Man arrested after incident with meat cleaver
A Hull man was arrested recently after he allegedly attacked a table with a meat cleaver during a dice game.
Jerry Robert Baxter, 52, 1226 Stone Stewart Road, was charged with disorderly conduct and a parole violation.
According to the incident report, officer Jason Luke and two other deputies went to the scene on Stone Stewart Road where they met with a woman and her son on the front porch. They both stated that Baxter was drunk and had stuck a meat cleaver in the coffee table. The son stated they were all throwing dice and Baxter became angry that he and his mother’s assistant were flirting with each other. The son said Baxter almost struck his hand. When asked where Baxter was, they said he was lying on the living room floor. Officers got him off the floor and retrieved the meat cleaver from underneath the couch. Baxter was obviously intoxicated and stated he drank about six beers earlier in the evening. He said he did not remember what happened, other than they were throwing dice and he woke up with officers standing over him.
In another incident, possible arson was reported on Peach Orchard Road last weekend. According to the incident report, fire fighters at the scene of a structure fire encountered a white male behaving strangely. Officer Brandon Hanley went to the scene, where he found the man at the wood line behind the residence. As he approached the man, who he recognized from past dealings, he noticed that he was clapping his hands and slapping his ears. He also had paint around his fingers and nostrils and had urinated on himself. He told Hanley that “angels made him do it.” When Hanley asked what did they make him do, the suspect reportedly replied that he would have to “ask God about that.” He was placed in handcuffs for officer safety due to his violent tendencies toward law enforcement in the past, Hanley noted. He is also known to have “huffed” paint in the past, which can alter a person’s mental status, according to the report. He was taken to Athens Regional for a mental evaluation and the scene was turned over to the fire marshal for further investigation.
Other incidents investigated recently by the sheriff’s office include:
•A woman jogging with a companion near Peachtree Street reported that four – five dogs attacked her. One dog, a collie, bit her on the left side and another bit her on her thigh. The dogs were signed over to animal control. Two people were cited and agreed to pay medical expenses for treatment. The officer also noted that at least one of the dogs was not up to date on its rabies vaccine.
•Another dog bite was reported on Hwy. 72 when a man said his girlfriend’s boxer bit him on his right hand. The incident was turned over to animal control.
•A high school student was charged with theft by taking after she reportedly stole another student’s purse.
•A woman on Virginia Lane reported that her inflatable Halloween decorations had been cut. The woman said she suspects a male juvenile of doing it in retaliation for being told to stay away from her residence. The boy was issued a criminal trespass warning at the alternative school.
•Simple battery and disorderly conduct were reported on Timberlane Drive last week after a woman reported that her boyfriend struck her in the face with his hand. She said the two have been dating for about a month and that he became upset because she was talking to the father of her 5-year old daughter on the phone. She said her daughter witnessed part of the altercation.
•A middle school student was charged with disrupting school after he refused to follow instructions, got up out of his desk and left the classroom without permission.
•A man on Neese-Commerce Road reported that cash has been stolen from his residence twice in the last few weeks. He said that his doors were not locked and that the amount missing was approximately $920.
•Officer Justin Hanley met with a man at the Comer BP station who said that he received a call from a man at an unknown number who stated that he was going to “put a bullet between his eyes.” He said he is unsure how he got his phone number but suspects his ex-wife gave the perpetrator his number.
•A homeless man threatened to commit suicide last week by lying on the train tracks. According to the incident report, officer Jason Ring responded to Fernwood Drive where he met a man requesting to turn himself in. Ring determined that there were no warrants on the man, who was very intoxicated. He told Ring that he was homeless and had no money. He said he had no one to call who would come help him and he was trying to get to Waycross to avoid the cold weather here. He also said he was feeling suicidal and would harm himself if he didn’t get some help. When asked how he would harm himself, the man told Ring he would lie down on the train tracks along Hwy. 72 and let a train cut off his head. He then asked for help and agreed to go to Athens Regional for treatment.
•A man and his daughter on Pebble Brook Lane reported that a neighbor stood in his yard and cursed at them while they were working on a well pump. The pair said their dogs followed them but were kept within eyesight. They said the man yelled he would “kill every @#$%^ dog they had” and other obscenities. The neighbor said he couldn’t remember what all was said because he was mad at the complainant’s dogs because he thinks the dogs killed several of his cats.
•A woman on Black’s Creek Church Road reported that she and her boyfriend got into an altercation when he wouldn’t turn off the radio and come to bed. She admitted that both of them had been drinking. She said he pushed her down and made her hit her head. She didn’t have any marks and her boyfriend had left the scene.
911 REPORTS
•A vehicle reportedly ran into a telephone pole at Diamond Hill Ball Park on Hwy. 29 Oct. 22. The female driver reportedly suffered a broken foot and a child in the back seat had abrasions on the face and arms.
•An 18-year-old male reportedly flipped his vehicle on Osley Mill Drive in Carlton Oct. 23 and injured his leg and head.
•An accident was reported Oct. 25 at Hwy. 172 and McCarty Dodd Road. When emergency workers arrived at the car in a ditch, they found blood on the front seat and no one there. The driver was found nearby disoriented with a bloody nose.
•A two-vehicle accident was reported Oct. 26 on Hwy. 72.
•A one-vehicle accident was reported on Clements Road Oct. 27. The Ford F-150 overturned and a male was reportedly trapped inside but talking.
According to the incident report, officer Jason Luke and two other deputies went to the scene on Stone Stewart Road where they met with a woman and her son on the front porch. They both stated that Baxter was drunk and had stuck a meat cleaver in the coffee table. The son stated they were all throwing dice and Baxter became angry that he and his mother’s assistant were flirting with each other. The son said Baxter almost struck his hand. When asked where Baxter was, they said he was lying on the living room floor. Officers got him off the floor and retrieved the meat cleaver from underneath the couch. Baxter was obviously intoxicated and stated he drank about six beers earlier in the evening. He said he did not remember what happened, other than they were throwing dice and he woke up with officers standing over him.
In another incident, possible arson was reported on Peach Orchard Road last weekend. According to the incident report, fire fighters at the scene of a structure fire encountered a white male behaving strangely. Officer Brandon Hanley went to the scene, where he found the man at the wood line behind the residence. As he approached the man, who he recognized from past dealings, he noticed that he was clapping his hands and slapping his ears. He also had paint around his fingers and nostrils and had urinated on himself. He told Hanley that “angels made him do it.” When Hanley asked what did they make him do, the suspect reportedly replied that he would have to “ask God about that.” He was placed in handcuffs for officer safety due to his violent tendencies toward law enforcement in the past, Hanley noted. He is also known to have “huffed” paint in the past, which can alter a person’s mental status, according to the report. He was taken to Athens Regional for a mental evaluation and the scene was turned over to the fire marshal for further investigation.
Other incidents investigated recently by the sheriff’s office include:
•A woman jogging with a companion near Peachtree Street reported that four – five dogs attacked her. One dog, a collie, bit her on the left side and another bit her on her thigh. The dogs were signed over to animal control. Two people were cited and agreed to pay medical expenses for treatment. The officer also noted that at least one of the dogs was not up to date on its rabies vaccine.
•Another dog bite was reported on Hwy. 72 when a man said his girlfriend’s boxer bit him on his right hand. The incident was turned over to animal control.
•A high school student was charged with theft by taking after she reportedly stole another student’s purse.
•A woman on Virginia Lane reported that her inflatable Halloween decorations had been cut. The woman said she suspects a male juvenile of doing it in retaliation for being told to stay away from her residence. The boy was issued a criminal trespass warning at the alternative school.
•Simple battery and disorderly conduct were reported on Timberlane Drive last week after a woman reported that her boyfriend struck her in the face with his hand. She said the two have been dating for about a month and that he became upset because she was talking to the father of her 5-year old daughter on the phone. She said her daughter witnessed part of the altercation.
•A middle school student was charged with disrupting school after he refused to follow instructions, got up out of his desk and left the classroom without permission.
•A man on Neese-Commerce Road reported that cash has been stolen from his residence twice in the last few weeks. He said that his doors were not locked and that the amount missing was approximately $920.
•Officer Justin Hanley met with a man at the Comer BP station who said that he received a call from a man at an unknown number who stated that he was going to “put a bullet between his eyes.” He said he is unsure how he got his phone number but suspects his ex-wife gave the perpetrator his number.
•A homeless man threatened to commit suicide last week by lying on the train tracks. According to the incident report, officer Jason Ring responded to Fernwood Drive where he met a man requesting to turn himself in. Ring determined that there were no warrants on the man, who was very intoxicated. He told Ring that he was homeless and had no money. He said he had no one to call who would come help him and he was trying to get to Waycross to avoid the cold weather here. He also said he was feeling suicidal and would harm himself if he didn’t get some help. When asked how he would harm himself, the man told Ring he would lie down on the train tracks along Hwy. 72 and let a train cut off his head. He then asked for help and agreed to go to Athens Regional for treatment.
•A man and his daughter on Pebble Brook Lane reported that a neighbor stood in his yard and cursed at them while they were working on a well pump. The pair said their dogs followed them but were kept within eyesight. They said the man yelled he would “kill every @#$%^ dog they had” and other obscenities. The neighbor said he couldn’t remember what all was said because he was mad at the complainant’s dogs because he thinks the dogs killed several of his cats.
•A woman on Black’s Creek Church Road reported that she and her boyfriend got into an altercation when he wouldn’t turn off the radio and come to bed. She admitted that both of them had been drinking. She said he pushed her down and made her hit her head. She didn’t have any marks and her boyfriend had left the scene.
911 REPORTS
•A vehicle reportedly ran into a telephone pole at Diamond Hill Ball Park on Hwy. 29 Oct. 22. The female driver reportedly suffered a broken foot and a child in the back seat had abrasions on the face and arms.
•An 18-year-old male reportedly flipped his vehicle on Osley Mill Drive in Carlton Oct. 23 and injured his leg and head.
•An accident was reported Oct. 25 at Hwy. 172 and McCarty Dodd Road. When emergency workers arrived at the car in a ditch, they found blood on the front seat and no one there. The driver was found nearby disoriented with a bloody nose.
•A two-vehicle accident was reported Oct. 26 on Hwy. 72.
•A one-vehicle accident was reported on Clements Road Oct. 27. The Ford F-150 overturned and a male was reportedly trapped inside but talking.
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