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March 8, 2023
MCSO releases report as MCR's
Honey Boo Boo story goes viral
By Steve Reece
steve.reece@gmail.com
The Reporter’s story last
week about Honey Boo
Boos involvement in a
3-mile police chase and
then the DUI and drug
arrests of her boyfriend and
a friend went viral world
wide, and now the sheriff’s
office has released the
report on the incident.
Alana “Honey Boo Boo”
Thompson, 17, was a
passenger in the chase last
Tuesday, Feb. 28. Accord
ing to the report, Cpl. Jaleel
Brown was on 1-75 N ap
proaching North Lee Street
when he spotted a red
2018 red Dodge Charger
SXT with three occupants
speeding so fast it nearly
hit a passenger car in the
rear. To avoid the collision
the driver, Dralin Semar
Carswell, 21, of Irwinton,
later described by media
outlets as the boyfriend
of Honey Boo Boo, drove
into the emergency lane
before entering the exit
ramp. The passenger in the
backseat was later identi
fied as 24-year-old Julius
Malik Devon Williams of
Irwinton.
Brown activated his lights
on the Charger as it was
sitting at the stop sign at
the top of the ramp and
expected Carswell to pull
into the Shell gas station for
the stop. Instead, Carswell
turned left on Hwy. 42,
traveling at a normal speed
as if he didn’t notice the
patrol car behind him.
As the corporal pulled up
very close to the Charger
and honked his siren, he
could see a woman later
identified as Honey Boo
Boo turning around in
the front passenger seat
and looking at him while
talking on her phone. After
a few moments, she turned
back around and sat back
in her seat. As they passed
Fairview Church Road
Carswell ran a car off the
road. At Boxankle Road the
pursuit reached 75 mph.
Captain Jarred Duncan
radioed Brown that he was
sitting stationary on Hwy.
42 at Hickman Road to
clear traffic. Brown told
him when he saw his patrol
vehicle, he would perform
a P.I.T. maneuver. When
Duncan saw the vehicles
approaching, he activated
his emergency equipment,
the Charger then slowed
down and Brown rammed
into it, ending the pursuit.
Brown jumped out of his
patrol unit and pointed
his firearm at the driver’s
door. The windows on the
Charger were very dark
Honey Boo Boo after her
boyfriend was arrested.
and Brown told Carswell
to roll down the window.
He told the occupants to
keep their hands where he
could see them. He covered
Duncan as he removed
Williams from the backseat
and handcuffed him. Car-
swell and Honey Boo Boo
were also asked to step out.
Brown then noticed a black
pistol in the cupholder and
removed it.
It was soon learned that
Carswell’s license was
suspended for several super
speeder suspensions, point
violations and a serious
violation committed when
he was under the age of 21.
He was also wanted out of
Wilkinson County for a
probation violation. After
first giving false informa
tion, Williams was found
to also have a suspended
license and had several
warrants including a proba
tion violation for marijuana
possession, fleeing and
possessing a pistol without
a permit out of the state
of Minnesota. Honey Boo
Boo was cleared. The men
were arrested and secured
in Brown’s patrol vehicle.
A small baggie of mar
ijuana was found in the
Charger. The car was re
leased to Honey Boo Boo.
She was later picked up at
the scene by her sister Lau-
ryn “Pumpkin” Shannon
according to authorities.
While at the sheriff’s of
fice, Carswell told deputies
that he had smoked mari
juana about an hour before
he got on the road and
agreed to a sobriety and
blood test which indicated
he was under the influence.
Warrants were processed
against him for fleeing. He
was also cited for follow
ing too closely, failure to
maintain lane, DUI-drugs,
driving without a license
and speeding. Williams was
charged with giving false
information. Carswell was
released on March 1 on a
$25,000 bond and Williams
was released on March 3 on
a $1,000 bond.
The Reporter’s story
about Honey Boo Boo’s
wild ride was picked up by
multiple outlets including
People magazine, the New
York Post and the Daily
Wire, and some even gave
credit to the source for
their story.
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Church says pig digging graves
A pig was reported to be digging up
graves at the Hopewell United Meth
odist Church cemetery on March
1. According to the sheriff’s office,
Cpl. Dalton Mosely was sent to 436
Hopewell Road where he spoke with
church groundskeeper Bruce Hugh-
ley, who believed the pig belonged to
the people who lived next door.
Mosely was unable to speak with
the pig’s owner at that time but spoke
with a neighbor who gave him the
name of the pig’s owner, Kim Holder-
field, 54.
The corporal was able to later con
tact Holderfield and informed her she
needed to get her pig off the church
property. He also let her know he
would be filing a report.
Holderfield told the Reporter that
the pig, “Pinky” is a rescue pot-bellied
pig and that she wanders over there
sometimes to eat acorns from oak
trees near the cemetery. Holderfield
said the deputy fired his gun to scare
the pig, which belongs to her hus
band Todd, back onto their property.
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