Snow keeps woman out of jail
An officer working an accident on Sims Road during the Feb. 12 snowfall was approached by a firefighter who advised that he smelled alcohol on the breath of woman in a nearby beige Nissan Frontier which was blocking traffic.
When the officer spoke to the woman, he immediately noticed a strong odor of alcohol. The woman denied drinking and said she just wanted to get home.
When the officer informed the woman that he could smell the alcohol on her breath, she admitted having one glass of wine earlier in the evening.
The officer asked the woman to step out of her vehicle so that it could be moved out of traffic. As the officer was escorting the woman to his patrol car, a motorist stopped and informed the officer that he had pulled the woman’s vehicle out of a ditch at the end of McNeal Road and Candler Street. The motorist said the woman had been all over the roadway and unable to stop at the stop sign. There was damage to the driver’s side of the vehicle as well as tree and brush debris covering the hood of the car.
When the officer asked the woman how her vehicle was damaged, she initially claimed someone crashed into her car. She then admitted that she had gone off the roadway, but demanded to know why the officer was “pestering” a 64-year-old woman. The woman said she felt the officer should be apprehending “real bad guys” such as drug dealers.
The woman repeatedly asked the officer to give her a “slap on the wrist” and take her home. When the officer said he could not let her drive her vehicle, the woman reportedly became angry with him.
As the officer dealt with the woman, road conditions continued to deteriorate. After obtaining an alco-sensor reading indicating that the woman’s breath alcohol concentration was .181, the officer asked for an intoxilyzer operator to meet him at the detention center.
Before leaving the scene, the officer impounded the woman’s vehicle and discovered an open bottle of Merlot along with two unopened bottles of wine during the inventory.
The officer attempted to transport the woman to the Barrow County Detention Center, but was unable to get to the jail due to a jack-knifed tractor trailer on Hwy. 211.
Due to the hazardous roadway conditions and the inaccessibility of the jail, the woman was driven home and cited with reckless driving.
Other recent incidents investigated by Winder Police include:
• animal bite on East Fifth Avenue. A woman called police after being bitten by a pit bull.
• battery on Patrick Mill Road. A woman reported that a man choked her, pulled out a handful of her hair and hit her in the face and eye.
• burglary on Dreamland Circle. An unknown amount of loose change was stolen from the residence after the burglar broke open a piggy bank, sorted through a change jug and pilfered coins out of bag.
• burglary on Marion Lay Street. A box containing 51 different medications was stolen from the residence.
• criminal damage to property on Embassy Lane. A streetlight was reported broken.
• damage to city property on N. Broad Street. A patrol car sustained minor damage after being struck from behind while sitting in traffic.
• damage to property on East May Street. A vehicle sustained minor damage after the driver backed the car into a pole.
• entering auto on Georgia Avenue. A GPS unit was stolen from a 1999 Ford pickup.
• entering auto on North Broad Street. A Sony stereo was removed from a 1999 Jeep Wrangler which was parked at a church.
• entering auto on West Wright Street. A Magellan GPS was stolen after the thief broke a car window.
• found items at Fort Yargo State Park. A man discovered parts of two shotguns in the mud next to the lake. One was a double barrel shotgun with a pistol grip handle, the other was a single barrel shotgun with stock.
• hit and run on Athens Street. A man was traveling east on Athens Street when a white work truck with a blue air compressor in the back slid into the passenger side of his vehicle before striking the front of his vehicle. The driver did not stop. The man reported some back pain as a result of the collision.
• hit and run on Griffith Street. A 1997 Dodge Caravan parked alongside the road was sideswiped by another vehicle.
• possible burglary on Marion Lay Street. A woman called police after finding her brother in medical distress inside his ransacked apartment. The man was transported to the hospital, but authorities were unable to determine if the apartment had been burglarized.
• property dispute on Wade Street. A man said he took a washing machine and dryer with him after he and his wife divorced two years ago. The man said his ex-in-laws now want the appliances returned.
• suicide attempt on North Fifth Avenue. A woman was transported to the emergency room after ingesting an unknown amount of oxycodone, trazodone, lexapro and promathazine.
• theft on Athens Street. A tag was stolen off a vehicle.
• theft on East Broad Street. A woman reported that her tag had been stolen.
When the officer informed the woman that he could smell the alcohol on her breath, she admitted having one glass of wine earlier in the evening.
The officer asked the woman to step out of her vehicle so that it could be moved out of traffic. As the officer was escorting the woman to his patrol car, a motorist stopped and informed the officer that he had pulled the woman’s vehicle out of a ditch at the end of McNeal Road and Candler Street. The motorist said the woman had been all over the roadway and unable to stop at the stop sign. There was damage to the driver’s side of the vehicle as well as tree and brush debris covering the hood of the car.
When the officer asked the woman how her vehicle was damaged, she initially claimed someone crashed into her car. She then admitted that she had gone off the roadway, but demanded to know why the officer was “pestering” a 64-year-old woman. The woman said she felt the officer should be apprehending “real bad guys” such as drug dealers.
The woman repeatedly asked the officer to give her a “slap on the wrist” and take her home. When the officer said he could not let her drive her vehicle, the woman reportedly became angry with him.
As the officer dealt with the woman, road conditions continued to deteriorate. After obtaining an alco-sensor reading indicating that the woman’s breath alcohol concentration was .181, the officer asked for an intoxilyzer operator to meet him at the detention center.
Before leaving the scene, the officer impounded the woman’s vehicle and discovered an open bottle of Merlot along with two unopened bottles of wine during the inventory.
The officer attempted to transport the woman to the Barrow County Detention Center, but was unable to get to the jail due to a jack-knifed tractor trailer on Hwy. 211.
Due to the hazardous roadway conditions and the inaccessibility of the jail, the woman was driven home and cited with reckless driving.
Other recent incidents investigated by Winder Police include:
• animal bite on East Fifth Avenue. A woman called police after being bitten by a pit bull.
• battery on Patrick Mill Road. A woman reported that a man choked her, pulled out a handful of her hair and hit her in the face and eye.
• burglary on Dreamland Circle. An unknown amount of loose change was stolen from the residence after the burglar broke open a piggy bank, sorted through a change jug and pilfered coins out of bag.
• burglary on Marion Lay Street. A box containing 51 different medications was stolen from the residence.
• criminal damage to property on Embassy Lane. A streetlight was reported broken.
• damage to city property on N. Broad Street. A patrol car sustained minor damage after being struck from behind while sitting in traffic.
• damage to property on East May Street. A vehicle sustained minor damage after the driver backed the car into a pole.
• entering auto on Georgia Avenue. A GPS unit was stolen from a 1999 Ford pickup.
• entering auto on North Broad Street. A Sony stereo was removed from a 1999 Jeep Wrangler which was parked at a church.
• entering auto on West Wright Street. A Magellan GPS was stolen after the thief broke a car window.
• found items at Fort Yargo State Park. A man discovered parts of two shotguns in the mud next to the lake. One was a double barrel shotgun with a pistol grip handle, the other was a single barrel shotgun with stock.
• hit and run on Athens Street. A man was traveling east on Athens Street when a white work truck with a blue air compressor in the back slid into the passenger side of his vehicle before striking the front of his vehicle. The driver did not stop. The man reported some back pain as a result of the collision.
• hit and run on Griffith Street. A 1997 Dodge Caravan parked alongside the road was sideswiped by another vehicle.
• possible burglary on Marion Lay Street. A woman called police after finding her brother in medical distress inside his ransacked apartment. The man was transported to the hospital, but authorities were unable to determine if the apartment had been burglarized.
• property dispute on Wade Street. A man said he took a washing machine and dryer with him after he and his wife divorced two years ago. The man said his ex-in-laws now want the appliances returned.
• suicide attempt on North Fifth Avenue. A woman was transported to the emergency room after ingesting an unknown amount of oxycodone, trazodone, lexapro and promathazine.
• theft on Athens Street. A tag was stolen off a vehicle.
• theft on East Broad Street. A woman reported that her tag had been stolen.
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02/26/10 at 09:54 PM
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Way to go again Winder, definitely the finest force around. I'm sure she learned her lesson from that and will never do it again. Guess you can't pull in a whole lot of revenue from that so you let them go? Hazardous conditions, ha. Bet that didn't stop the HEAT units.
