Bizarre crime: A look back at crime report oddities in 2012
Crime is no laughing matter. But sometimes local crime reports can elicit a raised eyebrow.
Here are a few of the more bizarre incidents from Madison County’s 2012 crime reports. Names have been removed.
It all began in January, when a 27-year old Athens woman was arrested after she allegedly shoplifted from Ingles, ran from an officer and then stripped off all her clothes in the bank parking lot next door.
According to the incident report, officer Gary Floyd was called to the Ingles shopping center in Hull where the manager told him that a “heavy-set black female” was in the store that was a known shoplifter. The manager asked that the woman be told to leave and not return to the store.
The manager pointed her out as she was going to her car. Floyd approached her and she told him her name was “Kirrena” (not her name) without being asked and stated that she did not steal anything from the store. Floyd told her the manager did not want her to come back to the store and asked if he could look in her shopping bag. The vehicle owner stated she had picked up the woman to go shopping. As Floyd reached for the bag, the woman took off running. Floyd caught up with her in the First Citizens Bank parking lot where two citizens helped stop her. When Floyd attempted to place her in custody, she yelled that she did not steal anything and started to strip her clothes off. She pulled off her pants and yelled “lick my %&*(($, I have AIDS.”
Due to her size and weight, Floyd could not get her handcuffs on safely and she continued to strip until she was completely naked. She then broke free of Floyd and stood up, at which point Floyd tasered her. She fell to the ground, but continued to yell and curse. After back up arrived she was taken to jail where she continued to be disorderly and again pulled off all her clothes in the cell while yelling at staff and officers. Stolen items found in her bag were returned to Ingles.
•“No it’s not”
In March, an Athens man was taken into custody after officer Brandon Hanley and another officer were dispatched to Hwy. 72 East at Main Street following a report of a van sitting in the road.
According to the incident report, Hanley found an orange van parked in the northbound lane, completely blocking the lane. He looked inside and found a white male lying in the back of the van with two open bottles of vodka lying nearby. Hanley knocked on the window and identified himself to the man who started to close the window curtain telling Hanley to “$#^& off.” Hanley opened the door and asked the man to step out of the van and he refused. Eventually, he had to be pulled from the van. Asked if he had been drinking, the man reportedly replied that he had some “earlier tonight.” Hanley told him it was still daylight, but the man disagreed, saying, “no it’s not.”
•“Don’t upset grandma”
Two cousins were arrested in March after a fight on Gillispie Drive.
According to the incident report, officer Gary Floyd was called to Gillispie Drive, where he met with approximately 10 people in and around a residence. He identified the two women, both cousins, who were fighting and separated them.
Although several versions of the fight were given by the women, and by witnesses, Floyd determined that at some point in the argument one of them pulled out a large butcher knife and made threats to the other woman, who grabbed a pan and made threats of her own, with both allegedly threatening to kill each other. One of the women then jumped from the porch and landed on the roof of the other’s car, jumping up and down and yelling “you’re not gonna’ upset my grandma!” The butcher knife was retrieved and placed into evidence and the cousins were taken to jail.
•Waiting on “Monkey”
A Social Circle man was arrested after a man on New Hope Church Road reported that a stranger was looking inside some vehicles in his driveway and refused to leave when he was asked to.
According to the incident report, when officer Chad Parr arrived on scene, he found the stranger sitting inside the homeowner’s pickup truck. When he asked him what he was doing there, the man reportedly stated he was waiting for his nephew, “Monkey.” He told Parr that the truck he was sitting in actually belonged to “Monkey.” He was handcuffed and patted down for safety. Parr noted that he appeared to be under the influence of meth, which he admitted to using earlier in the day.
•Pantless man calls police
A Colbert woman was arrested in May after she refused to come to the door of a residence on McCarty Dodd Road despite request from deputies. They were called to the scene after a man called 9-1-1 to say the woman took his pants and locked him out of his residence. The complainant said he let her stay at his house because she was homeless and that during the night she took his pants with his wallet, keys and other items in them and hid them. She would not give him his pants back and allegedly began “acting crazy” so he went outside. She then locked him out of his house.
•Rib-stuffed pants
Shoplifting was reported at Ingles in June after a man allegedly stole five packs of ribs by stuffing them in his pants.
According to the incident report, the suspect was a black male who was wearing a tan shirt with colorful writing and blue jeans. An employee of the store said she saw the man in the meat section looking around and then saw him run out the front door “with his pants legs squared.” She said she walked to the suspect’s car and asked him if he was going to pay for the ribs. She said he just looked at her and then drove off toward Clarke County.
•“Take me to jail, please”
A man was arrested in June on battery charges, at his request.
According to the report, officer Gary Floyd went to a home on Pine Valley Farm Road where he met the man, who told him he wanted to “be locked up.” He said his wife started yelling at him after they had been arguing all day so he slapped her in the face and called 9-1-1 himself. His wife said she didn’t want him locked up for hitting her, but that he did slap her in the face. The man kept walking toward the patrol car and shouting he wanted to go to jail, so Floyd complied.
•It’s “in the blood”
A Danielsville man who proclaimed “running from the law was in his blood” was arrested last week after someone called 9-1-1 to report that he was at their door trying to get inside their home. The victim told officers the man ran off toward the woods when officers arrived. They found him lying down behind some bushes about 40 yards into the woods. A flashlight, overalls and a metal container were found with him. As he was being taken back to the patrol car, he reportedly told officer Brandon Hanley that “running from the law was in his blood.” An off-white residue that tested positive for methamphetamine was located inside the metal container.
•Walking to jail
In July, a drunken Danielsville man who said he was walking to jail to turn himself in, was arrested before he could get there after he fell while walking in the road on Hwy. 98 near the Madison County Library.
According to the incident report, officer Brandon Moss arrived to assist EMS and two other officers who were already on scene. Moss noted that the man appeared to be “noticeably intoxicated.” When Moss asked him what happened he reportedly said he was “walking to jail to turn himself in” and that he had consumed three 24-ounce beers. After refusing treatment by EMS at the scene, he was handcuffed and transported the short distance to jail.
•Nothing but “air
and opportunity”
Also in August, a man was arrested on an outstanding warrant after an officer was dispatched to an “affray” on Cliff Griffeth Road.
According to the incident report, officer Justin Hanley went to the scene where one of the men told him they were going down the road when they got into an argument. He said that both been drinking. The argument escalated and the other man allegedly told him he would “whoop his $%%.” The man said he told his companion that there was “nothing there but air and opportunity.” They then pulled over to the side of Cliff Griffith Road and began to fight. After they got back to the residence, the other man took off walking and was picked up by Hanley for the outstanding warrant.
•They’re in there,
somewhere
In October, officer Brandon Hanley was dispatched to the report of a disorderly male who had destroyed the inside of a residence.
The suspect came to the door with a jigsaw in his hand. He was told to put the saw down and step outside. He complied and told Hanley and another officer that his wife was “trapped inside the wall with her boyfriend” and that he was trying to free them both by dismantling the walls of the residence. He said he does suffer form several problems including manic depression and mood disorders but that he was not “crazy.” He said he knew they were in the walls, because he could hear them talking.
•Man attacks table
with meat cleaver
A Hull man was arrested after he allegedly attacked a table with a meat cleaver during a dice game.
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 the man was drunk and had stuck a meat cleaver in the coffee table. The son stated they were all throwing dice and the man became angry that he and his mother’s assistant were flirting with each other. The son said the man almost struck his hand. Officers found the man lying on the living room floor. They got him off the floor and retrieved the meat cleaver from underneath the couch. The man 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.
It all began in January, when a 27-year old Athens woman was arrested after she allegedly shoplifted from Ingles, ran from an officer and then stripped off all her clothes in the bank parking lot next door.
According to the incident report, officer Gary Floyd was called to the Ingles shopping center in Hull where the manager told him that a “heavy-set black female” was in the store that was a known shoplifter. The manager asked that the woman be told to leave and not return to the store.
The manager pointed her out as she was going to her car. Floyd approached her and she told him her name was “Kirrena” (not her name) without being asked and stated that she did not steal anything from the store. Floyd told her the manager did not want her to come back to the store and asked if he could look in her shopping bag. The vehicle owner stated she had picked up the woman to go shopping. As Floyd reached for the bag, the woman took off running. Floyd caught up with her in the First Citizens Bank parking lot where two citizens helped stop her. When Floyd attempted to place her in custody, she yelled that she did not steal anything and started to strip her clothes off. She pulled off her pants and yelled “lick my %&*(($, I have AIDS.”
Due to her size and weight, Floyd could not get her handcuffs on safely and she continued to strip until she was completely naked. She then broke free of Floyd and stood up, at which point Floyd tasered her. She fell to the ground, but continued to yell and curse. After back up arrived she was taken to jail where she continued to be disorderly and again pulled off all her clothes in the cell while yelling at staff and officers. Stolen items found in her bag were returned to Ingles.
•“No it’s not”
In March, an Athens man was taken into custody after officer Brandon Hanley and another officer were dispatched to Hwy. 72 East at Main Street following a report of a van sitting in the road.
According to the incident report, Hanley found an orange van parked in the northbound lane, completely blocking the lane. He looked inside and found a white male lying in the back of the van with two open bottles of vodka lying nearby. Hanley knocked on the window and identified himself to the man who started to close the window curtain telling Hanley to “$#^& off.” Hanley opened the door and asked the man to step out of the van and he refused. Eventually, he had to be pulled from the van. Asked if he had been drinking, the man reportedly replied that he had some “earlier tonight.” Hanley told him it was still daylight, but the man disagreed, saying, “no it’s not.”
•“Don’t upset grandma”
Two cousins were arrested in March after a fight on Gillispie Drive.
According to the incident report, officer Gary Floyd was called to Gillispie Drive, where he met with approximately 10 people in and around a residence. He identified the two women, both cousins, who were fighting and separated them.
Although several versions of the fight were given by the women, and by witnesses, Floyd determined that at some point in the argument one of them pulled out a large butcher knife and made threats to the other woman, who grabbed a pan and made threats of her own, with both allegedly threatening to kill each other. One of the women then jumped from the porch and landed on the roof of the other’s car, jumping up and down and yelling “you’re not gonna’ upset my grandma!” The butcher knife was retrieved and placed into evidence and the cousins were taken to jail.
•Waiting on “Monkey”
A Social Circle man was arrested after a man on New Hope Church Road reported that a stranger was looking inside some vehicles in his driveway and refused to leave when he was asked to.
According to the incident report, when officer Chad Parr arrived on scene, he found the stranger sitting inside the homeowner’s pickup truck. When he asked him what he was doing there, the man reportedly stated he was waiting for his nephew, “Monkey.” He told Parr that the truck he was sitting in actually belonged to “Monkey.” He was handcuffed and patted down for safety. Parr noted that he appeared to be under the influence of meth, which he admitted to using earlier in the day.
•Pantless man calls police
A Colbert woman was arrested in May after she refused to come to the door of a residence on McCarty Dodd Road despite request from deputies. They were called to the scene after a man called 9-1-1 to say the woman took his pants and locked him out of his residence. The complainant said he let her stay at his house because she was homeless and that during the night she took his pants with his wallet, keys and other items in them and hid them. She would not give him his pants back and allegedly began “acting crazy” so he went outside. She then locked him out of his house.
•Rib-stuffed pants
Shoplifting was reported at Ingles in June after a man allegedly stole five packs of ribs by stuffing them in his pants.
According to the incident report, the suspect was a black male who was wearing a tan shirt with colorful writing and blue jeans. An employee of the store said she saw the man in the meat section looking around and then saw him run out the front door “with his pants legs squared.” She said she walked to the suspect’s car and asked him if he was going to pay for the ribs. She said he just looked at her and then drove off toward Clarke County.
•“Take me to jail, please”
A man was arrested in June on battery charges, at his request.
According to the report, officer Gary Floyd went to a home on Pine Valley Farm Road where he met the man, who told him he wanted to “be locked up.” He said his wife started yelling at him after they had been arguing all day so he slapped her in the face and called 9-1-1 himself. His wife said she didn’t want him locked up for hitting her, but that he did slap her in the face. The man kept walking toward the patrol car and shouting he wanted to go to jail, so Floyd complied.
•It’s “in the blood”
A Danielsville man who proclaimed “running from the law was in his blood” was arrested last week after someone called 9-1-1 to report that he was at their door trying to get inside their home. The victim told officers the man ran off toward the woods when officers arrived. They found him lying down behind some bushes about 40 yards into the woods. A flashlight, overalls and a metal container were found with him. As he was being taken back to the patrol car, he reportedly told officer Brandon Hanley that “running from the law was in his blood.” An off-white residue that tested positive for methamphetamine was located inside the metal container.
•Walking to jail
In July, a drunken Danielsville man who said he was walking to jail to turn himself in, was arrested before he could get there after he fell while walking in the road on Hwy. 98 near the Madison County Library.
According to the incident report, officer Brandon Moss arrived to assist EMS and two other officers who were already on scene. Moss noted that the man appeared to be “noticeably intoxicated.” When Moss asked him what happened he reportedly said he was “walking to jail to turn himself in” and that he had consumed three 24-ounce beers. After refusing treatment by EMS at the scene, he was handcuffed and transported the short distance to jail.
•Nothing but “air
and opportunity”
Also in August, a man was arrested on an outstanding warrant after an officer was dispatched to an “affray” on Cliff Griffeth Road.
According to the incident report, officer Justin Hanley went to the scene where one of the men told him they were going down the road when they got into an argument. He said that both been drinking. The argument escalated and the other man allegedly told him he would “whoop his $%%.” The man said he told his companion that there was “nothing there but air and opportunity.” They then pulled over to the side of Cliff Griffith Road and began to fight. After they got back to the residence, the other man took off walking and was picked up by Hanley for the outstanding warrant.
•They’re in there,
somewhere
In October, officer Brandon Hanley was dispatched to the report of a disorderly male who had destroyed the inside of a residence.
The suspect came to the door with a jigsaw in his hand. He was told to put the saw down and step outside. He complied and told Hanley and another officer that his wife was “trapped inside the wall with her boyfriend” and that he was trying to free them both by dismantling the walls of the residence. He said he does suffer form several problems including manic depression and mood disorders but that he was not “crazy.” He said he knew they were in the walls, because he could hear them talking.
•Man attacks table
with meat cleaver
A Hull man was arrested after he allegedly attacked a table with a meat cleaver during a dice game.
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 the man was drunk and had stuck a meat cleaver in the coffee table. The son stated they were all throwing dice and the man became angry that he and his mother’s assistant were flirting with each other. The son said the man almost struck his hand. Officers found the man lying on the living room floor. They got him off the floor and retrieved the meat cleaver from underneath the couch. The man 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.
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