Oconee County Sheriff's Office Crime Report

Driver of Oldsmobile Leads Oconee Deputy on Chase into Morgan County

As of Thursday, an arrest had not been made in the Jan. 4 incident.

The driver of a white, 1995 Oldsmobile Cutlass who led an Oconee County Sheriff's deputy on a chase into Morgan County last Friday afternoon has so far eluded capture. According to an incident report, the deputy grew suspicious as the driver "took exceptional notice of [his] presence" while the deputy waited to turn onto Price Mill Road around 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 4. The deputy checked the vehicle's tag and found that it had no valid insurance, so he initiated a traffic stop in the parking lot of the Golden Pantry in Bishop on US 441. "It should be noted that the driver was immensely watching me through the side view mirror as I exited my vehicle and began to approach his vehicle," the deputy wrote. "As I got midways between my patrol unit …

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Criminal Suspects Have Had a Need for Speed in Northeast Georgia Lately

They run, but just about everybody gets caught eventually.

  Lots of suspects have been fleeing from cops recently. A man accused of trying to pass counterfeit money at a Winder Waffle House ran away from police when they confronted him on a street near the restaurant. A patrol car chased him until he went into some woods, where he got caught in some brush and gave up. A Loganville motorcyclist is accused of moving faster, leading police on a chase that reached 143 mph on State Route 316. It ended when he crashed into the back of a car, but not before he weaved through traffic, ran red lights and evaded a series of roadblocks on several highways and parkways. A shoplifting suspect in Oconee County did manage to drive off with a T-shirt and pair of athletic shorts after chucking some stolen batting…

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