Oconee County Sheriff's Office Crime Report

Teen Treated for Alcohol Consumption

First responders and Oconee County Sheriff's deputies were dispatched to a home on Whippoorwill Road early Saturday morning.

A 17-year-old girl was reportedly taken to St. Mary's Hospital early Saturday for treatment related to alcohol consumption. When Oconee County Sheriff's deputies arrived at a home on Whippoorwill Road around 1:45 a.m., medical first responders were already on the scene assisting the girl who was unconscious and vomiting, according to an incident report. Witnesses said the girl "arrived at the home already under the influence, produced a bottle of alcohol and continued to dink until [she] fell unconscious at which time EMS was contacted," a deputy wrote. The girl's mother was contacted and she requested her daughter be transported to St. Mary's Hospital where the teen was treated and released the same day, the report noted. Two other …

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Oconee Teen Treated for Alcohol Consumption, Charges may be Pending

A mother reports her 15-year-old daughter became sick on Aug. 7 after spending time with a friend at a trailer in Pinewood Estates South mobile home park.

The Oconee County Sheriff's Office is investigating the circumstances that led up to a 15-year-old girl's treatment for alcohol ingestion this week at Athens Regional Medical Center. The girl's mother told deputies she picked up her daughter Tuesday around 5 p.m. from a friend's trailer located in Pinewood Estates South mobile home park on Epps Bridge Road, according to an incident report. The girl and her mother also live in the park. The mother said her daughter seemed fine, but on the way to purchase school supplies, the girl "began vomiting, convulsed, and then passed out."  The mother said it was at that time that she smelled alcohol and rushed her daughter to Athens Regional Medical Center for treatment. A deputy met with the girl's …

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