WBHS graduate suspect in metal theft case

According to a Barrow County Sheriff’s Office incident report, Jessica Nicole Davis, 22, and Amber Nicole Fields, 23, both of 290 Maxey St., Dacula, were arrested Jan. 23. Both have been charged with two counts of felony theft by taking, one count of misdemeanor theft by taking and one count of criminal trespass.

The owner of McDaniel Grading on West Winder Industrial called police after he arrived at his business the morning of Jan. 20 to find it had been burglarized.

The suspects had apparently filled up their backpacks and a cooler on wheels with metal and plates to heavy equipment and drug the materials into near wooded lot behind the parking lot near a pond located by the Highland Park subdivision.

Some paperwork was found in in one of the two backpacks with Field’s name and date of birth on it, as well as a wallet-sized copy of Fields' Winder-Barrow High School diploma, according to the report.