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March 8, 2023
INCIDENTS
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Unlicensed driver
caught in stolen Toyota
A FLOCK alert was
issued on a 2022 Toyota
Camry with a Texas tag on
Feb. 16 and a 41-year-old
Macon man was jailed for
driving without a license.
Deputy Tyler Rodgers
spotted the car that had
been reported stolen out
of Bleckley County as it
turned onto Hwy. 87 then
on the southbound ramp
of 1-75.
Rodgers stopped the
car and drew his pistol,
commanding the driver to
exit and walk towards him.
The man was cuffed and
secured in the backseat of
the patrol car.
Bibb County deputies
arrived to assist and hand
cuffed two female passen
gers and secured them in
separate patrol vehicles.
The driver told Rodgers
the car was a rental and
that the brother of the
front seat passenger had
rented it for her. He added
that they had just picked
up the womans mother
from work at the Brickyard
Golf Course who had been
sitting in the backseat.
The front seat passenger
also told Rodgers the Toy
ota was a rental. She said
she paid her brother $840
per week to rent the car.
She also said she found out
that he only paid $502.10
a week and believes he
pocketed the rest of the
money. She then showed
text messages to Rodgers
that showed the payment
for the car, as well as an
argument over the price of
the car. He had also texted
her saying he would have
to report the vehicle stolen
if she did not bring it back.
Rodgers spoke with
Bleckley County deputy
Zachman, who took the
stolen vehicle report. He
said the womans brother
thought he had to wait 24
hours before reporting the
vehicle stolen. He also said
he believed the brother
may have taken the vehicle.
Dispatch confirmed with
Bleckley County that the
vehicle was stolen, and
Rodgers requested an on-
call wrecker. The women
were released from custody
and a Bibb County deputy
took them to a safe loca
tion off the interstate. The
vehicle was turned over to
Forsyth Towing.
The driver was taken to
the Monroe County Jail.
Unlicensed driver has
trouble with English
Deputy Christopher
Marsh clocked a 2014 Ford
Edge doing 92 mph on 1-75
S and made a traffic stop
near the weigh station on
Feb. 17 around 2:36 a.m.
When Marsh asked the
24-year-old man from Hi
aleah, Fla., for his license,
he answered that he didn’t
speak English and his
female passenger translated
to the deputy that he didn’t
have a license but that he
was working on it.
She said they were com
ing from Tennessee and
were headed to Miami.
Marsh learned the driver
had an indefinite license
suspension out of Florida.
He was asked to step out,
handcuffed, and seated in
the rear of Marsh’s patrol
unit.
Several boxes filled with
Milwaukee, DeWalt, and
Makita power tool batteries
were found in the rear of
the SUV. Marsh asked the
passenger who the batteries
belonged to, and she said
that she didn’t know, she
was just riding in the car.
The deputy asked her again
where they were coming
from again and she stated
that they were coming
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know who the car belonged
to.
The driver was asked
where the batteries came
from and he replied that he
didn’t understand the ques
tion. When asked again, he
replied he got them from
a swap meet. He said they
were his and that he sells
them to a guy whose name
he didn’t know. Attempts
to use Marsh’s translator
app were not completely
successful.
The man was charged
with speeding and driving
without a license. The pas
senger also had an indef
inite license suspension,
and an additional patrol
car was called to take her to
Forsyth.
Young people
seen stealing mail
A couple returning to
their home on North Rivoli
Farms Road saw a pickup
truck driving on the shoul
der going away from their
cul-de-sac property on Feb.
17 and called the sheriff’s
office. They told deputy Ja
son O’Steen that since they
knew the vehicle didn’t
belong in the area, they
decided to do a U-turn and
follow it.
While traveling behind
the pickup, they saw it pull
over at another address and
a female passenger leaned
out of the passenger side
window and took mail
from the mailbox. As they
approached, the pickup
sped away and they contin
ued to follow it. The truck
then turned onto Rivoli
Road which is when she
called the sheriff’s office.
They said that there were
other mailboxes with the
lids open on North Rivoli
Farms Road and that they
had problems before with
mail theft.
There was a male driver
and two male passen
gers in tne backseat. The
occupants of the pickup
appeared to be young but
were not kids. The couple
was able to get the tag
number which came back
to a woman in Macon, but
she hasn’t returned any
calls from deputies. Investi
gator Shania Hawkins was
notified.
Wallet stolen
from golfer
A wallet was reported
missing from a 2017 Ford
F-150 Supercrew parked
at the Brickyard Golf Club
on North Wesleyan Drive
on Feb. 18. A 61-year-old
Macon man told deputy
Cody Maples someone
had gone into his truck
while he was golfing. He
said his truck had been left
unlocked when he went to
play at 9 a.m. He returned
two hours later and found
that his wallet along with
several of his debit and
credit cards had been taken
as well as $160 in cash.
The golfer said that the
thief had already used his
debit card in the amount of
$1,400.88 at Sam’s Club in
McDonough.
Driver fakes sleep after
speeding on interstate
An Illinois driver pre
tended to be asleep at an
1-75 S traffic stop for speed
ing by deputy Anthony
Thompson on Feb. 19.
Thompson was sitting
stationary near milepost
191 when a speeding silver
2004 Toyota 4-Runner
passed him. When the
deputy got behind the SUV
the male driver from shot
across several lanes and
parked just north of the
weigh station. The SUV’s
lights were then shut off.
As Thompson got to the
driver’s window, he noticed
that the driver was acting as
if he was sleeping. Thomp
son also saw beer cans in
the vehicle. He knocked
on the driver’s window to
get the man’s attention, but
he continued to act as if
he was asleep. Thompson
pointed his flashlight into
his eyes and the man closed
his eyes tighter.
Thompson repeatedly
beat on the driver’s window
until he finally acted as
if he was just waking up.
When the driver opened
the door the deputy was
overwhelmed by the odor
of alcohol.
In broken English/Span
ish tried to tell Thompson
had been sleeping but
Thompson informed him
that he just saw him speed
by.
He was taken to the rear
of his vehicle and when
deputies tried to speak with
him, he said he didn’t speak
English and Thompson
pulled up his translator app
on his phone. He asked the
driver to take a sobriety test
to which he refused.
He was taken to jail and
charged with DUI-refusal.
MACON REGIONAL
CRIMESTOPPERS
Most Wanted in Monroe County
The Monroe County Sheriffs Office is looking for the following suspects through the Macon Regional
Crimestoppers. If you have information on their whereabouts please call Crimestoppers at 478-752-8355.
Joey T.
Angela
Adan
Morshista
Ernest D.
Mobley
J.Larsen
Garcia
Wilkerson
Collins
Age 32, w/m,
w/f, 5’6 @ 165 lbs.
Age 41, h/m,
Age 39, b/f,
Age 55, b/m,
5’ 10 @215 lbs.
Wanted by the
5’ 10 @ 195 lbs.
5’5 @ 190 lbs.
57 @295 lbs.
Wanted by the
Monroe County
Wanted by the
Wanted by the
Wanted by the
Monroe County
Sheriffs Office
Monroe County
Monroe County
Monroe County
Sheriff’s Office
Bench Warrant,
Sheriffs’ Office for
Sheriff’s Office
Sheriff Office for
for Simple
Criminal Damage to
Failure to
for Sup. Ct. VOR
Sup. Ct. VOP. o/c
Battery, Terrostic
Property 2nd degree,
Register as a Sex
o/c being
being Theft by
Threats.
Cruelty to Children
Offender, and
Robbery and
Taking, Poss.,
3rd degree,
Obstruction of
Obstruction
Transfer of Firearm
Disorderly Conduct,
and Simple Assault
FA/, Simple Battery -
FA/.
law Enforcement.
of Law
Enforcement.
by Convicted Felon,
Del/Sell Controlled
Substance-Crack
Cocaine.
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