WISK/WDEC
“Local News”
Monday
June 27th, 2022
*UPDATE*
For the second straight Friday, a tragic accident started the weekend
off on a bad note. This time it was a 2-vehicle accident at the dangerous
intersection of Mask Road and Hooks Mill Road before 3:30 last Friday afternoon
that unfortunately resulted in a traffic fatality. A pickup truck and a cargo
van collided at the intersection with the van traveling south on Hooks Mill and
the pickup heading east on Mask Road. The initial report by Sgt. Martin of Post
10 of the Georgia State Patrol states that the pickup ran the stop sign and the
van struck the pickup’s drivers side. The impact caused the van to rotate and
end up facing north in the eastern ditch. The pickup ended in the field across
the intersection. All victims had already been transported to PSMC before the
Trooper arrived. He did all measurements and documented the vehicles before
leaving the scene to interview those involved. The driver of the pickup, Michael
Morris of Americus died from his injuries while 3 in the van all suffered
injuries. Freddie Updike, Mark Minick and Linton Godwin were treated and
released with the exception of Mark Minick who was transported to Macon with
significant injuries. Sumter County Fire & Rescue, Sumter Sheriff’s
Deputies and volunteers were all on that accident scene. The intersection was
reopened to traffic some 2-hours after the accident occurred.
There are 2 meetings
scheduled for this evening. The Sumter County Board of Commissioners will have
a called meeting this evening at 6 in the Commissioners Room at the Sumter
County Courthouse. The purpose of this called meeting is to discuss and
hopefully finalize the FY ’23 budget. The Board will also discuss any other
items deemed as appropriate. All meetings of the Board of Commissioners are
open to the public.
The Sumter County BOE will have a virtual called meeting at 6 this
evening. The purpose of this called meeting is to go into executive session to
discuss personnel matters.
Today is National HIV
testing day. The West Central Health District will be offering free HIV testing
in Americus from 10 to 6. The free testing site in Americus today is at
Walgreens at 733 E. Forsyth Street. All those that are in need of this testing
are encouraged to attend and take advantage of this free service to the
community.
Its Plains, Trains & Fireworks coming this weekend. The City of
Plains will be celebrating Independence Day this Saturday July 2nd.
Many activities are planned for the celebration including fireworks. Local News
will have more details throughout the week.
Compared to some
weekends, this one was rather quiet for the Americus Police Department. A
shoplifting incident occurred at 1101 Crawford Street.
After a traffic stop
on Magnolia Street, Deanthony R. Chambliss was arrested for driving with a
suspended license; obstruction; suspended registration; and no insurance.
A traffic stop at
12:47 Saturday morning resulted in the arrest of Quincy B. Daniels for
possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of marijuana.
Following a traffic
stop on Lakeview Circle, Brianna M. Holt was arrested for driving with a
suspended license.
Investigation is
underway into a possible rape case.
A theft of gas was
reported at 1101 S. MLK Boulevard.
A stop on W. Lamar at
Jackson Street led to the arrest of Tamika Waters for driving with a suspended
license; no insurance; failure to maintain lane; and driving with suspended
registration.
Responding to an unknown
situation at 406-B Academy Street, Samuel McCoy was arrested for aggravated
assault and battery (FVA).
A criminal trespass
complaint was made in the Armory Drive-Patton Drive area.
Shalisa L. Dodson was
arrested for theft and financial transaction card fraud following an incident
at 119 W. Church Street.
At a traffic stop at
5:42 Sunday morning on Railroad Street at Town Creek Circle, Warren C. Lewis
was arrested for DUI and impeding the flow of traffic.
James E. Arnett was
arrested and charged with aggravated assault for an incident last week at 611
Dismuke Street.
A felony theft of
services occurred at 203-A Bessie Mays Circle.
Officers did stay
busy responding to reports of shots fired. These locations over the weekend
occurred in the Academy Street-McCoy Hill area; Cherokee Street; Angus Drive
and Rogers Street area; and in the Polar Street-Academy Street area.
5 domestic-related
calls and 1 miscellaneous call were answered over the weekend.
There were 6
accidents worked by APD since Friday that had no reported injuries.
*UPDATE*
The Sumter County
Sheriff’s Office reports includes last Thursday due to the fact the Records
Department was closed last Friday. Deputies stayed busy checking out 11
activated alarms since Thursday. Only 4 traffic stops were conducted. A stop on
US 280E led to charges against Daniel C. Ash for failure to obey a stop sign.
After a stop on W. Lamar at Hampton, Demeka L. Smith was charged with failure
to obey a traffic stop. 3 prisoner transports were made. 1 harassing phone call
complaint was made. Deputies responded to 117 Honeysuckle Court for threats. A
follow-up to an incident at 248 Pryor-Cobb Road was made for a person who
accidentally shot himself. Livestock in the roadway at 517 Salters Mill Road
was looked into. A burglary was investigated at 234 Upper River Road. Deputies
assisted 2 agencies on calls. 1 motorist was given assistance. 3
domestic-related calls were answered. A civil complaint was filed with a Deputy
at 387 Memorial Mile. A suspicious person was spotted on Highway 49N. Deputies
were on the scene of 7 accidents—3 which were deer-related and 1 turned over to
Post 10 Troopers for investigation.
In the Sumter County
Jail today: James Edward Arnett for aggravated assault; Robert Averett—housing
for Dougherty County SO; Caleb Glenn Crimes—housing for Webster County; Quincy
Bernard Daniels for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession
of marijuana; Karen Joett Devane for felony probation violation; Shalisa
Lamonica Dodson for financial transaction card fraud/ theft by taking/ and
probation violation; Antonio Tenyatta Harris for public drunkenness and
probation violation; Terry John Lowmark for parole violation; Samuel McCoy for
battery (FVA) and aggravated assault; Ramon Francisco Ortiz—housing for Lee
County SO; Allan Wright Rue for Drug Court follow-up; and Bradford Anderson
Terry for battery (FVA). 1 was in jail for sentencing. 2 were released from
jail after posting bond.