9-month-old baby suffers multiple fractures

According to the incident report, the 9-month-old male was brought to the hospital by his mother suffering from several fractures all over his body for which the mother had no explanation. The injuries included a fractured left arm, a slight fracture of the right and left clavicle and an injury to the right leg described as a deep bruise. The mother explained that while she was folding clothing on her bed, the child fell off and landed on his left shoulder, despite being surrounded by pillows.

A few days later she noticed something wrong with his left shoulder, she said, and x-rays revealed the damage. She said she had no idea how the injuries occurred, but went on to explain that the child is with a babysitter during the week. The mother could not recall the woman’s last name, nor her phone number, but was able to get it from a family member. She said the babysitter also keeps her daughter and has a 2-year-old of her own and is pregnant. The DFACS caseworker found that her office had previously had a case against the babysitter for slapping her daughter across the face. The woman had resided in Madison County, but had moved to Clarke County. A safety plan was devised for the child, who was sent home with her parents as long as the grandmother remained present in the home, and the caseworker gave direct instructions that the babysitter was to have no contact with the child until the investigation was complete.

In another arrest, a middle school student was found to be in possession of cocaine.

According to the incident report, school resource officer Mark Jerome was called to the middle school by principal Matt Boggs who told him that a teacher had witnessed the white male student enter a bathroom stall carrying a Crazy Glue bottle. When he exited the stall he was reportedly still holding the container and was confronted by the male teacher. When he opened the container a white powder substance (later confirmed to be cocaine) spilled on the floor. Two prescription pills were also found. The boy was released to his mother and told to await contact by the juvenile court system. He was charged with disrupting public school, possession of dangerous drugs, drugs not in original container and possession of dangerous drugs in a drug-free zone (public school).

Other incidents on file at the sheriff’s office recently included:

•Chile molestation, sodomy, aggravated sodomy and statutory rape were reported on Eller Road last week. No other information on this case was available.

•Simple battery FVA involving a mother and her 13-year-old son was reported on Hwy. 29 North.

•A woman reported that someone broke into her late mother’s residence on Madison Avenue. The officer found the residence ransacked so that it was hard for the woman to tell what was missing. A storage building was also entered and an old purse was reported missing from there.

•A woman on Paradise Valley Road said her husband, from whom she is separated, called her 14 times that day and also called the house phone and her mother’s cell phone several more times throughout the day. She was advised of the warrant and the TPO process.

•Battery under the Family Violence Act and terroristic threats and acts were reported on Jack Sharp Road last week after a man said a cousin who has been staying with him had threatened to burn his house down and then struck him in the face with his fist.

•Two Cobalt socket sets and a Cobalt wrench set, valued at $100, were taken from C&C Hydraulics on Hwy. 72 West after someone broke a window in the building.

•Officers were dispatched to a domestic dispute on Reed Drive last week where a woman told them that her son become irate during a discussion over movies and began to throw things around the house and that he threw a cup of Kool-Aid onto the rug in the living room. She stated that he does not live at her home and that she wanted him barred from coming there. The suspect had left the residence before officers’ arrival and she was told to contact 911 if he returned and he would be issued a ban from coming to the residence.

•A 24-year-old man was reported missing by his mother from his home on Osley Mill Lane last week. The woman said that she had not seen or heard from her son since Thanksgiving Day and that he does not normally go for long periods of time without contacting anybody. She gave the name of someone she believes he might have been with when he went missing and said she has called all of his family and friends but that no one had seen or heard from him.

•A man on Joe Cooper Road reported that someone had taken some wiring and some heaters from one of two vacant chicken houses on his farm. He said he noticed something was wrong that morning when there was no water to his other chicken houses and he found that the wiring had been cut to the well pump.

•A teller at BB&T Bank on Hwy. 29 South reported a counterfeit $10 bill.

•Someone on North Main Street reported that a former housemate moved out, taking the victim’s TV with him. A witness corroborated the statement and the victim was advised of the warrant process.

•A renter on J Davis Road told an officer that the heat pump had been stolen from his rental home. He said that the unit had quit working a few days before and that his landlord had a service crew coming to fix it. He said that on Monday, Nov. 29, he saw a white work-style truck pull into the yard and that the truck had the name of a local heating and air company on it. On Tuesday, he said another service crew came saying they were there to repair the unit but that they found it missing, with only the shell left. About 30-feet of copper wiring was also taken.

•Four aluminum wheels were reported missing from a stack of 62 behind a residence on Tabor Chapel Road.

•Simple assault was reported on Minish Road after a man said the resident got upset with him and pulled knife on him. The complainant said he walked back to his residence on Roger’s Church Road because he did not want any trouble. Officers were unable to make contact with the offender. The warrant process was explained to the victim.

•A mother and daughter on Amberly Drive reported that the daughter’s boyfriend had gotten into a physical altercation with the mother at his residence on Howard Road. The daughter had to translate for her mother, due to a language barrier. The daughter said the fight was over him not wanting the mother at this residence. There were fresh scratch marks and a handprint on the mother’s arm, according to the report. The daughter could not provide a specific address and said she did not know if the man would still be there or not. They were advised of the warrant process.

•A tree reportedly fell across the front of a 2005 Ford Taurus as it traveled along Hwy. 72 West. No one was injured.

•A man on Joe Graham Road reported that someone had cut the passenger side front and rear tire on his vehicle.

•A suicide threat and a possible suicide attempt were reported in the county last week.

•A woman on Barwick Hill Road reported her Whirlpool air conditioner stolen after two people pulled into her yard. She said the woman came to door to ask if they could have the items lying around the barn. The homeowner said she told her they couldn’t, but that while she was talking to the woman, the man loaded the air conditioner on the back of his Chevrolet Z-71 pick up and that they then left the driveway. The homeowner then called 911.

•A man on Moons Grove Church Road reported that someone had knocked down a wooden fence on his property.

•An abandoned vehicle was reported on Hwy. 106 South, with lights flashing and partly in the roadway. The owner was unable to be located so the vehicle was towed.

•Two witnesses told an officer that they spotted a suspicious man in the cab of a friend’s truck in front of his house on Berkley Road. They said they knew the owner and that he was a truck driver and was not at home. When they turned around to investigate, they said a white male jump from the vehicle and run into the wood line. They called 911 and then noticed that a passenger window was broken out. One of the witnesses said he believed he knew the man who had jumped out of the truck and gave the officer a name, but the officer was unable to make contact. Warrants were pending notification of the vehicle owner.

•A man on Sorrow Patterson Road reported that his Bush Hog UTV, a Diehard jumper box and a set of jumper cables were also stolen. The man said he noticed that when he got up this morning his four-wheeler was across the field next to the road and that’s when he noticed his UTV missing.

•Criminal trespass was reported on Sailors Road when a man said someone cut a hole in a tent behind his residence. The officer observed a small square hole that appeared to have been cut with a knife or razor blade. The victim speculated that it might have been someone he was involved in a motor vehicle accident with back in October.

•A white 6.6 by 16” trailer with ramps was stolen from Hwy. 191 last week. The trailer has two axle and fenders over the tires.

•An officer found a vehicle with severe front end damage abandoned at Lot 20 of Tranquility Mobile Home Park on Hwy. 72 West last week after being summoned to a call about a white car speeding and driving recklessly through the park. The driver could not be found at the scene. A person at the lot where the vehicle was left said he did not know who the vehicle belonged to but that he saw a Hispanic male get out of the car and leave in a Ford Expedition. The vehicle was towed.

•A house fire on Kevin Way last week was deemed “suspicious” by firefighters. The victim, who rents the home, said he and his girlfriend have lived there for about four months and that they had not had electricity for the past two weeks. The victim said he had built a fire in the wood heater and that it had burned all night. He then left the residence to go to work and returned about two hours later to find firemen extinguishing the fire. He said the fire may have started in the garage after his girlfriend emptied hot ashes into a plastic trash can and then placed it near a wall. He said he did not smell smoke at all, at any time.

•A woman reported that her purse was stolen after she left it on the counter after paying for purchases at the Dollar General Store in Danielsville. Surveillance photos didn’t show a clear picture of the woman, though the manager recognized her and said she comes in often. They were instructed to call 911 if she came back in.

•A woman shopping at Ingles said a woman she knows approached her in the parking lot and became verbally abusive to her, allegedly telling her that she would “whoop her if she kept running her mouth.” The victim stated she had no idea what the woman was talking about and that she feared for her safety. She was advised of the warrant and TPO process.

•A trailer was reportedly stolen from in front of a barn on Diamond Hill – Colbert Road.

•Burglary was reported on Providence Church Road when a woman said someone had broken into her late father’s residence and storage trailer. The perpetrators reportedly cut through wire holding the back door closed and went through the whole residence and ransacked the trailer. Several items she noticed missing were two shotguns, a cell phone and a hand sander.

•Criminal trespass was reported on Riverside Court last week when a man said his neighbor and a friend of his drove a rollback across the backside of his backyard causing damage to the yard. He said neither person had permission to be on his property and that he thought they were “playing” and doing damages on purpose. The officer noted that it was raining and the ground was wet making it easier for the ground to be damaged. The man was advised of the warrant process and referred to magistrate court.

•Burglary was reported on Ginn Drive after a man said someone stole his rent money. He said he came home about 1 a.m. to find his front door open and dirty shoe tracks going from the door to his back bedroom. The top drawer of his dresser had been pulled out and gone through. He said $700 cash was taken. The officer spoke to the landlord by phone who said that the man is “way behind” on his rent. The victim was advised to call the sheriff’s office if he noticed anything else missing.

•A man on Dyer Road reported that he thinks his live-in girlfriend’s mother took a battery out of the engine compartment of his Chevy Tahoe. He said there are ongoing problems between him and the woman. The woman denied taking the battery and both were told not to have contact while they were having these problems. The man was advised of the warrant process since he said he wanted the woman charged with the crime.

•A woman in Tranquility Mobile Home Park on Hwy. 72 West said she believes someone she knows probably stole her medication. According to the woman, approximately ten pills were taken out of the prescription bottle. The woman said she wanted a report so she could see if the prescription could be refilled.

•Someone said they found a wallet in front of the American Legion on Crawford W. Long Street in Danielsville. The wallet did not have any money but did contain the person’s driver’s license, Visa card, and other assorted cards. The officer was unable to locate the victim to return the wallet and it was placed into an evidence locker.

•A woman on Christmas Circle said reported financial transaction card fraud on her Discover card after her husband took it to get gas and reportedly dropped it. Someone turned the card into the store but Discover notified the woman of two possible fraudulent charges. They cancelled the card.

•A woman reported that she thinks her bedridden mother is being mistreated by her two brothers at a mobile home park. She said the brothers told her they were using meth on a constant basis, and she believes that her brothers may be giving some type of unauthorized drugs to the victim as well. She said she had expressed concerns to her brothers, who became angry and made threats toward her.

•A woman on Della Slaton Road reported her vehicle stolen after her child’s father left in it. She said that on Dec. 4 she brought her daughter to see her father and that about 9 p.m. the man went outside and stole her vehicle. He called her later and said that the vehicle had been stolen and that he had reported it in Clarke County. She said that it had not been reported and that he called again, wanting her to come pick him up and admitting that her car had not been stolen. She said she didn’t want to press charges against him and that he is selling drugs in Athens and is also a drug addict. She said his last know location was Dublin Street in Athens. A dispatch was given for the vehicle, which the woman said has front-end damage and a busted steering column.

•A man on Dixon Drive reported that his brother had violated his bond by coming into his residence. He said that his brother is not supposed to be around him due to the conditions of his bond and was recently arrested for assaulting him. He said that his brother went through all his parents’ medications and had left prior to the officer’s arrival. He was told to go to magistrate court about the violation and to call 911 if his brother came back causing problems.

•A mother called 911 to report that her daughter had been struck by her boyfriend on Peachtree Street in Colbert. When the officer arrived, the mother said that her daughter was in the house and had been beaten up by her boyfriend. The officer found the woman’s daughter inside the home intoxicated, with a freshly bruised eye and what appeared to be human bite marks on her arms. The woman said her boyfriend had beaten her up but that she did not want to press charges and would not provide very much information on where he was. The mother explained that her daughter has a severe alcohol problem and that she and her boyfriend are always fighting. The officer explained the TPO process and the two-party affidavit process. The mother said she planned to have her daughter committed on Monday.