A man that tried to interview for a job instead left his potential employer feeling threatened, according to an incident report from the Braselton Police Department.
A woman conducting interviews at Country Inn and Suites on Ga. Hwy. 124 for a company said she had scheduled an interview at the hotel with a Sandy Springs man. However, the man wasn’t interviewed because of “his attitude that he had with the manager of the company.”
The man was asked to leave the hotel, but remained in a hallway for up to two minutes. When he was told that the police would be called to the hotel, the man waited in the parking lot for an unknown amount of time.
The 26-year-old woman conducting an interview later received a phone call from an unknown number. When she called the number back, the man answered and made threatening statements, including, “Watch your back,” “You messed with the wrong one,” and “You dead (expletive).”
The woman put the call on a speakerphone and another woman heard the man’s statements, according to an incident report.
The first woman didn’t know if she wanted to press charges against the man, according to Braselton police.
Man arrested for trying to kill woman
A Gainesville man was arrested for aggravated assault, terroristic treats and five counts of cruelty to children after allegedly trying to kill a woman that he knows, according to an incident report from the Braselton Police Department.
When police arrived at a Democracy Drive address, they found two men on the ground in the yard. One of the men was physically restraining the other.
The suspect — Joseph Donald Kerns, 31 — told police that he had a gun, but officers didn’t find one when they searched his body. Police said Kerns appeared to be very intoxicated and he was placed in handcuffs when officers performed a terry frisk.
The woman said when Kerns arrived at the residence, he was disruptive and began pushing and choking her, according to an incident report. At the time, the woman was on the porch and Kerns started hitting her in the chest and head.
The woman ran into the kitchen, where she grabbed a knife to defend herself. Kerns knocked away the knife and continued hitting her, police wrote in an incident report.
Another man then held Kerns to the ground and Kerns threatened to kill both the woman and the second man. A witness called 911 after hearing screaming and seeing Kerns hit the woman on the front porch.
When questioned by police, Kerns said he was asleep in a bed when the woman and two men came into the house and assaulted him, according to an incident.
Several children ranging in age from five to 13 witnessed the incident, according to police.
Kerns was arrested and taken to jail.
Other Incidents
Other incidents reported to the Braselton Police Department included:
•information report at the Braselton Police Department, where a man was trying to get an incident report from a theft that occurred in 2006. The man said he left a Volkswagen bus at a company on Braselton Industrial Blvd. to be restored. The owner of the company told the man that he wouldn’t be able to repair the bus immediately and it would take some time. The man said he checked on his bus periodically. After about two years, the man went back to the company and the bus wasn’t there. The man took the owner to court. The man was told that the bus had been sold and the man’s attorney told him to get a police report. The man said he filed a police report in October 2010, but that report couldn’t be located.
•custody dispute at Cracker Barrel on Exchange Way, where a man said he was supposed to meet his child’s mother to exchange custody of the child. The mother told the man that she was still at work. The man said she was violating their custody agreement and he wanted the incident documented.
•making harassing phone calls at a Grand Hickory Drive address, where a man said a company based in California has been making telephone calls to him over the past two months in an attempt to locate his sister. The man said he doesn’t have contact with his sister. The man said the company sometimes calls three or four times a day and he has asked them to stop calling him. An officer told the man to document the number of phone calls received by the company.
•entering an auto at Kroger on Spout Springs Road, where a woman said someone entered her vehicle and stole her purse while she was shopping. The woman said when she realized that she left her purse in the vehicle, she returned to find that someone had scattered items in the vehicle. The woman believed that she had locked the doors.
•traffic stop on I-85, where an officer questioned two men that appeared extremely nervous during a traffic stop. The vehicle was traveling at 46 m.p.h. in the left lane on I-85. The men didn’t speak English very well and a Braselton officer called another officer to translate the conversation. One of the men said the vehicle belonged to a friend, whose name that he didn’t know. The man said there was cash in his jacket and under a seat in the vehicle that didn’t belong to him. One of the men said they were going to South Carolina to buy a vehicle, while the other man said they went to South Carolina to get a construction job and later told police that that an unknown man offered to pay him for getting money in South Carolina. An officer took the cash into custody since neither man claimed it was his or had direct knowledge of its origin.
•lost or mislaid property at Mayfield Dairy on Broadway Avenue, where a man said he lost two vehicle tags.
•death investigation at a Kilchis Falls Way address, where a woman committed suicide.
Braselton Arrests
The Braselton Police Department made the following arrests last week:
•Avery Clarence Hughes, 25, 5414 Hunnington Mill Drive, Flowery Branch, disorderly conduct. An officer found Hughes’ vehicle parked in the middle of Ga. Hwy. 211 at night. The vehicle had its emergency lights turned on, but the officer said he couldn’t find the driver. The officer called for a wrecker and five minutes later the driver, Hughes, returned with a gas can. The officer said he had already called a wrecker because of the hazard that the vehicle presented in the state highway. The officer told Hughes that he could “settle up” with the wrecker driver when he arrived. Hughes became extremely angry and started swearing at the officer. The officer said if Hughes tried to drive away, he would arrest him. Hughes was irate and told the officer to “(expletive) off” several times, according to an incident report. The officer arrested Hughes for disorderly conduct and took him to jail.
•Warren Eugene Pressley, 41, 344 Mitchell Road, Maysville, wanted person apprehended. A Braselton officer was called to the Pilot Travel Center on Ga. Hwy. 53, where an elderly man said he had been kidnapped by his caregiver and her husband, Pressley. Pressley told an officer that he and the elderly man got into an argument because the man said it was taking too long to get to Atlanta, where Pressley would stay with his sister. The elderly man said the trip included two stops in Commerce that were longer than 45 minutes. The elderly man said he was ready to go back home, but Pressley continued to drive to Atlanta. The elderly man then called 911. During a background check, an officer learned that Pressley had a warrant for his arrest in Madison County. Pressley was arrested and taken to jail.
•Douglas James Wilson, 53, 1953 Lake Shadow Way, Suwanee, failure to maintain lane, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle, disorderly conduct and DUI. A Gwinnett deputy said he was trying to stop a vehicle for failing to maintain its lane on I-85. A Braselton officer that was driving back to Braselton from the Jackson County Jail met with Jefferson officers at an exit ramp on I-85. The officers had stop sticks ready to stop the vehicle, but the Gwinnett deputy said the vehicle stopped in the roadway at the Ga. Hwy. 332 overpass. The driver refused to respond to the Gwinnett deputy’s commands and a Braselton officer starting driving toward that location. The driver then left that spot and continued north. The vehicle eventually stopped. A Braselton officer said in his report that the Gwinnett deputy was giving loud, clear commands to the driver to turn off his vehicle and show his hands. The driver didn’t respond, although his window was down, according to an incident report. A Braselton officer that approached the passenger side door said it appeared that the driver, Wilson, had something in his hand, but he later learned that it was empty. Other officers pulled Wilson from the driver’s side door and placed him on the ground. The Braselton officer said he could smell alcohol on Wilson. The officer said Wilson refused medical treatment when he was questioned about a small cut on his nose. Wilson refused to provide a breath sample and was taken to jail.
•Malcolma Maria Ward, 43, 300 North Drive, Fayetteville, wanted person apprehended, no proof of insurance for a motorcycle and operating a vehicle with a suspended license. An officer said his automatic license plate reader alerted him that a vehicle on I-85 had a suspended registration for insurance reasons. A background check showed that the vehicle’s registration was suspended and it didn’t have valid insurance. The driver, Ward, had a warrant for her arrest issued by the Morrow Police Department for a probation violation. A passenger in the car showed the officer an email from her insurance company stating that she had purchased insurance the previous day. Neither Ward nor the passenger had an insurance card. Ward was arrested and taken to jail.
•Johnnie Davis Mitchell, 57, 510 Dogwood Circle, Pacolet, S.C., possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Mitchell was a passenger in a vehicle in which an officer said he could smell marijuana coming from it during a traffic stop. An officer said he noticed that Mitchell was placing a paper towel in his jacket after the passengers were asked to exit the vehicle. The officer found a plastic bag with marijuana and ecstasy pills in his pocket, according to an incident. Mitchell was arrested and taken to jail.
