driv
ing, failure
to maintain
lane, failure to
signal, obstruc
tion, obscured
tag, use of tag
to conceal,
DUI-refusal,
bringing stolen
property into
state
• Angel
Christopher-
Ramos Bowen,
32, Forsyth,
battery
• Dominique
Lamone Gar
rett, 30, Savan
nah, credit
card theft (6
charges), fail
ure to maintain
lane, speeding
• Jhimya
Mone Lawson,
25, Jefferson,
speeding,
obstruction
• Rhonda
Michelle
Rivers, 47, Sac
ramento, CA,
registration,
driving without
a license, child
seatbelt
• Sadricka
Nicole Thom
as, 26, Savan
nah, speed
ing, expired
registration,
driving without
a license
FEB. 27
• Joseph
Matthew
Deerman, 35,
Jackson, driv
ing without a
license, failure
to stop at stop
sign, failure to
maintain lane
• Elania
Maria Garcia,
19, Macon,
obstruction,
marijuana pos
session
• John Alex
ander Martin,
49, Jackson,
battery
• Mickey
Scott Miller,
33, Gray,
license address
change, DUI,
failure to main
tain lane
• Malik
Ja’quez Mont
gomery, 21,
Covington,
expired
registration,
no insurance,
obstruction,
marijuana pos
session, speed
ing, failure to
signal, driv
ing without a
license
• Soleil
Sihapanya, 17,
Forest Park,
receiving stolen
property
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