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INCIDENT REPORTS . March 8, 2023
The following incidents were reported by the Forsyth Police Department
and the Monroe County Sheriffs Office.
Drunk Florida man runs out
of gas in middle lane of 1-75
A 51-year-old man from Lutz,
Fla. was arrested for DUI just
after midnight on Feb. 4. Deputy
Justyn Weaver was dispatched
along with other deputies to
milepost 184 on 1-75 N regarding
a black 2020 Dodge Ram broken
down in the middle lane.
Weaver found the pickup
stopped in lane 2 and requested
towing service.The driver told
Weaver that he ran out of fuel
and was on the phone with his
insurance company. The deputy
noticed that he was on face time
with an individual that was not of
any insurance company.
During his conversation with
the driver, Weaver detected the
odor of alcohol coming from the
mans breath and person. The
driver at first stated that he had
not consumed any alcoholic bev
erages other than one beer several
hours earlier. He later changed his
story to having one mixed drink.
He stated that he was about a four
on a 0-10 impairment scale but
had to use his truck bed railing
for stability. He said he was head
ing to the Hawks game in Atlanta
to see a family member sing.
The driver agreed to submit to a
roadside sobriety test and during
the eye test, he displayed 6 of the
6 possible clues of intoxication.
He was unable to complete a
walk-and-turn or one-legged
stand test due to a claimed ankle
injury. During a preliminary
breath test, he produced a high
positive for mouth alcohol and
refused a blood test. He was cited
for DUI-refusal and failure to
exercise due care.
Driver lights fresh cigarette
to cover smell of weed
Deputy Justyn Weaver clocked
a blue 2006 Toyota Highlander
with a passenger doing 99 mph
near the weigh station around 1
a.m. on Feb. 4 and a man from
Pelham found himself in the
Monroe County Jail.
At the stop, the 30-year-old
driver told Weaver he was trav
eling to Virginia and picked up
his passenger, who needed to go
South, so he turned around from
Macon.
Weaver could smell raw mari
juana and noticed the man was
smoking a freshly lit cigarette.
The deputy asked him to step out.
The driver admitted to drinking
alcohol and smoking marijuana
around 3 hours earlier. He also
told Weaver there was marijuana
in the center console. He thought
he was a three or a four on a 0-10
impairment scale.
He agreed to take a sobriety test
and failed miserably, not being
able to keep his balance and
performing the test in the grass
as opposed to on the asphalt as
instructed. He gave a high alcohol
sample during a breath test and
refused to agree to a blood test.
Two clear bags that contained
less than an ounce of marijuana,
lighters, and rolling papers were
found in the center console of the
SUV as well as two empty cans
ofMichelob Ultra within reach
of the driver. There was also an
empty bottle of Jim Beam as well
as a Kel-Tec handgun.
The driver was arrested and tak
en to the Monroe County Deten
tion Center where he was cited
with DUI-refusal, possession and
use of drug-related objects, open
container and a seatbelt violation.
His vehicle was turned over to
Mid-Georgia and his passenger
was given a ride to Quick Trip.
Eastman woman fails
roadside sobriety test
An Eastman woman was
charged with DUI and speed
ing after she was stopped by
Cpl. John Cochran on 1-75 S
near North Lee Street on Feb. 4.
Deputy Justyn Weaver pulled
behind Cochran to assist and
while speaking with the 36-year-
old driver could smell alcohol.
He asked the woman out of the
white 2012 Chevrolet Malibu and
noticed her shirt was unbuttoned
with mostly exposed breasts.
Although she was wearing a bra,
Weaver asked her to button her
shirt to which she complied.
The woman said she was com
ing from Top Golf in Atlanta and
consumed mixed drinks while
she was there. She denied being
a daily drinker but later said that
she drinks every weekend. She
agreed to a sobriety test display
ing 6 clues of impairment on
the eye test and showed 8 clues
of intoxication out of a possible
8. She was taken to the Monroe
County Jail.
Pickup stolen from
LaQuinta Inn guest
A 2002 Ford F-350 was re
ported stolen from the parking
lot of LaQuinta Inn on Leb. 11.
Cpl. Kimberly Barnett learned
that a guest had parked his truck
around 10 p.m. the night before
and went to his room for the
night.
The next morning, around
6:30, he found it wasn’t where he
parked it. In addition to the sto
len truck, the man lost tool boxes
full of tools. There is a round
black LALL Lirefighter Associa
tion sticker and a Marine sticker
on the back window. The truck is
equipped with a black front push
bumper and winch.
Security footage showed a dark
SUV pull into the lot around
11:13 p.m. and exit at 11:21 p.m.
with the L-350 following directly
behind it. A BOLO was issued
on both vehicles and the stolen
pickup was added to the BLOCK
hot list.
Irate employee
wants her check
Management of Ready to
Store Self Storage at 498 Patrol
Road called police on Leb. 13
after an angry employee refused
to leave the property until she
received her paycheck. Officer
Stacey Penamon spoke with the
employee and manager, and it
became evident that the woman
was determined not to leave until
her wages were in her hands. The
employee was told she would be
paid within the next two days,
but she replied she was staying
until she had her check. The
employee told Penamon that she
didn’t have to leave because there
were not any “No Trespassing”
signs on the property. Penamon
explained that signs weren’t need
ed. She soon decided to leave but
the manager asked for the key to
one of the company vehicles. The
woman denied having the key
and left. It was discovered after
she left that she also had a com
pany iPhone that wasn’t returned.
Woman pulls gun on men
Three men told officer Jeffrey
Burris that a woman pointed a
pistol at them in the Taco Bell
drive through on Leb. 13. They
told Burris they pulled into the
parking lot in a silver Dodge
Charger and saw an older model
red Lord P-150 sitting by the side
doors of the restaurant.
They didn’t think the pickup
was in line for the drive-thru,
so they went around it, pulled
up to the speaker, and ordered
their food. After they ordered,
the truck pulled up behind them,
and after paying at the window,
they were told to pull around the
building by the side doors to wait
for their order.
While they were waiting, the
pickup pulled up next to them
and a woman around 35 years old
pulled out a handgun and said,
“What’s up?” The truck then left
heading towards Dairy Queen.
The men said they were surprised
that a lady would pull a gun on
them totally unprovoked but de
cided not to press charges against
her. Burris searched the area for
the pickup but with no success.
The case was turned over to
investigations.
Man punched over cigarettes
A man was punched in the face
over a pack of cigarettes on Leb.
14 at the Pood Mart on Martin
Luther King Junior Drive.
The altercation began innocent
ly enough when a 28-year-old
man asked for a single cigarette
from the victim’s newly pur
chased pack of Newport ciga
rettes. The man refused and an
argument quickly spiraled out of
control and ended with the per
petrator striking the victim in the
face with a closed fist. The blow
caused the victim to drop his
pack of cigarettes to the ground,
whereupon they were snatched
up by the assailant and taken as
his own.
Officer Stacey Penamon was
unable to track down the suspect
or retrieve the stolen cigarettes.
He referred the case to the crimi
nal investigation division.
Towing company customer
steals insurance check
The owner of a towing service
company called deputies to
report on Leb. 15 that someone
had stolen an insurance check
from his business on Old Popes
Perry Road. PedEx documenta
tion showed the check had been
signed for by a male suspect who
had been at the business after his
car had been towed after a stop
by Porsyth Police.
The owner told deputy Hannah
Bittick the suspect was driving a
2018 Toyota Corolla. An arrest
warrant was sworn and issued for
theft by taking.
Crack cocaine left by
suspect in city patrol car
Drugs were found in the back
seat of a Porsyth Police patrol car
after two suspects were released
on Feb. 15. Officer Jeffry Burris
stopped a car for speeding on the
southbound offramp ofHwy. 18
around 3 a.m. He could see mar
ijuana shake and a blunt wrap
per in the driver’s lap as he was
obtaining his license and could
smell a strong odor of burnt and
raw marijuana.
Although both men seemed
nervous, they told the officer
there were no other drugs in the
vehicle. During the search of the
vehicle, the passenger asked if he
could sit in the rear of the patrol
car to keep warm. He was escort
ed to Burris’s vehicle by officer
Dexter McCune and the search
continued turning up only a vape
pen. However, both the passenger
and driver were still extremely
nervous.
Burris had the driver destroy
the vape pen and the officers got
the passenger out of the rear of
the patrol vehicle. A verbal warn
ing for speeding and vape pen
and subjects were released.
When Burris got back into his
patrol vehicle, he smelled mar
ijuana coming from where the
passenger had been sitting. Burris
got out and flipped up the rear
seat where he found a piece of
plastic wrapped around about 9
grams of crack cocaine.
Dispatch gave a lookout for the
vehicle, but it was gone with no
trace of the men.
See INCIDENTS Page7C
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.
FEBRUARY27
• Prince Eli
jah McMillan,
39, Macon, fail
ure to appear,
driving without
a license, tint
violation,
possession of
firearm by a
convicted felon,
FEBRUARY28
• Dralin She-
mar Carswell,
21, Irwinton,
fleeing, DUI-
drugs, follow
ing too closely,
failure to
maintain lane,
speeding
• Joseph
Matthew
Deerman, 36,
Jackson, disor
derly conduct
• Mark
McDaniel, 61,
Forsyth, shop
lifting
• Ariana Eliz
abeth Rowe,
29, Forsyth,
trespassing
• Dillon
Christopher
Tilley, 31,
Macon, meth-
amphetamine
possession
• Julius Ma
lik Williams,
24, Irwinton,
giving false
information
MARCH 1
• Cassius
Denzel Alex
ander, 32, Ma
con, suspended
registration, no
insurance, driv
ing without a
license, seatbelt
• Troy Eric
Crump,
61, Forsyth,
stalking
• Brandon
Michael Derri-
co, 32, Warner
Robins, bur
glary
• Alisha
Danyale Dew
berry, 26, For
syth, disorderly
conduct
• Carlos Jose
Martinez,
24, Bluffion,
S.C., speeding,
driving without
a license
• Paige Chey-
anne Peek, 24,
Forsyth, disor
derly conduct
• Ayanna
Kayla White,
17, Forsyth, dis
orderly conduct
• Antonio
Durrell Wil
liams, 37, Ma
con, suspended
registration, no
insurance, pro
bation violation
• Dwight
Dujuan
Williams, 22,
Macon, DUI,
driving without
a license
MARCH 2
• Arthur
D. Gates, 56,
Covington,
failure to signal,
no insurance,
driving without
a license
• Carol Lynn
Howard, 41,
Jackson, disor
derly conduct
• Nadine
Nicole-Gerda
Kile, 35, Liz-
ella, probation
violation,
methamphet-
amine posses
sion, marijua
na possession,
possession and
use of drug-re
lated objects
MARCH 3
• Donterious
Keyon Frye,
25, Forsyth,
distributing
marijua
na, fleeing,
obstruction
(3 charges),
possession of
a firearm by
a convicted
felon, pos
session of a
firearm during
commission of
a felony
• Jalen Win
ston Johnson,
28, Harper
Woods, Mich.,
receiving sto
len property
• Dedra Faye
McDaniel, 56,
Barnesville,
harassing
communica
tions
• James Pa-
bon, 51, Lutz,
Fla., DUI-re-
fusal, failure
to exercise
due care
• Larry
Richard
Padgett, 59,
Loogootee,
Ind., murder
• Lamont
Anthony
Williams,
22, Detroit,
Mich., driving
without a
license
• Dezmond
Kinyaa
Talton, 23,
Macon, driv
ing without
a license,
speeding
• Christa-
pher Scott
Warren,
30, Pelham,
DUI-refusal,
speeding,
possession and
use of drug-re
lated objects,
open contain
er, seatbelt
MARCH 4
MARCH 5
• Tamara
Laketa
George, 36,
Eastman,
DUI, speeding
• Shonte-
rell Harper,
21, Macon,
speeding, re
ceiving stolen
property
• Taubius
Devontae
Mullins, 28,
Macon, driv
ing without
a license,
suspended
registration,
tag violation
• Keanan
Dumar Scott,
24, Forsyth,
driving with
out a license,
DUI-refusal
• Saphure
Ganel Lashae
Jea Cham
bers, 31,
Riverview,
Fla., pointing a
pistol
• Rogelio
Dominguez
Hernandez,
40, Mableton,
driving with
out a license,
failure to
maintain lane,
speeding
• Allaya
Sebree
Hubbard, 25,
McDonough,
expired
registration,
DUI-refusal,
improper
stopping, co
caine posses
sion