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On June 2, a dispute report was filed by Dixie Highway resident Rutledge.. According to reports, a deputy was dispatched to the 6100 block of Dixie Highway regarding a woman lying in a ditch. The deputy made contact with a woman walking on the road who matched the description of several callers describing a woman walking on the road. Reports indicate the woman did not want to speak to the deputy, but eventually acquiesced and agreed to drive her to his residence. At the residence, the woman asked to “hang out” in the patrol vehicle while the deputy spoke with the woman’s mother. The mother alleged that at 11:30 a.m., the woman knocked over a flower pot on the front porch and pushed a dining table against a back door with enough force to knock the door frame out. The mother also claimed that the woman had threatened to kill herself. The woman said she did not want to kill herself but wanted to go to an emergency shelter. She later changed her mind and was released from the patrol vehicle. Her mother told the deputy she wanted her daughter out of the house. The deputy advised the mother on the eviction process and provided both with behavioral health resources.

On June 2, an information report was filed at the intersection of Newborn Road and Atlanta Highway. in Rutledge. According to reports, a deputy said he was sitting at the Rutledge Car Wash at the intersection working on reports when a man approached him and said he found himself in a four-wheel vehicle accident on McDonough Street. The man said he was injured in his left ankle and had a laceration under his left eye. He requested and received transport to Morgan Medical Center.

On June 1, a lost property report was made at a residence on Prospect Road.. According to reports, a woman said she left her Morgan County firefighter gear, including a jacket, pants, boots and radio, in her son's truck and could no longer locate Items.

On June 1, an information report was filed at a residence on Bostwick Road.. According to reports, a woman claimed she and a male friend were at her residence drinking alcohol and an altercation ensued. The woman claimed the man hit her in the eye. She said she didn't want him to return to her house.

On May 29, a report of drug-related objects was taken at a residence on Seven Islands Road.. According to reports, a man said that after a man who was staying in a guest room at the residence moved to a Madison motel near his job at the Waffle House, the complainant's dog opened the bedroom. friends of man. The complainant said he observed “a lot of disorder in the room.” While cleaning the room, the complainant said he found several lighters, glass and plastic pipes, cleaning kits and empty containers emitting the odor of marijuana. He also said he found a scale and a small plastic bag containing white powder residue. The man said that when he observed the items, he left the room and called 911. A deputy recovered the items.

On May 30, a loose animal complaint was made at a location on Lower Apalachee Road.. According to reports, a woman claimed that while she was cutting grass, a “hound dog jumped on her, knocking her to the ground.” The woman, according to reports, used the lawnmower to force the dog back. The woman said she was injured in her left knee, ankle and left side of her lower back when the dog ran over her. The dog's owner was located and reportedly told a deputy that he had let the dogs out the night before to run. He gathered his three dogs and took them in. Morgan County Animal Control, according to reports, told the deputy they knew the man and his dogs.

On May 30, a complaint of theft by taking was filed at a residence on Godfrey Road.. According to reports, a woman said her mailbox and mail were stolen from her property. The mailbox was described as black with discolored address numbers. The pole, according to reports, is made of wood with moss growing on it. Together, the items are valued at $150.

On May 29, a property damage complaint was filed at a residence on West Atlanta Highway.. According to reports, a deputy was dispatched to the 5000 block of Atlanta Highway regarding a vehicle traveling with a gas station hose hanging from the vehicle. Reports indicate that the complainant was an off-duty Rockdale County peace officer and that the officer had stopped a white pickup truck that was leaving the Chevron convenience store in Rutledge with the gas hose still attached to the vehicle. The deputy said the off-duty officer and the driver of the pickup truck were returning to the wrecker with the hose. At the store, according to reports, the Rockdale officer told a deputy that he observed the truck drive away from the station and then into a driveway. The driver then got out of the truck, removed the hose from his vehicle and threw it into the truck bed. The Rockdale officer said he stopped and told the driver to return to the store with the tip. At the station, according to reports, a deputy spoke with the 18-year-old driver who told him he was washing his windshield in preparation to visit his girlfriend and had forgotten the hose. He said he would come back after meeting his girlfriend. The pipe was returned and a store employee was able to restore it to working order, according to reports.

On May 29, an information report was filed at a residence on Hayes Street.. According to reports, a woman reported receiving correspondence from Allstate and Safeway Insurance alleging that a vehicle she owned was involved in a hit-and-run collision on April 25, 2024 in Gwinnett County. The woman said she sold the 2003 Saturn Ion in 2017 for scrap, she believed.