The following information is gleaned from incident reports, which are public record, from the Jones County Sheriff’s Department and Gray Police Department July 7-14, 2023.
July 9
Stolen meat, active warrant and more
Sgt. Carr was on routine patrol when he ran a GA tag to check for valid insurance and registration.
Carr’s in-car computer alerted that the registration was suspended and the vehicle had no valid insurance. Carr initiated a traffic stop at that time and made contact with three females in the vehicle.
The driver advised the Sgt. that the car was registered to her, however her daughter, the front seat passenger, maintains the insurance for the vehicle. While speaking to the three females, Carr detected the odor of marijuana coming from inside the vehicle.
The front seat passenger stated that she just recently smoked a marijuana blunt inside the car, but there was no more marijuana.
Carr had the female driver; the front seat passenger and the backseat passenger exit the vehicle at that time. The Sgt. conducted a probable cause search of the vehicle and found a rolling tray that had marijuana “shake” left over on it. Under one of the seats in the vehicle, Carr also found a Sig P365 pistol. He had dispatch run the serial number on the pistol and it came back clear. Carr continued his search of the vehicle and found a small black bag on the driver’s seat that the female driver confirmed to belong to her and inside the bag had two pills with K57 imprint on them. Carr used the Drug ID site to identify the pills and found them to be Oxycodone. While still searching the vehicle, in the backseat behind the driver there were large amounts of meat in bags.
One bag had approximately eight packs of beef short ribs from a local grocery store, and another bag had approximately 10 double packs of Ribeye steaks that appeared to be from a different local grocery store.
The back seat passenger stated they belonged to her and that her brother got them for her. The female could not produce a receipt for the meat at all. At that time, dispatch informed Sgt. Carr that the front seat female passenger had an active warrant for her arrest.
The driver was secured in handcuffs for the Oxycodone, and the front seat passenger was secured in handcuffs for her active warrant. The driver was able to obtain insurance on the vehicle while on the scene. Deputy Brown arrived and transported the driver and front seat passenger to the Jones County LEC. Carr secured a warrant for the driver for possession of schedule II narcotic (Oxycodone) and drugs not kept in the original container.
The driver was also issued a citation for suspended registration. The two females were then turned over to jail staff. While at the LEC, Carr was contacted by one of the local grocery stores managers that confirmed they had meat stolen from the store. Carr went to the business and reviewed the video footage they had. The footage showed that the third female (back seat passenger) entered the store with an empty black bag and showed she left the store with a full bag without going to the cash register. Due to that video footage, another case will be opened for the theft of the meat for that female.
Indecent exposure???
Dep. Caldwell responded to a residence in regards to individuals requesting a deputy. Upon arrival, Caldwell met with a male and a female complainant. The male stated that his wife was on the front porch of their residence when she observed their neighbor proceed to urinate in front of her and calling out to her saying “hi” to allegedly get her attention while doing his business. The complainant advised the deputy all of this was caught on their home video cameras, and he went on to tell Caldwell that the neighbor has tried to make many sexual advances towards his wife in the past.
Caldwell was able to watch the video footage and observed the neighbor standing upright in what appeared to be only his boxers, underwear or shorts. Caldwell also heard on the video footage the neighbor saying “hi” to the female and looking in her direction.
Throughout the video, Caldwell did not observe any genital organs that were to be seen. Caldwell advised the male and female complainant that since no genital organs were able to be seen, they may have to go through pre-warrant in Magistrate Court unless the neighbor admitted to it.
Both the male and female advised they understood and just wanted to report the incident to a deputy. Caldwell gave the two residents a business card that contained the case number for the incident. Caldwell went to the neighbor’s residence to try to speak to him, however he was not able to contact him to hear his side of what happened. No further information at this time.
Possible explosive device (smells fruity) Dep. Allen along with several other deputies responded to the Bypass at Monticello Hwy. in reference to a possible explosive device discovered under a vehicle. Upon arrival, the deputies met with the complainant that stated he had stopped at a gas station in Rutledge, GA when he discovered a device under the front driver side of the vehicle. The male driver described the device as a battery pack, wires, a small motherboard and an unknown additional object on it. The driver stated he took a picture of the device and sent it to his brother and his brother thought it may be a tracking device. The driver continued on his travels, however, lost cell phone signal while driving. As the driver neared the Bypass, he regained cell service and realized he had received several text messages from family members telling him to exit the vehicle since the device could be explosive. The deputies were able to retrieve the device from the vehicle and upon further inspection it appeared to be a broken vape smoking device. This was verified due to the layout of the device and the fruity aroma coming from the device. So, fortunately, this was not any type explosive device at all, however due to the nature of the call the device was taken and logged into evidence.
