Unruly customer leads bank employees to sound alarm
Employees in a Braselton bank sounded a hold-up alarm on Friday, after a man demanded that employees give him his money, according to an incident report.
Braselton police were initially dispatched to Chase Bank on Spout Springs Road because of a hold-up alarm and emergency dispatchers were unable to make contact with anyone inside the bank.
An officer made contact with a bank vice president, who came out of the building and told police that it was against the bank’s policy to answer the phones after the hold-up alarm had been sounded.
The vice president said an elderly customer came into the bank to withdraw $380. A younger, tall man with a long beard then entered the bank, and stomped and clapped loudly to get everyone’s attention.
The younger man — later identified as David Lee Pecore, 27, of Jonesboro — then went to the vice president’s office, where he yelled, “Give me my money, shut-up, I’m not leaving until you give me my money,” according to an incident report.
The vice president said he asked Pecore to leave his office, but he refused. The vice president then told him to leave the office and Pecore left the bank.
The elderly man that was with Pecore withdrew $380 from the bank and left with Pecore. The vice president said the men drove to a parking lot across the street.
An officer found the men and began questioning them about the incident. Pecore said he was in the bank, but didn’t yell and wasn’t acting disorderly. He allowed the officer to search his body. The officer didn’t find any weapons or contraband.
Pecore told the officer that he worked for an anti-terrorism unit and FBI agents were watching them at the time in a black suburban, according to an incident report. Pecore also said his necklace was recording the conversation.
Pecore was arrested for disorderly conduct. While being taken to jail, an officer said Pecore said, “Why did you seat belt me like this?” and made a gasping sound while in a patrol vehicle. The officer said Pecore had wrapped a seat belt around his neck and was choking himself.
The officer immediately stopped his vehicle and unwrapped the seat belt from around Pecore’s neck. The officer took Pecore to the jail, where he told staff about the seat belt incident.
Officer sees someone point gun at vehicle
A Braselton officer who initially thought a person pointed a gun at a vehicle driving on a roadway turned out to be a runaway juvenile with a fake gun and a wig, according to incident reports.
The officer said he was driving in his patrol vehicle in the area of Rockwell Church Road and Union Church Road in Barrow County when he saw someone extend their arm and point a gun at another vehicle. That vehicle didn’t stop.
The officer said the suspect turned around, saw the officer’s vehicle and threw the gun in a ditch before walking toward the officer, according to incident reports from Braselton police and the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office.
The officer got out of his patrol vehicle and ordered the suspect to the ground as the officer pointed his gun at the suspect, according to incident reports. The officer then placed the suspect in handcuffs before getting the gun.
However, the gun turned out to be a plastic toy gun that had been freshly painted. The suspect — who the officer learned was 15 years old — was wearing a wig and was carrying a gym bag with clothing in it.
A Barrow County deputy took the juvenile to his house, where his father didn’t know the whereabouts of his child and wanted to file a report for a runaway juvenile and unruly juvenile. The father said his son had been in a lot of trouble lately and had been suspended from school for the remainder of the school year.
An officer with the state Department of Juvenile Justice said the juvenile didn’t qualify to be taken into custody. A Barrow County deputy told the juvenile and the father that the child’s possession of a gun could have turned out badly for him.
Since there was no victim in the aggravated assault, Barrow County deputies didn’t charge the juvenile with an offense, according to an incident report.
Braselton Incidents
Other incidents reported to the Braselton Police Department last week included:
•shoplifting at the Pilot Travel Center on Ga. Hwy. 53, where an employee said a man stole a Christmas ornament. The man then left the store and ran toward I-85. Two officers looked for the man, but couldn’t find him. The man was traveling with another man for a trucking company. The second man was told by his company not to pick up the suspect.
•suspicious activity at Pizza Hut on Spout Springs Road, where a manager said that when a customer tried to pay for a pizza with a debit card, the debit transaction machine said to pick up the card. The customer left the store, but returned when an officer arrived. The customer said he had reported his debit card as lost and the account was flagged. He believed that the matter was cleared and was on the phone with his bank. An officer said he didn’t have a reason to believe differently from what the customer told him.
•counterfeit bill at the Pilot Travel Center on Ga. Hwy. 53, where a man said when he tried to pay for gas with a $50 bill, a manager said it was possibly a fake bill. The man paid for his gas by other means. The man said another employee came to the pumps and rudely asked him to give the bill back. The man said he gave the bill back to the employee and left the store. The man returned to speak to an officer. The officer said the bill would be taken as evidence.
•traffic citations on I-85, where an officer issued a driver a citation for driving on a canceled license and a verbal warning for driving a vehicle with a broken headlight. A passenger was going to drive the vehicle when an officer started speaking to her. The passenger allowed the officer to search the vehicle, where he found two bags of marijuana and a marijuana grinder inside a purse in a suitcase. The marijuana totaled less than an ounce. The passenger claimed the marijuana and the officer gave her a citation. The officer took the marijuana into evidence.
•citations on I-85, where an officer stopped a vehicle for traveling 92 m.p.h. on the interstate. During separate conversations with the driver and a passenger, an officer said the two people had conflicting stories about their travel plans. A passenger allowed the officer to search the vehicle, where he found a duffle bag with a .22 caliber revolver with the serial numbers filed off of it. The man said the revolver had been passed down from his grandfather and he received it with the serial numbers filed off. The man had a warrant for his arrest in South Carolina, but officers in that jurisdiction didn’t want to extradite the man. A Braselton officer placed the gun into evidence.
•citations on I-85, where two people were issued citations for having possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. One of the passengers allowed an officer to search the vehicle during a traffic stop, when an officer said he could smell marijuana coming from the vehicle. In the vehicle, police found several bags and cigarettes of marijuana.
Braselton Arrests
The Braselton Police Department made the following arrests last week:
•Charles Henry Wingfield, 52, 6100 Morrow Drive, Flowery Branch, failure to maintain lane, operating a vehicle with no brakes and DUI. An officer stopped a vehicle driven by Wingfield for failing to maintain its lane. Wingfield turned into the entrance of Chateau Elan, where its brakes locked. The vehicle continued on Tour de France and finally stopped in front of the winery. An officer said Wingfield had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and there was a sealed can of beer in the front passenger seat. Wingfield had a mouth full of food. After a field sobriety test, an officer said he determined that Wingfield wasn’t safe to drive and he was arrested. While his vehicle was being loaded on to a wrecker, the officer said he learned that the vehicle didn’t have any brakes and the only way to stop the vehicle was with an emergency brake.
•Jeffery Marshall Moore, 37, 6343 Black Jack Road, Flowery Branch, wanted person apprehended and failure to meet headlight requirements. Moore had a warrant for his arrest in Barrow County.
•Baldomero E. Rodriguez, 42, Braselton, wanted person apprehended. An officer said an automatic license plate reader on his patrol vehicle altered him that a Ford Expedition driven in front of the patrol vehicle had an owner with an active warrant. Emergency dispatchers confirmed that the registered owner had a warrant for his arrest. The officer stopped the vehicle and its driver, Rodriguez, who was arrested and later given custody to Suwannee police.
•Alicia Carrie Pratt, 33, 104 Richmond Way, Commerce, public intoxication and having possession of a controlled substance.
•Kelly Leeann Burke, 32, 661 Corrolls Way, Buford, DUI, having possession of a controlled substance, driving while license suspended or revoked and operating a vehicle without a proper decal.
•Willie Alonzo Pilgrim, 23, 606 Fosters Grove Road, Chesnee, S.C., possession of a firearm while committing a crime and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana.
•Jeffrey H. Vaughn Nigel, 28, 6133 Mulberry Park Drive, Braselton, carrying a concealed weapon.
An officer made contact with a bank vice president, who came out of the building and told police that it was against the bank’s policy to answer the phones after the hold-up alarm had been sounded.
The vice president said an elderly customer came into the bank to withdraw $380. A younger, tall man with a long beard then entered the bank, and stomped and clapped loudly to get everyone’s attention.
The younger man — later identified as David Lee Pecore, 27, of Jonesboro — then went to the vice president’s office, where he yelled, “Give me my money, shut-up, I’m not leaving until you give me my money,” according to an incident report.
The vice president said he asked Pecore to leave his office, but he refused. The vice president then told him to leave the office and Pecore left the bank.
The elderly man that was with Pecore withdrew $380 from the bank and left with Pecore. The vice president said the men drove to a parking lot across the street.
An officer found the men and began questioning them about the incident. Pecore said he was in the bank, but didn’t yell and wasn’t acting disorderly. He allowed the officer to search his body. The officer didn’t find any weapons or contraband.
Pecore told the officer that he worked for an anti-terrorism unit and FBI agents were watching them at the time in a black suburban, according to an incident report. Pecore also said his necklace was recording the conversation.
Pecore was arrested for disorderly conduct. While being taken to jail, an officer said Pecore said, “Why did you seat belt me like this?” and made a gasping sound while in a patrol vehicle. The officer said Pecore had wrapped a seat belt around his neck and was choking himself.
The officer immediately stopped his vehicle and unwrapped the seat belt from around Pecore’s neck. The officer took Pecore to the jail, where he told staff about the seat belt incident.
Officer sees someone point gun at vehicle
A Braselton officer who initially thought a person pointed a gun at a vehicle driving on a roadway turned out to be a runaway juvenile with a fake gun and a wig, according to incident reports.
The officer said he was driving in his patrol vehicle in the area of Rockwell Church Road and Union Church Road in Barrow County when he saw someone extend their arm and point a gun at another vehicle. That vehicle didn’t stop.
The officer said the suspect turned around, saw the officer’s vehicle and threw the gun in a ditch before walking toward the officer, according to incident reports from Braselton police and the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office.
The officer got out of his patrol vehicle and ordered the suspect to the ground as the officer pointed his gun at the suspect, according to incident reports. The officer then placed the suspect in handcuffs before getting the gun.
However, the gun turned out to be a plastic toy gun that had been freshly painted. The suspect — who the officer learned was 15 years old — was wearing a wig and was carrying a gym bag with clothing in it.
A Barrow County deputy took the juvenile to his house, where his father didn’t know the whereabouts of his child and wanted to file a report for a runaway juvenile and unruly juvenile. The father said his son had been in a lot of trouble lately and had been suspended from school for the remainder of the school year.
An officer with the state Department of Juvenile Justice said the juvenile didn’t qualify to be taken into custody. A Barrow County deputy told the juvenile and the father that the child’s possession of a gun could have turned out badly for him.
Since there was no victim in the aggravated assault, Barrow County deputies didn’t charge the juvenile with an offense, according to an incident report.
Braselton Incidents
Other incidents reported to the Braselton Police Department last week included:
•shoplifting at the Pilot Travel Center on Ga. Hwy. 53, where an employee said a man stole a Christmas ornament. The man then left the store and ran toward I-85. Two officers looked for the man, but couldn’t find him. The man was traveling with another man for a trucking company. The second man was told by his company not to pick up the suspect.
•suspicious activity at Pizza Hut on Spout Springs Road, where a manager said that when a customer tried to pay for a pizza with a debit card, the debit transaction machine said to pick up the card. The customer left the store, but returned when an officer arrived. The customer said he had reported his debit card as lost and the account was flagged. He believed that the matter was cleared and was on the phone with his bank. An officer said he didn’t have a reason to believe differently from what the customer told him.
•counterfeit bill at the Pilot Travel Center on Ga. Hwy. 53, where a man said when he tried to pay for gas with a $50 bill, a manager said it was possibly a fake bill. The man paid for his gas by other means. The man said another employee came to the pumps and rudely asked him to give the bill back. The man said he gave the bill back to the employee and left the store. The man returned to speak to an officer. The officer said the bill would be taken as evidence.
•traffic citations on I-85, where an officer issued a driver a citation for driving on a canceled license and a verbal warning for driving a vehicle with a broken headlight. A passenger was going to drive the vehicle when an officer started speaking to her. The passenger allowed the officer to search the vehicle, where he found two bags of marijuana and a marijuana grinder inside a purse in a suitcase. The marijuana totaled less than an ounce. The passenger claimed the marijuana and the officer gave her a citation. The officer took the marijuana into evidence.
•citations on I-85, where an officer stopped a vehicle for traveling 92 m.p.h. on the interstate. During separate conversations with the driver and a passenger, an officer said the two people had conflicting stories about their travel plans. A passenger allowed the officer to search the vehicle, where he found a duffle bag with a .22 caliber revolver with the serial numbers filed off of it. The man said the revolver had been passed down from his grandfather and he received it with the serial numbers filed off. The man had a warrant for his arrest in South Carolina, but officers in that jurisdiction didn’t want to extradite the man. A Braselton officer placed the gun into evidence.
•citations on I-85, where two people were issued citations for having possession of less than one ounce of marijuana. One of the passengers allowed an officer to search the vehicle during a traffic stop, when an officer said he could smell marijuana coming from the vehicle. In the vehicle, police found several bags and cigarettes of marijuana.
Braselton Arrests
The Braselton Police Department made the following arrests last week:
•Charles Henry Wingfield, 52, 6100 Morrow Drive, Flowery Branch, failure to maintain lane, operating a vehicle with no brakes and DUI. An officer stopped a vehicle driven by Wingfield for failing to maintain its lane. Wingfield turned into the entrance of Chateau Elan, where its brakes locked. The vehicle continued on Tour de France and finally stopped in front of the winery. An officer said Wingfield had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath and there was a sealed can of beer in the front passenger seat. Wingfield had a mouth full of food. After a field sobriety test, an officer said he determined that Wingfield wasn’t safe to drive and he was arrested. While his vehicle was being loaded on to a wrecker, the officer said he learned that the vehicle didn’t have any brakes and the only way to stop the vehicle was with an emergency brake.
•Jeffery Marshall Moore, 37, 6343 Black Jack Road, Flowery Branch, wanted person apprehended and failure to meet headlight requirements. Moore had a warrant for his arrest in Barrow County.
•Baldomero E. Rodriguez, 42, Braselton, wanted person apprehended. An officer said an automatic license plate reader on his patrol vehicle altered him that a Ford Expedition driven in front of the patrol vehicle had an owner with an active warrant. Emergency dispatchers confirmed that the registered owner had a warrant for his arrest. The officer stopped the vehicle and its driver, Rodriguez, who was arrested and later given custody to Suwannee police.
•Alicia Carrie Pratt, 33, 104 Richmond Way, Commerce, public intoxication and having possession of a controlled substance.
•Kelly Leeann Burke, 32, 661 Corrolls Way, Buford, DUI, having possession of a controlled substance, driving while license suspended or revoked and operating a vehicle without a proper decal.
•Willie Alonzo Pilgrim, 23, 606 Fosters Grove Road, Chesnee, S.C., possession of a firearm while committing a crime and possession of less than one ounce of marijuana.
•Jeffrey H. Vaughn Nigel, 28, 6133 Mulberry Park Drive, Braselton, carrying a concealed weapon.
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