Attempt to retrieve engagement ring fails

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office was called to a property dispute last week at a Hudson Drive address, where the man said he and his girlfriend had ended their relationship.

The man asked the woman to return an engagement ring, valued at $1,000. The woman laid the ring on a table, only to later take it back, according to the ex-fiancé.

She later refused to return the ring when he asked about it.

INCIDENTS

Other West Jackson incidents reported to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office last week included:

•damage to property at a Stoneview, Hoschton, address, where a woman said a man driving a red pick-up truck drove onto her yard, leaving tire tracks in her grass.

•battery and damage to property at a Viper Lane, Braselton, address, where a woman said she and a man were arguing about how he was “abusing” her parent’s truck. The man then hit the woman and pushed her to the ground. The victim’s mother said he also damaged her truck during or after the incident.

•domestic dispute at a Bill Watkins Road, Hoschton, address, where a couple argued about various issues, including a vehicle that a woman isn’t allowed to drive.

•damage to property at a Lanier Road, Pendergrass, address, where a man said a neighbor’s bull entered his property and destroyed most of his garden. The man said he had several hundred dollars invested in the garden.

•entering an auto at a Hwy. 124, Braselton, address, where a woman said someone broke a window on a vehicle. The victim, who is a landlord, said she suspected one of her renters committed the crime. A radio and eight keys were also taken from the vehicle.

•theft by taking at a Guy Maddox Road, Braselton, address, where a man said someone stole a generator from the bed of his truck.

ARRESTS

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office made the following arrests in the West Jackson area:

•Tommy Jones Fletcher, 33, 44 Viper Lane, Braselton, simple assault and public drunkenness. Deputies said when they arrived at a Ga. Hwy. 53 address, Fletcher approached them with a large whiskey bottle in his hand. Later, a victim said Fletcher arrived at her house saying he would stay there for the evening. Fletcher later became upset when he was asked to leave. He tried to take an air conditioning unit from the house and said his girlfriend allowed him to “borrow” it. Deputies said Fletcher threw the A/C unit at a woman and it almost hit her.

•Leslie Ann Pittman, 38, 138 Rock Forge Road, Jefferson, expired tag, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and possession of methamphetamine. During a traffic stop on Ga. Hwy. 124, Pittman allowed a deputy to search her vehicle for drugs. A deputy said two cigarette boxes with substances that appeared to be marijuana and meth, along with a blue pill, where found in the vehicle.

• James Murphray Hunt, 24, 7793 Hwy. 124 West, Hoschton, loitering and prowling.

• Roy Eugene McDaniel III, 7799 Hwy. 124 West, Hoschton, loitering and prowling. A deputy saw two men acting suspiciously at a residential construction site. One of the men, later identified as James Hunt, told the deputy they stopped in the subdivision to urinate. Hunt said Roy McDaniel wanted to steal some “stuff” from a house. McDaniel said he wanted to collect some scrap pieces for his deer hunting hobby. The men were arrested. Deputies found wire snips, work gloves, pocket knives, bolt cutters, walkie talkies and a small flashlight in their vehicle.