Fugitive Is Caught
On Tuesday, Feb. 16, at approximately 4 p.m., a deputy sheriff with the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) observed a black mustang that was the subject of a bolo (be on the lookout) from Putnam County on East Greene Street near Ameris Bank.
The deputy initiated a traffic stop on the black Mustang. Unfortunately, the driver of the Mustang refused to stop and chose to take the deputies on a high speed chase up Post Road, according to a report from the JCSO. The driver of the mustang wrecked at a residence off Post Road and fled from the scene into the woods. JCSO deputies established a perimeter around the area, and called in Department of Corrections K-9s and began alerting residents who were home in the area of the activity.
Deputies were notified (by the residents of the area), approximately two hours after the chase began that he was spotted in a yard off Calvin Road. Malik Cole was taken into custody in a field adjacent to the yard off of Calvin Road moments later.
Pending charges in Jasper County for Malik Cole include fleeing and attempting to elude law enforcement, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, theft by receiving (a motor vehicle), theft by receiving (a firearm), reckless driving, and criminal damage to property in the second degree.
Several people were arrested in the last week for various charges. They include:
•Kayla Marie Smith, 23, Bethlehem—probation violation.
•Rebecca Lynn Garrison, 47, Newborn—probation violation.
•Larry Oneal White, Jr., 43, Covington—driving while license suspended or revoked.
•Marcus Mandrell Campbell, 40, Monticello—child molestation, battery, terroristic threats and acts and probation violation.
•Sarah Marie Coffee, 35, Newborn—driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, failure to stop at a stop sign, failure to maintain lane and endangering a child by driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
•William Winfield Garvey III, 33, Decatur—probation violation.
•Jessica Danielle Criswell, 22, Covington—theft by taking (two counts).
•Shelby Lynn Wright, 19, Monticello—theft by taking (five counts).
•Kylee Alise Davis, 18, Monticello—battery.
•Deborah Moger Tinsley, 33, Newborn—battery and criminal trespass (two counts).
•Glenn Cole Wadsworth, 19, Monticello—battery.
•Andre Gene Tobler, 49, Monticello—theft by taking (three counts) and probation violation.
•William Dewayne Standifer, 47, Monticello—driving on a suspended or revoked license and registration violation.
•Joseph Anthony Perkins, 46, Eatonton—failure to appear Probate Court bench warrant.
•Randall Wayne Thompson, 51, McDonough—possession of schedule II controlled substance and drugs not in original container.
•Tony Andrew Thurman, 55, Monticello—simple battery, criminal trespass.
