The following information is gleaned from incident reports, which are public record, from the Jones County Sheriff’s Department and Gray Police Department May 13-23, 2022.
May 13
Corp. Carr was conducting routine patrol on the Gray Bypass when he noticed a vehicle in front of him with a cracked windshield. Carr activated his blue lights and conducted a traffic stop at that time. When Carr made contact with the driver, the driver advised he did not have a driver’s license only a GA ID Card. The offender told Carr that his license had been suspended due to a wreck he had a few years ago. The driver was placed under arrest and transported to the Jones County LEC where he was issued citations for driving while license suspended and windshield violation. Once being turned over to jail staff for booking, dispatch notified Carr the offender had a probation warrant with Baldwin County. Once booking was completed at JCSO, the offender was transported to the Baldwin County line and turned over to a deputy for further handling of his warrant.
May 15
Corporal Carr was monitoring traffic on Hwy. 44 when he ran a vehicle tag check on a car passing in front of him. The check came back to show the vehicle’s registration was suspended and had no insurance. At this time, Carr conducted a traffic stop. As Carr approached the vehicle, he made contact with the driver and one passenger and advised the reason for the stop. The driver advised Carr he was 3-4 months behind on the insurance payment. When the passenger’s information was checked it came back to show the passenger had an active warrant. Dispatch confirmed the warrant, but they did not wish to put a hold on her. Sgt. Humphries arrived on scene, and both were transported to the Jones County LEC. Carr retrieved K9 Ella from his vehicle and conducted a free air sniff of the vehicle. K9 Ella alerted to the odor of narcotics, and at that time Carr conducted a probable cause search of the vehicle. Once Carr opened the center console of the vehicle, he noticed a glass pipe and inside of the pipe was a powdery residue believed to be cocaine. Both the driver and the passenger advised Carr the pipe did not belong to them. Carr advised the offenders that they would both be charged with possession of cocaine due to it being in hands reach of both of them and secured warrants and served them both copies. The driver was also issued citations for suspended registration and no insurance, then both were turned over to the jail staff for booking.
May 17
Deputy Kile was conducting traffic enforcement on GA HWY. 57 when he observed a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. Kile activated his Raptor Radar and 78 mph appeared. Kile observed the vehicle appear to speed up, so he activated his blue lights to conduct a traffic stop. As Kile was catching up to the vehicle, he noticed the vehicle brake hard and turn right into a residential driveway, but the driver continued down a long driveway not stopping or yielding to Kile’s blue lights. Finally, the vehicle came within 15 feet of the residence and stopped. As Kile approached the driver’s side, he could see the driver moving around in the vehicle. Kile drew his service weapon and ordered the driver to show his hands, with no response from the driver. Kile requested an additional unit at this time. Kile ordered the driver to show his hands several more times. The driver stated he was trying to get dressed and would put his hands out the window and then pull them back in again. Kile observed the side door of the residence open, and a male subject later identified as the driver’s father came out and told his son to comply with the deputy. The driver finally exited the vehicle through the driver’s side window wearing nothing but a t-shirt and underwear and appeared to be extremely nervous. Kile asked the driver if there was anything illegal in the vehicle and the driver replied no. When Kile asked for the driver’s license, he was advised it was in the center console of the vehicle and the offender gave Kile permission to retrieve them. Kile also asked the driver if it would be OK to conduct a search of the vehicle and the offender advised it would be OK to do so. Deputy Dennis arrived on scene and advised Kile the offender has warrants for a probation violation. During the search of the vehicle, Kile located a small plastic bag with pills in it. Kile also observed a pink thong pair of underwear on the driver’s side floor, several sets of high heel shoes and women’s clothing. The offender advised Dennis that he likes wearing women’s clothing. The offender was transported to the Jones County LEC for processing. The pills found in the vehicle were identified as Xanax and oxycodone. The offender was charged with speeding in a construction zone, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and drugs not in their original container.
May 18
Deputy Kile was patrolling the area of Hwy. 49 when his license plate reader alerted to a vehicle with a possible expired tag. At this time, Kile conducted a traffic stop on the vehicle. As Kile approached the vehicle, he observed the driver and one passenger. The deputy advised the driver the reason for the stop and the driver told Kile his mother just got the car, and she took care of the tag. Deputy Kile asked the driver and the passenger for their license. The passenger got very argumentative with Kile when asked for his license and advised he did not want to give his information. Both the driver and the passenger seemed to be acting very nervous. Both occupants gave Kile their information and a check of the passenger’s information came back to show his license was suspended. Kile requested an additional unit to come to the scene. The deputy observed a large knife on the driver’s person and when Kile did a pat down search, the driver advised Kile he also had CBD in his pocket. Kile then conducted a safety pat down of the passenger and found green leafy material in a wrapper in a pack of cigarettes. Deputy Dennis arrived on scene. A vehicle inventory search was conducted and Kile observed a small green zip lock bag containing a crystal-like material. Kile conducted a field test of the substance, and it showed a positive result for amphetamine. Kile continued his search of the vehicle and located a green straw with the same crystal-like material from the front passenger’s seat. Also found was a smoking device cut out of a small Gatorade bottle with a rubber yellow tube going through the bottle with hot glue sealing the tube and a pink liquid inside. Kile also located a glass pipe smoking device under the front passenger floor mat with a burnt crystallike substance inside. The two occupants were transported to the Jones County LEC and charged with possession of marijuana less than one ounce, possession of a controlled substance, driving on suspended license, and expired registration.
May 23
Corp. Carr was monitoring traffic on Gray Hwy. and noticed a vehicle pass with the driver’s window so tinted that he could not see the driver through the glass. Carr conducted a traffic stop at this time. Carr approached the driver and advised the reason for the stop and noticed the smell of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. Carr asked the driver about the odor, and she advised there were some roaches or the end of a blunt in the vehicle. Carr had the driver step out of the vehicle and conducted a probable cause search. In the center console, he found a clear bag that contained marijuana and located another small amount of marijuana in the driver’s purse. Also found was a Tylenol bottle and in the bottle was a clear plastic bag with several multicolored pills believed to be MDMA. The driver did confirm to Carr this was indeed MDMA or Ecstasy. The driver was placed under arrest for possession charges and transported to the Jones County LEC for processing. Carr secured a warrant for possession of MDMA a schedule 1 narcotic. The offender was served the warrant and issued a citation for possession of marijuana less than 1 oz.
