Wednesday, June 2, 2010
The Oconee County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents:
Arrests: On May 18, a deputy on patrol learned from dispatch that a person traveling on Old Bishop Road reported seeing a red vehicle stop next to a young man on a bicycle, and that two people jumped out and attacked the cyclist. The deputy arrived to find a 19-year-old Bishop man standing next to his bicycle. He told the deputy that 17-year-old Raymond Cole McDaniel and a man he didn't know had attacked him. He said McDaniel and his companion are members of the Bloods gang who falsely accused him of being a Crips member. The deputy drove to Hardigree Bell Road and saw deputy Clark Sparrow standing at the red vehicle speaking to two people, including a 20-year-old woman. Said she was driving the vehicle when the two men told her to pull over near the bicyclist. When she was asked where the two assailants were, she said they took off running when they saw Sparrow's car. Another man in the vehicle told the deputies he never participated in the attack. The other suspect was identified as Preston Pike, 19, of Bishop. The deputy called Pike's girlfriend to get him to surrender, and he showed up at the county jail about 11:45 p.m. Pike denied both the attack and being in the vehicle, but when confronted with the other witnesses' statements, Pike said he only pushed the rider off the bicycle and slapped him. Shortly after 2 a.m. May 19, deputies arrested McDaniel at his Hardigree Bell Road home. On the way to jail, he told deputies he only opened the vehicle door so Pike could get out and attack the bicyclist. Both McDaniel and Pike were charged with battery and affray.
Arrest: On May 19, Sgt. Byron Smith, Cpl. Shane Partain and a third deputy went to a Rankin Road home after they received a tip that Jabbaris L. Brown, 26, was inside. Brown was wanted on seven criminal charges stemming from an attack on a woman. When Partain opened the door, the deputies heard glass breaking in a bedroom. Two ran outside to the rear window while the other went into the bedroom and found Brown standing on a bed with his forearm bleeding. The deputy drew his pistol and ordered Brown to the floor, and Brown finally complied. He was taken to an Athens hospital for treatment, then to jail where he also was charged with obstruction.
Fraud: On May 19, a woman said an unidentified man called her mother claiming he was her grandson and that he needed her to wire him $1,100 because he was in Canada and had a car wreck. The grandmother said she didn't know how to wire money and he would have to speak with his mother, but the caller said he didn't want his mother to know about the wreck. The woman said the man didn't sound like her grandson, so she called her daughter, who came to her house. When the man called back, he was confronted by the daughter and disconnected the call.
Arrest: On May 19, a deputy was dispatched about 5:15 p.m. to the parking lot of the Waffle House on Epps Bridge Parkway. He saw a 36-year-old Dacula woman picking up papers and crying because of a problem she had with a woman from Comer. The Comer woman explained that she wanted to repossess a car she had sold to the Dacula woman, who was behind on her payments. The Dacula woman said she offered $200, but the Comer woman wanted the car back. The women were advised to take the matter to civil court.
Complaint: On May 13, deputy Clark Sparrow was patrolling on Daniells Bridge Road about 1 a.m. when he saw a pickup filled with construction tools enter Lake Welbrook subdivision. Sparrow followed and saw the pickup pull into a driveway on Scarlett Oak Circle. The vehicle's lights were turned off, and when Sparrow approached it on foot, he found it unoccupied, but he could hear people running in the backyard. Backup deputies were called, and the home's resident said he was awakened by someone knocking on his window. As more deputies arrived, three people walked out of the woods with their hands in the air. They were identified as juveniles. One admitted he had taken his father's work truck without permission and that when they saw the deputy following them, they panicked and pulled into the driveway of a friend to escape. They admitted they were smoking an herb called Elations. The parents of all three were contacted, and the three were released without charges.
Fraud: On May 20, a 77-year-old Monroe Highway man said someone had taken his Sam's Club credit card and used it five times for purchases totaling $235.
Arrest: On May 20, a deputy saw a car driving slowly down U.S. Highway 78. He later saw the car again, on the roadside with the hood up. The men explained they were having an electrical problem. The driver, 23-year-old Alexander Madrid of New Brunswick, N.J., was charged with being an unlicensed driver.
Threat: On May 20, a 32-year-old Watkinsville man reported receiving about 100 phone calls from a man who has threatened to assault and kill him. The complainant said the calls began when the caller found him at the Morgan County home of the caller's ex-wife. At that time, Morgan County deputies were called to the house to take action and the caller was warned not to return to his ex-wife's home. As the complainant explained the situation, the ex-husband called again, and the responding deputy got on the line and advised him to stop calling or he would be subject to arrest. The man said he understood and would stop calling.
Fraud: On May 20, a Watkinsville man reported that his bank called to say his credit card was being used fraudulently.
Theft: On May 21, a Mallard Lakes Drive man reported that someone stole a family heirloom pocket knife from his unlocked pickup.
Burglary: On May 21, a deputy responded to an alarm at the maintenance shop at Veterans Memorial Park, where a window and screen were removed. An employee checked but could not find anything missing.
Theft: On May 22, a man said someone broke into his pickup at the Bogart Fields on Burson Avenue, Bogart, and stole an iPod, sunglasses and his wallet. A few hours later, the man learned his bank card was used several times at Georgia Square Mall and was recovered at Silver Treasurers. An employee there said a woman tried to use the card, and when questioned about the cardholder's name, she claimed the card belonged to her boyfriend. She left the card at the store and fled the mall. The woman was described as white, 5 feet 4 inches tall, with short dark hair, a green nose ring and wearing a white-and-green striped shirt.
Fraud: On May 22, a 36-year-old Bogart woman reported she ordered $41.25 worth of food at the drive-thru of a Krystal fast-food restaurant in Athens. She paid with an ATM card, but forgot to retrieve it and the receipt. The next day she called the restaurant, as did her husband, who is in law enforcement. Two attempts were made by someone to use the card, including one for a $62 purchase.
Theft: On May 22, an Atlanta Highway, Bogart, resident reported someone stole his red Toro push mower, a leaf blower and a weed trimmer from his carport.
Theft: On May 23, a Barnett Shoals Road resident reported that she arrived home to find her son's vehicle on the side of the road. The son didn't know how it got there. The vehicle appeared to have been driven a few miles, and $15 cash was missing.
Theft: On May 23, a Mill Chase Court, Watkinsville, resident reported someone broke into his vehicle and stole an iPod.
Theft: On May 22, a 44-year-old Shellman woman reported someone stole a GPS unit and $10 cash from her unlocked car while it was parked on Red Oak Court, Watkinsville.
Arrest: On May 23, two people notified dispatch of a reckless driver on Epps Bridge Parkway who turned onto Mars Hill Road and was headed toward Watkinsville. The responding deputy stopped at a school and saw the red Toyota SUV pass. He saw it cross the yellow line, so he stopped it near the U.S. Highway 441 bypass. The driver smelled of alcohol, and when he got out he could barely stand. An almost empty bottle of Smirnoff vodka was found in the vehicle. Michael D. Lanard, 59, of Cedar Drive, Watkinsville, was charged with DUI after he registered a 0.21 blood-alcohol level on a Breathalyzer test.
Theft: On May 23, someone entered an unlocked Ford Ranger parked on Old Mill Drive, Watkinsville, and stole $1. On the same street, an unlocked Jeep Liberty was entered and a wallet containing personal identification and credit cards was taken, and a car was entered and a High Point .380-caliber handgun stolen. At another home, an unlocked vehicle was entered and a man's wallet stolen.
The Watkinsville Police Department reported the following incidents:
Arrest: On May 17, police stopped at a vehicle parked in Harris Shoals Park and arrested Timothy James Gray, 21, of Lavender Road, Athens, for possession of marijuana.
Arrest: On May 18, an officer stopped a 1982 Chevrolet pickup on South Main Street after noticing it didn't have a license plate or working lights on a trailer it was towing. Billy Ray Craft, 57, of Circle C Mobile Home Park, Bogart, was charged with DUI, driving while his license was suspended and no brake lights.
Arrest: On May 20, an officer stopped a Jeep Cherokee for speeding on Whitehall Road about 2:55 a.m. Nicholas F. Gensinger, 19, of Clotfelter Road was charged with speeding and DUI.
Theft: On May 20, a Concord Drive resident reported that someone stole an Alpine CD system valued at $300 from his car.
The Oconee County Fire Department responded to the following incidents:
May 17: Medical emergencies on Virgil Langford, Lane Cree, Kirkland, Robinhood, Snows Mill, Old Bishop, Daniells Bridge and Colham Ferry roads and Beverly Drive.
May 18: Medical emergencies on Wettlers Ridge Road, North Main Street, Lois Lane, Prince Mill Road and High Shoals Road; auto wreck on Greensboro Highway.
May 19: Medical emergencies on Moreland Drive, Colham Ferry, Hodges Mill, Rankin, Treadwell Bridge, Pleasant Hill and Robinhood roads; woods fire at 1500 Spartan Lane; landscaping fire at 1160 Capital Avenue.
May 20: Medical emergencies on Choyce Johnson Road, South Macon Highway, Kirkland Road; vehicle fire at U.S. Highway 78/Georgia Highway 316; car wreck at Oconee Connector; illegal controlled burn on 5500 block of Macon Highway.
May 21: Medical emergency on Hog Mountain Road; auto wreck on 4000 block of Hog Mountain Road; transformer arching on Mars Hill Road/Old Whitehead Road; lightning strike at 29 Spring Circle; auto wreck at Mars Hill Road/Briar Lakes Road.
May 22: Medical emergencies on Old Farmington Road; Parkway Place, Hollow Creek Lane, North Burson Avenue, Bogart, and Colham Ferry Road.
May 23: Grass fire on U.S. Highway 78 near Keeneland Drive; medical emergencies on Epps Bridge Parkway, Mars Hill Road, Malcom Bridge Road and Hog Mountain Road.