Four people were arrested recently after an alleged fight at their home on Jones Mathews Road.
Chad William Fowler, 24, Natalie Joanne Fowler, 46, and Tina Marie Norton, 46, all of 817 Jones Matthews Road, Colbert, were each charged with one count of simple battery.
Richard Raymond Norton, 40, of the same address was charged with one count of simple assault.
According to the incident report, officer Joshua Smith was dispatched to the residence regarding a fight with a knife. The Nortons met them in the driveway, where they told Smith and another officer that they were trying to leave when he was attacked by Chad Fowler. Smith noted that R. Norton, who appeared to be “extremely intoxicated” had scratches on his face, arm and lower back and bite marks on his right forearm. He also admitted that he had a knife and did pull it out during the fight. He said he threatened to cut Fowler if he did not quit hitting him. Ms. Norton said she was attacked by Natalie Fowler while she was trying to break up the fight between the men. She said Fowler slapped her. Chad Fowler was found inside the house, lying on the couch. He appeared sweaty and his breathing was labored. He said he attacked Norton in self-defense. All parties stated they were each attacked with a “broom handle.”
The witness, who had called to report the fight, said he was on the phone with his girlfriend in his room when his mother (Fowler) told him to come outside because they were “at it.” When he went outside, he said he saw the two men arguing and then saw Norton strike Fowler first. He also said that Norton did pull a knife and threaten to “cut him (Fowler).” He said he tried to break up the fight and was struck by Ms. Norton in the back of the head.
Other incidents on file at the sheriff’s office this week included:
•Arson in the third degree involving an unruly child was reported on Diamond Hill Neese Road last week. According to the incident report, a woman stated that her son struck her in the head while she was trying to discipline him and that he then grabbed a lighter and stated “I’ll burn y’all &%*^$@!% up” and then went outside and set the grass on fire near the house. Officer Brandon Hanley located the boy in a field behind the house and he said he was “just upset.” The incident was reported to DFCS and juvenile justice. Per juvenile justice, he was turned over to his mother and a juvenile complaint was completed. Hanley turned the boy over to his mother and asked him if could go inside and not have any more problems, to which he replied “probably not.”
•Shoplifting was reported at the Dollar General in Comer.
•A couple in Madison Hills subdivision reported that they did not receive their IRS refund check and found that it had been cashed at a Walmart in Peachtree City.
•D&D Auto Parts was allegedly broken into over the past month with miscellaneous auto parts and shop tools stolen. The complainant, who is the widow of the owner, said a storage building and a Pontiac Grand Prix were also stolen from outside the shop.
•A man on McGinnis Chandler Road reported that a gold necklace, jewelry and medication were stolen from his home while he was at work.
•At least one student was taken to the hospital last week after she was given oxycodone pills by another student at the middle school. According to an incident report by resource officer Jeff Vaughn, the student reportedly gave the pills, which he allegedly stole from his mother’s purse, to three students. He said he took two of the pills himself and flushed the last one. A female student was found to be shaking and “seeing double” and could not stay awake. She was seen by the school nurse, who called EMS. Vaughn spoke to the suspect’s mother, who produced the prescription bottle. She said she will keep the pills locked up from now on. Juvenile justice ordered the boy released to his mother.
•A Polaris four wheeler was allegedly stolen from a residence on Black’s Creek Church Road.
•A freshman academy student was charged with battery after he reportedly struck another boy on a school bus. The victim admitted he was “saying stuff” about other students and said all the kids on the bus want him to stop. He said all the kids told the boy to hit him to shut him up and that the boy began punching him in the head and stomach.
•A four wheeler was allegedly stolen from a home on Maplewood Lane.
•Theft by taking was reported at the high school last week after a student allegedly stole an iPod and charger form a vehicle in the parking lot. The incident was captured on school video and the student arrested.
•Battery was reported in the middle school locker room last week after a coach said he spotted one boy on top of another punching him.
•A student in the high school’s alternative program was charged with disrupting public school after he repeatedly disrupted the classroom by using foul language in front of the teacher and students.
•A woman on Collins Bridges Road reported that a man she knows has been calling and harassing her and that she has had problems with this man in the past.
•A 1982 Toyota Celica was reportedly stolen from behind a residence on Fred Goss Road last week.
•A woman on North Seventh Avenue reported that two black females allegedly stole her Yorkie from her yard. She said she let her three dogs out and that when she called them her two poodles returned, but the Yorkie did not. She said that the owner of a store told her that two black females in a Honda had tried to sell him the dog.
•A man riding his bike on Moon’s Grove Church Road reported that a large brown dog bit him on the leg. The case was turned over to animal control.
