Commerce woman charged with public drunkenness

Anna Renee Worley, 56, 2195 Erastus Church Road, was charged with public drunkenness and obstruction. Officer Jeffrey Strickland went to a home on Black’s Creek Church Road regarding a disorderly person. He met with the homeowner, who told him Worley had been there earlier and was “very intoxicated.” He said she became belligerent with him when he wanted his vehicle back and attempted to leave in it. He stopped her from taking his car and she left walking. Officer Alan Stratton located Worley in a vehicle on the roadside. Strickland went to this location where he issued Worley a criminal trespass warning for the home she had just been at. The driver of the vehicle said he would take Worley home. As officers were preparing to leave, the driver pulled up to Strickland and said “take her to jail.” At that point, Worley yelled “you’re not taking me any d… where!” She was asked to calm down, but kept yelling, refusing to get out of the car and telling Strickland that the man whose resident she had left earlier had “shot her tires out and broke the windshield in her vehicle.” She refused to get out of the car when asked and had to be pulled out and handcuffed while on the ground. Strickland noted that she received some scrapes on the side of her head where she struggled on the ground. She was taken to jail.

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

•A man on Eustus Carter Road reported that when he returned home after being gone for several days he found that three a/c units were missing from various windows in the home. He said an antenna converter was also missing.

•Criminal trespass was reported on Gholston Street after a man told officers that he came home to find that his dog was not inside his home where he left it. He said he noticed someone had opened the back door by removing nails from the inside and let his dog out. The officer noted that the dog was “healthy-looking” and still on the premises. He said food and water were left inside for the animal.

• A Cobb Healthcare resident reported that someone took $1,500 from a briefcase in his room after he was taken to the hospital by EMS. A social worker advised the facility to call and report the incident to law enforcement.

•A clerk at the Comer BP reported that two white males in a small brown truck drove off without paying for $50 worth of gas after he refused to sell them beer on a Sunday. While an officer was trying to locate the truck, they came back and apologized, paying for the gas.

•A woman on Neese-Commerce Road reported that her Snapper lawn mower had been stolen from behind her home. She said the mower was not running and was covered in a tarp. She said she suspects her cousin of taking the mower.

•A woman on Thomas Road reported that her son had been making threats and cursing at her. She said he had stabbed her in the arm a few years ago and that she is in fear of him. She said he pulled into her driveway that day and left when she came out.

•A woman on Piedmont Road reported that she and her daughter, who lives in Florida, have been receiving vulgar text messages from a man known to her as “Jonathan.” She said one of the messages threatened to kill her.

•Someone painted graffiti on a field house, concession stand and locker room near the high school football field.

•A woman on Spratlin Mill Road reported that someone stole her lawnmower from the shop behind her house.

•A clerk at a store on Hwy. 106 South reported that she saw a white female come into the store and put items in her purse. When the woman came to pay for two drinks, the clerk asked her to open her purse. When she did, the clerk saw and took out Advil, Pepto tablets, Imodium tablets and Imodium liquid. The woman then left with a man in a white truck.

•Someone reportedly broke into the car lot office at Tiny Town Used Cars twice last week by removing a window screen.

•A man on Crabapple Hollow Road reported that someone set his mailbox on fire.

•A clerk at the Golden Pantry on Hwy. 29 South in Hull reported that a man came into the store and stole three cases of Bud Light beer from the beer cooler.

•A man looking to buy a vacant home on Hwy. 98 noticed that the wiring had been stripped from the residence and called to report it.

•A woman on McGinnis Chandler Road reported that she was watching TV when she heard a loud noise. She went outside and saw that someone had thrown two raw eggs against the side of her house.

•A suspicious vehicle was reported on Lem Edwards Road last week after the occupant of a blue older model Cadillac was spotted looking in mailboxes.