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The Lord loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of his unfailing love - Psalm 33:5
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INCIDENT REPORTS . December 28, 2022
The following incidents were reported by the Forsyth Police Department
and the Monroe County Sheriffs Office.
Man with warrants
arrested after speeding
A Macon man with outstanding
warrants was arrested on Dec. 7,
after Sgt. Kirk Seckinger clocked
him traveling at 93 mph near
Hwy. 18 on 1-75 N. The 24-year-
old driver in a gray 2019 Nissan
Kicks pulled over on the right
shoulder just past the 185-exit
ramp and Seckinger could smell
marijuana when he asked the
driver for his license. Seckinger
told him he could smell the weed
and the man admitted he had
smoked earlier. He also apolo
gized for speeding.
The sergeant learned the
offender’s license was suspend
ed for failure to appear and had
two warrants for his arrest from
Monroe and Bibb counties. He
told Seckinger he had been to
court and should not be suspend
ed. Seckinger told him to step
out and that he was under arrest.
After handcuffing him, Seckinger
again asked about the marijuana,
and the driver replied that it was
in his backpack in the backseat.
When asked about anything else
in the vehicle he answered that
there was a pistol in the cup hold
er area of the center console.
A large amount of marijuana
packaged in several differ
ent-sized bags as if for distribu
tion was found in the backpack.
Also, less than two hundred
dollars was in the bag which was
given back to the offender. A
Glock pistol with a round in the
barrel was located exactly where
the driver had stated it would be.
The vehicle was turned over to
the registered owner, the drivers
mother, after she paid the wreck
er driver at the scene.
The man was transported to the
Monroe County Jail and charged
with speeding, driving without
a license and distributing mari
juana.
Dog kills cat on
Preakness Way front porch
A woman on Preakness Way
complained to dispatch that a
neighbors dog had killed her
cat on her front porch on Dec.
10. She said this was not the
first time that the dog has been
aggressive, but it was the first
time that it had killed something.
Deputy Christopher Marsh met
with the womans husband at the
home who told him that his wife
and the dogs owner had tried to
stop the dog from killing the cat
but were unable to.
The dog owner told the deputy
she let the dog outside to go to
the bathroom when he roamed
off and attacked the cat. She did
not have a fence at her property
to contain the dog when it was
outside. She said that she tried to
stop the dog but was unable to
when it was attacking the cat.
She was given a citation for a
leash law violation and advised
to implement a solution with her
dog so that it is not roaming free
when it is outside.
Royal 7 clerk taken
from job to jail
An employee of the Royal 7
convenience store was arrested
for an outstanding warrant while
on the clock on Dec. 11. Officer
Jeffrey Burris was doing a store
check inside the store around
2:37 a.m. when he recognized the
cashier as an individual from a
crime scene incident from earlier
in the week and was wanted by
Spalding County.
Burris asked the clerk for his
ID and contacted dispatch who
said the man was wanted by both
the City of Griffin and Spalding
County and they wanted a hold.
Burris then took the clerk to the
JP gas station on Hwy. 16 and
turned him over to Spalding
County deputies.
Drunk man loses dog then
goes to jail
A man screaming out his lost
dogs name on Bolingview Road
in Juliette at 3:15 a.m. on Dec.
11 was charged with disorderly
conduct and taken to jail.
Neighbors called dispatch
complaining that the man was
screaming around the neighbor
hood and causing a disturbance.
Deputy Christopher Marsh was
sent to the area where he found
the 23-year-old man screaming
out his dogs name “Chipper!”
Deputies told the man he needed
to stop screaming and that he
was disturbing the peace. While
speaking with him Marsh noticed
alcohol on his person and that he
was obviously drunk. He admit
ted to drinking and that he was
trying to find his lost dog.
Deputies gave him a warning
and told him that he needed to
go back inside and stay quiet. He
apologized and went back inside.
Deputies were soon called back
out to the residence for the same
incident. Marsh arrived on the
scene and when he rolled down
the windows, he could hear the
man screaming from 500 feet
away “Chipper!” repeatedly.
Marsh pulled into his driveway
and arrested him for disorderly
conduct. He was taken to jail.
Teenage boy banned from
girl's home
Deputy Cody Maples and
several other deputies responded
to a burglary in progress while
the complainant was updating
dispatch that a male teenager
was attempting to break into her
house on Floyd Road on Dec. 12.
When the deputies arrived, the
woman told them the unknown
teenager had fled towards Zellner
Road. She said she believed his
intention was to sneak into the
home to see her juvenile daughter
who was at her grandmothers
house.
Meanwhile, Investigators Jake
Justice and Stephen Phipps found
the teenager and returned him
to the home. He told deputies he
had walked from the Red Roof
Inn to see the womans 15-year-
old daughter who had been
sending him enticing photos and
messaging him to come over. He
said he had been waiting for her
mother to go to work. He was un
aware that she had recently left.
The girl was returned home by
her grandmother and was irate,
emotional and disrespectful.
She said she had messaged male
teenager to come to her home
because she was home alone and
would be sleeping. Her mother
had sent her to her grandmothers
house because of an argument
after her phone was taken away.
The teenage boy was issued
a criminal trespass notice and
told not to return. He was then
released to his mother.
Irate woman banned
from Starbucks
The manager of Starbucks
on Russell Parkway told Cpl.
Kimberly Barnett on Dec. 13 a
woman got upset at the drive-
thru window because an em
ployee wouldn’t push a button on
the credit card machine which
she said was against the compa
ny policy. During the dispute,
the woman grabbed the keypad
and, in the process, grabbed the
employees fingers while cussing
at her.
The manager said she didn’t
want to press charges but want
ed the woman banned from the
property. She was able to give
the tag number on the woman’s
vehicle to Barnett.
Barnett called the woman who
admitted the fight and cussing
but insisted she did not grab any
one’s fingers. Barnett told her to
go to the Forsyth Police Depart
ment to sign a trespass notice.
Angry man spins tires
in homeowner's yard
A woman on Meadow Drive
called the police after she saw a
red Chevrolet truck parked in
her driveway with a man stand
ing beside it on Dec. 15. She told
officer Richard Maddox the man
was talking loudly and wanted to
see her son because he was going
to have him locked up. She said
she tried to understand what the
problem was, but the man just
got louder.
A man at the home walked out
side and the man started shout
ing at him to stay away from his
house or he was going to have
him locked up. The man told him
to leave, and the man got into his
truck and drove around the back
of the house then across the front
yard to the street, spinning his
tires in the grass and damaging
the yard.
Maddox went to the man’s
home on Brandywine Drive and
the man admitted that he went
to the home. He explained he
was upset that the woman’s son
kept coming onto his property
and messing with his belongings.
He had no proof when asked. He
said he and the family had been
at odds for years. He was cited for
disorderly conduct and issued a
criminal trespass warning.
Drunk Barnesville man bust
ed with ecstasy pills in car
Deputy Charlie Bryson was
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behind a red 2018 Honda Civic
near the weigh station on 1-75 N
on Dec. 16 when he saw the ve
hicle in the left lane drop off onto
the left shoulder and then cross
the fog line when it returned to
the center lane. As it corrected, it
crossed the fog line again.
Bryson activated his emergency
lights, stopping the 28-year-old
male driver from Barnesville on
the left shoulder. The man told
Bryson he didn’t have his license
on him but showed him a picture
of it on his phone. He admitted to
drinking earlier at a party. Bryson
could smell marijuana inside the
rental vehicle and the man said
there was about a gram.
Inside an open cigar package in
the console was a small amount
of marijuana and what appeared
to be two ecstasy pills. There was
also an open bottle of liquor in
the front passenger floorboard
almost empty. Another open
half-empty container of alcohol
was on the back floorboard and a
small plastic bag of weed was in
the driver’s sock.
When asked about the ecstasy
pills the man said they were not
his and belonged to someone
else. He also stated that it was not
his marijuana and that the only
marijuana he had was in his sock.
His eyes were bloodshot and
watery, and he agreed to a field
sobriety test. After much confu
sion during the testing, he was
arrested and placed in the back of
Bryson’s patrol unit. He was cited
for failure to maintain lane, open
container and having no driver’s
license on his person. A warrant
was taken against him for posses
sion of ecstasy.
Pickup towed after unli
censed driver arrested
A white Nissan Frontier with a
crack running all the way across
the windshield at eye level to the
driver was seen traveling east on
H.G. Clarke Parkway on Dec.
17 by officer Richard Maddox.
Maddox then pulled the male
driver over in the Shell Station
parking lot and had him step out.
The man told Maddox he didn’t
have a driver’s license and he was
immediately handcuffed behind
his back and arrested. His passen
gers were also unlicensed, so the
pickup was towed, and the driver
was taken to jail.
Woman wanted by Clayton
County in custody
A Clayton County warrant
was executed by officer Richard
Maddox on a woman in a white
Nissan Altima who was stopped
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.
DECEMBER 19
• Shytaya
E. Birks, 33,
Macon, theft by
taking
• James
Bradley, 18,
Macon, failure
to maintain
lane, following
too closely,
use of tag to
conceal, tint
violation, driv
ing without a
license
• Elizama
A Coello-Or-
donez, 25,
Russellville,
Ala., speeding,
driving without
a license
• Amanda
Kay Marlow,
42, Jackson,
possession and
use of drug-re
lated objects,
drug posses
sion, meth-
amphetamine
possession
• Darci Jo
Smith, 43,
Forsyth, enter
ing vehicle to
commit felony,
trespassing,
obstruction (2
charges)
DECEMBER 20
• Erby Clin
ton Wages III,
46, Jackson,
distributing
methamphet-
amine, drug
possession, no
insurance
• Romeo
Markeezdeon-
ta Journey, 29,
Montezuma,
receiving stolen
property
• Ryan
Michael Mc
Laughlin, 19,
Macon, con
cealed weap
on without a
license
• Ognjen
Milanovic, 38,
North York,
Ont., DUI,
failure to main
tain lane, CDL
violation
• Alex Wood-
row Perry,
53, Forsyth,
obstruction,
driving without
a license
DECEMBER 21
• Michael
Seth Channell,
25, Dublin,
expired regis
tration, DUI
• Hugh Jere
my Crowder,
47, Forsyth, dis
orderly conduct
• James Cice
ro Hamlin, 38,
Concord, public
indecency, elder
abuse
• Brittany
Joannalynn
Skates, 29,
Macon,
DUI-refusal
(2 charges),
speeding,
failure to
maintain
lane, seatbelt,
striking fixed
object
• Tabitha
Lynn Wash
burn, 46, For
syth, cruelty to
children
DECEMBER 22
• Santos,
Josue Flores-
Suazo, 23,
Austin, Texas,
open contain
er, driving
without a
license, regis
tration
• Floyd
Charles
Johnson,
28, Macon,
driving with
out a license,
following too
closely
• Jacoby Ra-
shad Mitchell,
28, Forsyth,
disorderly
conduct
• Markel De-
shawn Smith,
23, Macon,
driving with
out a license,
expired regis
tration
DECEMBER 23
• Denzel
Rashard Carr,
31, Jenkins-
burg, fleeing,
driving with
out a license,
speeding, reck
less driving,
following too
closely, failure
to maintain
lane, tag lights,
obscured
tag, failure to
signal
• Shavis
Martez Clark,
23, Macon,
public inde
cency, public
drunkenness
• Deion
Rashard Jolly,
29, Macon,
disorderly
conduct
• Stacey
Smith, 38,
Forsyth, theft
by taking
DECEMBER 24
• Charlotte
Marie Delash-
mit, 34, For
syth, battery
• Michael
Antonio
Lucear, 32,
Forsyth,
seatbelt, open
container,
driving with
out a license,
DUI-refusal,
failure to obey
traffic device
DECEMBER 25
• Indiana
Rynisha
La’sha Samp
son, 20,
Fitzgerald,
suspended
registration,
taillights,
marijuana
possession
DECEMBER 26
• Charlie
Brantley
Bryson, 54,
Culloden,
battery
• Christian
Jaden Goffe,
19, Miramar,
Fla., marijuana
possession
• Tia Te Asia
Williams, 27,
Warner Rob
ins, impeding
flow of traffic,
obstruction