A Winder man was jailed after running when he should have stayed put.
Xavier Tremain Slayton, 26, of 176 Capital Avenue in Winder, was arrested on two counts of obstruction after fleeing from police.
Winder police were dispatched to Capital Avenue after a caller said a group of black males were selling drugs in the location. When an officer approached the group to investigate, Slayton fled. Another officer was enroute to the location when he spotted Slayton running behind some apartments on Graham Street. The officer exited his vehicle and began pursuing Slayton on foot. The officer repeatedly ordered Slayton to halt, but Slayton kept running.
The officer chased Slayton over a fence, across Capital Avenue and behind another block of apartments. As Slayton was running behind the apartments, he tripped. The officer wrote, “I did not allow Mr. Slayton to get back up.”
After Slayton was handcuffed, the officer checked to see if there were any warrants for Slayton’s arrest. There were none.
When the officer asked Slayton why he ran, Slayton said he thought he had a warrant for his arrest.
“I told him he didn’t, but he does now,” the officer wrote.
Other recent arrests by Winder Police include:
• Alex Sheroy Brown, 18, 1408 Ericas Point Drive, Winder, sentenced.
• Angela Tia Smith, 33, 109 Hilltop Circle, Auburn, DUI.
• Antonio Reza Stillwell, 29, 253 Springdale Drive, Winder, outstanding warrants.
• Austin Taylor Brooks, 17, 65 Shenandoah Drive, Winder, probation violation.
• Betty Roxanne Yother, 43, 271 East Wright Street, Winder, probation violation.
• Cynthia Jordan Mcelreath, 21, 490 Gainesville Highway, Winder, family violence simple battery.
• David Dee Russell, 53, 120 Second Street, Winder, failure to appear.
• Detron Maurice Boyce, 24, 5974 Armour Drive, Union City, probation violation.
• Eddie Howard Healan, 50, 201 West New Street, Winder, family violence simple assault.
• James Allen Harvey, 44, homeless, vagrancy.
• Jennifer Suzanne Harvey, 36, 35 Hunter Road, Jefferson, VGCSA, drugs to be kept in original container, no insurance and possession of methamphetamine.
• John Raymond Toole, 34, 411 Missi Lane, Winder, probation violation.
• Joshua Lee Slaton, 25, 308 Ryan Road, Winder, DUI and failure to maintain lane.
• Juan Silvero Mendez, 45, 274 Hidden Acres Road, Winder, failure to obey a traffic control device, failure to maintain lane and DUI.
• Kyle J. Bushey, 21, 355 Fairview Avenue, Winder, criminal trespass, public intoxication and controlled substance not in original container.
• Marilyn Simmons, 31, 594 Curt Roberts Road, Braselton, probation violation.
• Mark Anthony Lance, 28, 4533 Bennefield Road, Braselton, driving while license suspended and window tint violation.
• Michael Keith Hairell, 21, 259 North Madison Avenue, Monroe, probation violation.
• Montez Arlando Watson, 24, 812 Lodgeview Drive, Winder, probation violation.
• Patrick Junior Bailey, 27, 112 East Wright Street, Winder, probation violation.
• Thomas Argin Davis, 51, 2235 Autumn Drive, Gainesville, DUI, driving while license suspended and failure to maintain lane.
• Timothy Mitchell Jones, 25, 407 Graystone Drive, Winder, failure to maintain lane and DUI.
• Travis Ferrell Norton, 30, 748 Ridgeland Road, Bethlehem, no tag, driving while license suspended, obstruction, disorderly conduct, open container and possession of a controlled substance.
• Tyler Stephen Truitt, 20, 360 Third Avenue, Winder, DUI, driving while unlicensed, possession of alcohol by a minor and seatbelt violation.
• Tyvon Patoriski Jones, 40, 180 Wood Avenue, Winder, driving while license suspended and DUI.
• Usie Gene Robinson, 53, 918 Laboom Road, Monroe, failure to appear.
• William Brandon Bennett, 27, 7 Oak Hill Drive, Winder, seatbelt violation, DUI, failure to maintain lane and driving without license on person.
• William Harold Douthit IV, 17, 109 Pickle Simon Road, Winder, theft by taking.
• Yolanda Louise Hammond, 37, 166 North Fifth Avenue, Winder, probation violation.
