A Winder woman called the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office after her vehicle was reportedly damaged as she was driving on Matthew School Road near Bill Rutledge Road.
The woman claimed she hit a pothole which damaged her front right tire and rim.
The deputy asked the woman for her insurance card, but the woman refused to provide it saying she was not reporting the incident to her insurance company.
When the deputy asked who she intended to report the damage to, the woman said she planned to submit the report to the county so that she could be reimbursed for the damage to her vehicle.
The deputy advised the woman that he was not familiar with any county policy of reimbursing people who strike potholes.
After completing the report, the deputy attempted to locate the pothole, but was unable to find it.
Four days later, the woman contacted the Winder Police Department to file a report. The woman informed the responding officer that her vehicle was damaged as she was driving on Bill Rutledge Road near Horton Street instead of on Matthew School Road as she had previously advised the Sheriff’s deputy.
The woman said city administrator Bob Beck told her the City of Winder would pay for the damages to her vehicle, but she needed to make a report with Winder Police.
The woman estimated that it would cost $600 to repair the damages.
Other recent incidents investigated by Barrow County Sheriff’s deputies include:
• agency assist on Bridge Crest Drive. A woman called EMS saying her roommate was having a heart attack. The roommate said he was fine and that the woman was trying to use EMS as a means to get him out of the house. The woman admitted she could not stand the man, but insisted the man said he was having a heart attack.
• criminal trespass on Vinemont Way. A man distributed discs containing video of himself throughout a neighborhood along with an email address. The topic of the video was not specified. The case has been turned over to investigations.
• suspicious incident on Plantation Road. A woman called for help after the driver of a passenger car with dark tinted windows pulled into her driveway and honked the horn. The woman hid in her bathroom and a short time later heard her doorbell ring. The woman did not find any damage to her residence or any items missing.
• domestic dispute on Hwy. 81. A deputy was dispatched to a business after a 911 caller reported seeing a woman being struck in the face by a man. When the deputy arrived, the man was gone and the woman refused to make a report.
• suspicious incident on Avalon Trace. A woman reported that a white male in his late 50s to early 60s followed her home from Gwinnett County and pulled over at the edge of her yard to stare at her. When the woman made eye contact, the man sped away.
• criminal trespass on Russell Cemetery Road. Several sections of fencing were reported damaged.
• criminal trespass on Oxford Ridge. A husband became angry when his wife refused to discuss their marital problems and threw a radio through the windshield of his wife’s car causing it to shatter. The man was arrested.
• harassment on Briarwood Road. A man reported receiving numerous harassing text messages from the estranged husband of a friend.
• discharging firearms on Winding River Lane. A man said several children were playing outside when a neighbor began firing a handgun into the woods. The neighbor said he was just trying out a new handgun and had been firing into a ditch. He was advised not to fire the gun in such close proximity to neighboring homes.
• fraud on Hwy. 211. A man discovered his Mastercard had been used to make over $1,700 in fraudulent charges even though he had not lost the card.
• recovered stolen vehicle on Blackstock Road. A man found his stolen van at Collin’s Auto Salvage. The owner could not produce any documentation showing where he had obtained the vehicle and whether or not a check of the vehicle identification number had been conducted prior to the purchase.
• burglary on Casper Way. Approximately $2,000 in cash and coins were reported stolen along with some makeup.
• criminal damage to property on Bowman Mill Road. A man awoke to find that the rear window of his 2004 GMC Yukon had been smashed.
• entering auto on Rooks Road. A stereo was stolen from a 2002 Ford Ranger.
• complaint on Ridgeland Road. A woman said her niece had taken her 2001 Ford Escape without permission. The woman declined to file a stolen vehicle report, but wanted the incident documented.
• burglary on Jefferson Highway. Over $4,700 worth of items were taken from a house during a burglary. The perpetrators also caused approximately $1,512 in damages to the residence.
• criminal damage to property on Justin Duke Court. A man believes the former owners of his newly purchased home damaged his garage door in an attempt to retrieve property they left behind.
• criminal trespass on Blakewood Court. A white male was observed looking into a mailbox. Though the man did not take anything from the mailbox, the witness noticed he had a large amount of mail under his arm. The man left the area in a black SUV.
• criminal trespass on Englewood Road. A woman wanted a former roommate arrested for coming back to retrieve her property. The woman was advised no crime had been committed.
• burglary on Lackey Road. A television valued at $300 was reported stolen.
• theft by taking on Atlanta Highway. A woman’s purse was stolen after she briefly left it unattended in a shopping cart at Walmart.
• criminal trespass on Laythan Court. A man called the Sheriff’s Office after discovering the window to his garage had been opened and a blind damaged. Nothing was reported missing.
• suspicious incidents on Marixa Drive. A concerned resident reported seeing the same couple in his neighborhood on several different occasions in different vehicles. When the man asked the couple what they were doing, the man was evasive and eventually sped away.
• suspicious incident on Jefferson Road. A man discovered an abandoned dirt bike in a field.
• theft by conversion on Twin Lakes Road. Two vehicles with an estimated value of $2,500 were reported missing after being left with a man in order to have some repair work completed.
• recovered stolen vehicle on Atlanta Highway. An employee of an auto auction business called authorities after discovering a vehicle on the lot had been reported as stolen.
• suspicious incident on Carl Bethlehem Road. A woman said a man approached her at a gas station and then followed her when she left the business. The woman said she drove around until she was no longer being followed.
• theft by taking on Beech Creek Circle. A man’s grandson admitted stealing $150 in change from a vase inside the grandfather’s home.
• fraud on Cedar Valley Trail. A woman reported that someone had used her identity to open a cell phone account without her authorization.
• theft by taking on City Pond Road. Three bicycles were reported missing.
• suspicious incident on Eastmont Road. A woman thought she heard an intruder in her garage. No evidence was located indicating anyone had made entry.
• harassing phone calls on Millstone Court. A man’s ex-girlfriend reportedly sent several harassing messages mocking the man’s sister and gloating about the woman’s recent death.
• neighborhood complaint on Maxey Court. A man complained that his neighbor’s dog repeatedly came onto his property.
• harassing phone calls on Briarwood Road. A man said he received several text messages from a neighbor which he felt were threatening in nature.
• financial transaction card theft on Carl Bethlehem Road. A woman reported that her ATM card had been used to withdraw over $467 from her account.
• suspicious activity on Mill Creek Road. A woman thought she saw a man walking through her back yard.
• theft by taking on Harry McCarty Road. Two computers valued at $600 were reported stolen from an office building.
• burglary on Dee Kennedy Road. Several items were moved, but none were reported missing after a home was burglarized.
• burglary on Old Hog Mountain Road. Copper wiring and tools were stolen from a workshop.
• theft by taking on Patrick Industrial Drive. A utility trailer valued at $5,500 was reported stolen.
• harassing phone calls on Princeton Drive. A woman received several calls from a man claiming that he had met her at the mall and wanted to meet with her again. The man said he wanted to know what the woman had on beneath her clothes. The woman became frightened and called the Sheriff’s Office to report the incident.
• criminal trespass on Progress Drive. A man was asked not to fish on company property.
• complaint on Patrick Mill Road. A man said a gas station clerk charged him for a bottle of water he brought into the store with him.
• theft by taking on Cavern Trail. A concrete bulldog valued at $225 was reported stolen.
• burglary on Maxey Lane. A four wheeler, small refrigerator, fishing poles and a tackle box were among the items reported stolen out of a garage.
