Monday, February 4, 2013
The car involved in Saturday night's accident near the Oconee Connector had been reported stolen out of Monroe, the Athens Banner-Herald reports.
Oconee County deputies Monday arrested a man they say crashed a stolen car near the Oconee Connector and fled the scene late Saturday night. Charleston Jamal Croffie, 21, was taken into custody at Parkview Homes in Athens on Monday afternoon after investigators received a tip that he was there, according to the Athens Banner-Herald. Around 11:45 p.m. Saturday, the Sheriff's Office issued an alert that a man had fled from a deputy who tried to pull him over for speeding. The car crashed at the intersection of Daniels Bridge and Mars Hill roads and the suspect fled the scene on foot. K-9s were brought in to assist with the search and the Sheriff's Office issued a lookout for Croffie shortly afterward. Investigators later learned the BMW that…
Friday, January 11, 2013
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 …
Sunday, May 6, 2012
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…
Racer X
6:02 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
So, he did not steal the car, he just did not ask her if he could take it. Uh....ok.....so if I take your car without asking, it's not stealing? Oh...wait...I think I get it......if you steal from your mother it's not stealing. Ok, I get it now. more ›