DUI

April 23 – On I-95, an officer saw a white Chevy Blazer going 92 m.p.h. in the 70 zone. As the patrol vehicle approached, the Blazer reportedly abruptly exited the highway at Exit 87 and Hwy. 17. "The driver opened up his door while in the turning lane and attempted to step out of the vehicle in an aggressive manner," the report said. The man was told to get back into the vehicle and move it off the road. Once the officer had the vehicle pulled over, he reported smelling alcohol coming from the vehicle. When questioned, the driver said he had consumed alcoholic beverages "in Virginia."

"He then asked what state he was in," the report said.

While officers questioned the man, he was reportedly unsteady on his feet, nervous, slurring and mumbling, had bloodshot and glassy eyes, and was confused and occasionally belligerent. The man failed all the field sobriety tests, according to the report.

When an Intoxilyzer test was performed, the man reportedly blew a .162 BAC. The officers found several empty and full bottles of wine coolers in the vehicle. The man was taken to jail.

April 24 – Police were sent to Ashton Apartments after a complainant asked them to check on a 94-year-old resident. The man said he goes to church with the woman and was concerned when he didn’t hear from her. He said he knocked and rang the doorbell several times but got no answer. "The complainant advised that the victim is very hard of hearing and also has a hard time getting around and he is afraid she might have fallen," the report said.

"We found the victim lying in her bedroom on the floor next to the bathroom floor. As we entered the room we found a medium blood stain on the floor in the hallway. The victim’s face had dried blood on it and massive amounts of bruising around her eyes, mouth and on the tops of her hands." The officer said she was alert and could speak. She said had been in that state for an unknown amount of time and had tried throwing things at the windows in an attempt to get someone to hear her. EMS arrived and established that the woman had taken her daily medication on the date of the report, "so it was presumed that she had fallen sometime after taking her medicine." There were no signs of foul play. The woman was taken to St. Joseph’s/Candler.

April 21 – A Sterling Creek resident complained that several of the neighborhood children use her yard as a short cut, even though she’s asked them not to. "She added that today she saw the offender come into her yard, pick up the rocks from a flower bed and throw them at other children," the report said. The woman told the officer the rocks almost hit some of the kids and surrounding vehicles. The woman pointed out where the alleged offender lives and the officer went over to talk to the juvenile. "The offender’s mother came to the door and was extremely defensive, uncooperative and melodramatic. She refused to give me hardly any information." Reportedly, the offender’s younger brother had to ask his mother to calm down. The offender admitted to throwing the stones and said he was sorry and it wouldn’t happen again.

April 20 – An officer was scanning the South Bryan fire channel when he overhead a man say he’d almost been hit head on at Harris Trail Road just before Hwy. 17 by a green Ford Explorer. The officer located the vehicle and initiated a traffic stop after he saw the Explorer failing to maintain its lane, near the Upper Crust restaurant.

"This officer immediately detected the strong odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from on or about the driver’s compartment of the vehicle," the report said. The officer asked the driver if she had anything to drink, which she initially answered ‘no.’ "She then stated that she had consumed a ‘sip of beer approximately three hours prior.’" A field sobriety test showed a .058 BAC, according to the report. The girl was arrested and seated in the patrol vehicle. She was issued citations for the DUI, failure to maintain her lane and for an open container, as a three-quarter-full E & J Brandy bottle was reportedly found in the vehicle.

Public drunkenness

April 18 – Police arrived at the Denny’s parking lot after a fight was reported to have broken out. Two women were found arguing, and reportedly smelled of alcohol. "As the suspect refused to stop arguing and causing a public disturbance and her apparent level of intoxication, I placed her under arrest," the reporting officer said. The complainant said she asked the suspect to meet her at Denny’s because the suspect reportedly has a drug problem and she wanted to help her. She told police the suspect pulled a folding knife on her and threatened her, but threw it when police arrived. She said she didn’t want to press any charges.

The officer found the knife and also found the suspect’s vehicle with the keys in the ignition. The suspect said she had no knowledge of the knife and told police her fiancé could come pick up the vehicle. She was taken to jail.

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