Comer man charged with family violence
A Comer man was arrested on family violence charges recently after officers were called to a domestic dispute on Cherokee Road that was called in to Madison County E-911 by Elbert County E-911.
Joseph Matthew Collins, 55, 3092 Cherokee Road, was charged with one count of battery/simple battery FVA.
According to the incident report, when officer Joshua Smith arrived on scene he found two women and a man standing outside. One of the women told Smith that her husband (Collins) was “drunk” and had hit her in the mouth. Collins, Smith noted, appeared intoxicated and unsteady on his feet, but denied that he struck his wife. His wife spointed out a cut on his knuckle that he received from her tooth when he struck her.
She said that her husband had been drinking all day. She said he at one point went to confront their neighbors about shooting his dog and then came home and told their 18-year old daughter that she needed to “get her stuff and move out.” He told his wife if she did not agree with him he wanted a divorce and began chasing her around the kitchen island taking swings at her. She said at some point during the altercation, he held her to the floor by the neck. Both wife and daughter said this is not his first incident of family violence.
Other incidents on file at the sheriff’s office last week included:
•Harassing phone calls were reported by a woman on Sims Kidd Road last week who said a man was calling her continually, to the point she could not make any phone calls. Officer Shawn Rhoades noted that the offender called her three times as she was speaking to him. On the third call, Rhoades answered and told him that the woman did not want him to call her any more.
The offender then called 9-1-1 and said he wanted to speak with Rhoades and was “very irate.” Rhoades and another officer went to his residence on Kudzu Road where he told them he had some of the woman’s things and wanted them to take them to her. They explained that they would not take the things to her. They advised her that she could ask for a deputy to go with her to retrieve her property. The offender placed the items on his front porch.
•A woman on North Fourth Street reported that someone has been using her Social Security number fraudulently.
•A woman on Stone Stewart Road reported that her step-father’s car caught on fire and burned completely about 3:30 a.m. after she had parked it in the front yard. She said she was not having problems with anyone and had not smoked in the car.
•A man on Spratlin Mill Road reported that someone stole four wheels from his yard.
•Two female high school students were arrested and charged with disrupting public school after they reportedly got into a fight in the high school gym.
•Copper wiring was stolen from a vacant home on Spratlin Ponds Drive causing extensive damage to the home.
•A missing person was reported on Madison Avenue last week after a woman told officers that her daughter had not returned home from a evening out with a friend. She said the girl did not answer her phone. She said that her daughter is currently on probation for being a runaway juvenile, damage to property and fighting at school. She was listed on the GCIC as missing/runaway.
•A Mazda 626 vehicle was found fully engulfed in flames in the backyard of a home on Hardman Morris Road. The fire department was on scene and the owner said her daughter was cleaning the steering wheel when it started smoldering. She called 9-1-1 but by then the car was in flames.
•A man on Minish Lake Road said he heard voices outside his residence and saw a white male peeking through his door. He confronted the man, who told him he was out of gas, so he loaned him a gas can. A woman was with the man and they left and went to another residence on Minish Lake Road that is vacant. The man parked his car in the garage and the complainant, who thought they were up to “no good” asked for his gas can back. He said he tried to take pictures of the car and tag with his phone but that the man almost ran over him as they sped off. The complainant said there were several gas cans in the small two-door green car, which had body damage all over it. According to the description, the man was in his 30s and about five feet eight inches tall, 150 pounds. His companion was in her 20s and about five foot six inches tall and 170 pounds. Another older white female was with them who in her 40s and very heavyset with reddish hair. They were last seen on Hwy. 98 headed toward Commerce.
•A woman on Sanford Road reported that someone had filed their taxes using her Social Security number.
•A man on Woodland Creek Place reported that someone stole a ladder and three chairs from his residence. He walked through the woods and found the three chairs, but the ladder was not with them.
•A couple on Crawford W. Long Street reported that the rear door of an unoccupied home was open. Nothing was found to be missing.
•A woman on Oakview Drive said her home was burglarized by breaking a basement window.
•A couple on Buddy Moore Road reported that their daughter’s boyfriend had cursed and them and threatened to kill them after he came to their house and was told their daughter did not want to see him. He also kicked the door of the residence.
•A woman on Faye Carey Road reported that her deceased husband’s pistol had been stolen from her bedroom dresser sometime between the time he died and the present. She said numerous people had been in their home since he passed away.
•A woman on Hwy. 29 South reported that two of her credit cards had been used in Madison County without her permission.
•A male middle school student was charged with disrupting public school last week. He was disruptive in his classroom so he was sent to an assistant principal’s office where he was placed in a storage room. While there, he began to destroy items inside the room.
According to the incident report, when officer Joshua Smith arrived on scene he found two women and a man standing outside. One of the women told Smith that her husband (Collins) was “drunk” and had hit her in the mouth. Collins, Smith noted, appeared intoxicated and unsteady on his feet, but denied that he struck his wife. His wife spointed out a cut on his knuckle that he received from her tooth when he struck her.
She said that her husband had been drinking all day. She said he at one point went to confront their neighbors about shooting his dog and then came home and told their 18-year old daughter that she needed to “get her stuff and move out.” He told his wife if she did not agree with him he wanted a divorce and began chasing her around the kitchen island taking swings at her. She said at some point during the altercation, he held her to the floor by the neck. Both wife and daughter said this is not his first incident of family violence.
Other incidents on file at the sheriff’s office last week included:
•Harassing phone calls were reported by a woman on Sims Kidd Road last week who said a man was calling her continually, to the point she could not make any phone calls. Officer Shawn Rhoades noted that the offender called her three times as she was speaking to him. On the third call, Rhoades answered and told him that the woman did not want him to call her any more.
The offender then called 9-1-1 and said he wanted to speak with Rhoades and was “very irate.” Rhoades and another officer went to his residence on Kudzu Road where he told them he had some of the woman’s things and wanted them to take them to her. They explained that they would not take the things to her. They advised her that she could ask for a deputy to go with her to retrieve her property. The offender placed the items on his front porch.
•A woman on North Fourth Street reported that someone has been using her Social Security number fraudulently.
•A woman on Stone Stewart Road reported that her step-father’s car caught on fire and burned completely about 3:30 a.m. after she had parked it in the front yard. She said she was not having problems with anyone and had not smoked in the car.
•A man on Spratlin Mill Road reported that someone stole four wheels from his yard.
•Two female high school students were arrested and charged with disrupting public school after they reportedly got into a fight in the high school gym.
•Copper wiring was stolen from a vacant home on Spratlin Ponds Drive causing extensive damage to the home.
•A missing person was reported on Madison Avenue last week after a woman told officers that her daughter had not returned home from a evening out with a friend. She said the girl did not answer her phone. She said that her daughter is currently on probation for being a runaway juvenile, damage to property and fighting at school. She was listed on the GCIC as missing/runaway.
•A Mazda 626 vehicle was found fully engulfed in flames in the backyard of a home on Hardman Morris Road. The fire department was on scene and the owner said her daughter was cleaning the steering wheel when it started smoldering. She called 9-1-1 but by then the car was in flames.
•A man on Minish Lake Road said he heard voices outside his residence and saw a white male peeking through his door. He confronted the man, who told him he was out of gas, so he loaned him a gas can. A woman was with the man and they left and went to another residence on Minish Lake Road that is vacant. The man parked his car in the garage and the complainant, who thought they were up to “no good” asked for his gas can back. He said he tried to take pictures of the car and tag with his phone but that the man almost ran over him as they sped off. The complainant said there were several gas cans in the small two-door green car, which had body damage all over it. According to the description, the man was in his 30s and about five feet eight inches tall, 150 pounds. His companion was in her 20s and about five foot six inches tall and 170 pounds. Another older white female was with them who in her 40s and very heavyset with reddish hair. They were last seen on Hwy. 98 headed toward Commerce.
•A woman on Sanford Road reported that someone had filed their taxes using her Social Security number.
•A man on Woodland Creek Place reported that someone stole a ladder and three chairs from his residence. He walked through the woods and found the three chairs, but the ladder was not with them.
•A couple on Crawford W. Long Street reported that the rear door of an unoccupied home was open. Nothing was found to be missing.
•A woman on Oakview Drive said her home was burglarized by breaking a basement window.
•A couple on Buddy Moore Road reported that their daughter’s boyfriend had cursed and them and threatened to kill them after he came to their house and was told their daughter did not want to see him. He also kicked the door of the residence.
•A woman on Faye Carey Road reported that her deceased husband’s pistol had been stolen from her bedroom dresser sometime between the time he died and the present. She said numerous people had been in their home since he passed away.
•A woman on Hwy. 29 South reported that two of her credit cards had been used in Madison County without her permission.
•A male middle school student was charged with disrupting public school last week. He was disruptive in his classroom so he was sent to an assistant principal’s office where he was placed in a storage room. While there, he began to destroy items inside the room.
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