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Deputies seize pot, cash after stop on I-75

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Tuesday, April 14. 2009
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Lamar deputies made two arrests, seized 4.5 pounds of marijuana and confiscated some $4000 after making a routine traffic stop on I-75 April 13.


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#1 Anonymous on 04/14/09 at 12:33 PM
Keep up the good work guys!
#2 Anonymous on 04/14/09 at 12:44 PM
way to go brandon and shannon.
#3 Redd on 04/14/09 at 01:42 PM
They should have beat those charges
#4 Anonymous on 04/14/09 at 02:07 PM
Hey, there is nothing wrong with the sticky icky............Stop wasting tax payer dollars busting mary jane hustlers and take out those who sell to the zombie crackheads and methheads...That's where the true criminals are...It's a dang shame that good mary jane will be wasted!
#4.1 Anonymous on 04/15/09 at 03:07 PM
Yeah and it's people like you that screw up this world and make it hard on the kids growing up this day and time...Get a grip. Drugs are drugs no matter how you look at it...JERK!!!!!!
#5 hmmm on 04/14/09 at 02:09 PM
Nomination for dumb crook of the week.So you know that you are driving on a suspended license with drugs in the car and yet you can't stay in your own lane.
Good work LSD.
#6 Anonymous on 04/14/09 at 02:16 PM
HOLEY MOLEY! Mortez AND Cherelle was about to get some kind of high!
#7 Anonymous on 04/14/09 at 03:27 PM
no one said there was anything wrong with the sticky icky. Just something wrong with these drug dealers running is and selling it. Get a job and quit looking for the easy way out in life. If you want to smoke grown your own. Or either lets work towards the govnt regulating how we have it. Dont drive and smoke. Dont work and smoke. Smoke at home. They just cant tell how much you are under the influence at that particular time so its hard to legalize it.
#7.1 Anonymous on 04/16/09 at 08:02 PM
uhh, you cant grow your own. meth is death legalize mary jane!!
#8 Anonymous on 04/14/09 at 03:31 PM
its alomst take a PHd to pronounce those names.
Why Kuh- SHun- Druh
or Shea- rel
or More- tez
or sam- mall

The parents did these ppl an injustice from the get go.
#8.1 Anonymous on 04/15/09 at 09:01 AM
Thats a stupid thing to say about their names. Think about when yourmom named you.
#9 fed up on 04/14/09 at 09:13 PM
Top Five Marijuana Myths

Marijuana Can Cause Permanent Mental Illness
Marijuana Is Highly Addictive
Marijuana Is More Potent Today Than In The Past
Marijuana Offenses Are Not Severely Punished
Marijuana Is More Damaging to the Lungs Than Tobacco

I would rather be in a room full of smokers than drunks. Legalize It.
#10 Anonymous on 04/14/09 at 11:13 PM
POT SMOKING IN SCHOOL

Marijuana was the most-used illicit drug among high school seniors in 2006. Percentage of U.S. 12th graders reporting past-year use of drugs (other than alcohol and tobacco):

� Marijuana: 31.5%
� Other narcotics (i.e. Vicodin, OxyContin): 9%
� Amphetamines: 8.1%
� Cocaine: 5.7%
� Hallucinogens: 4.9%
� Heroin: 0.8%

Source: Center for Substance Abuse Research, University of Maryland





By Rita Rubin, USA TODAY
Tyreol Gardner first smoked marijuana when he was 13.
"The main reason I tried it was curiosity," Gardner recalls. "I wanted to see what it felt like."

He liked what it felt like, and by age 15, he was smoking pot every week. He supported his habit with the money his parents gave him for getting straight A's on his report card. They didn't have a clue.

"By 16, when I got my license, it turned into a fairly everyday thing," says Gardner, now 24. "I believe it is very addictive, especially for people with addictive personalities."

Millions of baby boomers might disagree. After all, they smoked marijuana — the country's most popular illicit drug — in their youth and quit with little effort.

But studies have shown that when regular pot smokers quit, they do experience withdrawal symptoms, a characteristic used to predict addictiveness. Most users of more addictive drugs, such as cocaine or heroin, started with marijuana, scientists say, and the earlier they started, the greater their risk of becoming addicted.

Many studies have documented a link between smoking marijuana and the later use of "harder" drugs such as heroin and cocaine, but that doesn't necessarily mean marijuana causes addiction to harder drugs.

"Is marijuana a gateway drug? That question has been debated since the time I was in college in the 1960s and is still being debated today," says Harvard University psychiatrist Harrison Pope, director of the Biological Psychiatry Laboratory at Boston's McLean Hospital. "There's just no way scientifically to end that argument one way or the other."

That's because it's impossible to separate marijuana from the environment in which it is smoked, short of randomly assigning people to either smoke pot or abstain — a trial that would be grossly unethical to conduct.

"I would bet you that people who start smoking marijuana earlier are more likely to get into using other drugs," Pope says. Perhaps people who are predisposed to using a variety of drugs start smoking marijuana earlier than others do, he says.

Besides alcohol, often the first drug adolescents abuse, marijuana may simply be the most accessible and least scary choice for a novice susceptible to drug addiction, says Virginia Tech psychologist Bob Stephens.

No matter which side you take in the debate over whether marijuana is a "gateway" to other illicit drugs, you can't argue with "indisputable data" showing that smoking pot affects neuropsychological functioning, such as hand-eye coordination, reaction time and memory, says H. Westley Clark, director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

Adolescents have the greatest rates of marijuana use, and they also have the greatest amount to lose by using marijuana, scientists say.

"Adolescence is about risk-taking, experimentation," says Yasmin Hurd, professor of psychiatry, pharmacology and biological chemistry at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York who last summer published a rat study that found early exposure to THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana, led to a greater sensitivity to heroin in adulthood.

"All of the studies clearly show the earlier someone starts taking marijuana, the greater their vulnerability to addiction disorders and psychiatric disorders. I'm so shocked still that so many parents are not considering enough the dangers of early drug use."

Use is more common

Marijuana use by adolescents in the USA declined slightly from 2005 to 2006, but it's still more common than it was 15 years ago, according to "Monitoring the Future," an ongoing study by the University of Michigan that tracks people from the eighth grade through young adulthood. It's paid for by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, or NIDA, part of the National Institutes of Health.

In 2006, 11.7% of eighth-graders said they had used marijuana during the past year, compared with 6.2% of eighth-graders in 1991. Among 12th-graders, 31.5% said they had used marijuana in the previous year; in 1991, 23.9% said they had.

"You are at school, and your main job as an adolescent is to learn and memorize," NIDA director Nora Volkow says. But if you keep becoming intoxicated by smoking marijuana, she says, you'll fall further and further behind in your studies. "How are you going to catch up?"

In a study comparing heavy marijuana users with people who'd had minimal exposure to the drug, Pope found that the former had lower verbal IQ scores than the latter. In a 2003 paper, he and his co-authors postulated three potential reasons: innate differences between the groups in cognitive ability that predated first marijuana use, an actual toxic effect of marijuana on the developing brain or poorer learning of conventional cognitive skills by young marijuana users who skipped school.

Wasted years

By the time Gardner was a junior, he started skipping high school regularly to smoke pot. "I would always find somebody who wasn't at school that day and get high with them," he says. Gardner says he missed 50 days in the first semester of his senior year. His parents discovered his stash of marijuana and sent him to a psychiatrist. His grades plummeted; his college plans evaporated.

When he was 16 or 17, Gardner says, he was charged at least twice with possession of marijuana and underage possession of alcohol. The court sent him to a three-month outpatient treatment program. He attended weekly sessions and underwent urine checks.

But it didn't stick. He celebrated the end of the program by getting high on pot and alcohol. By 18, "I was pretty heavy into cocaine," Gardner says. Crystal meth and intravenous heroin followed.

"I was always looking for the ultimate high. It was like a constant search, and I never found it. … By the end, it was a living hell for me."

Finally, Gardner says, his parents persuaded him to enter an inpatient treatment program in Winchester, Va. They spoke from experience. When he was 8, Gardner says, his father stopped using drugs while in prison for possession. "My mom got clean while he was in prison."

Gardner says he has been off drugs and alcohol for 14 months. He works in a Winchester factory that makes patio decking. He graduated high school because a teacher took pity on him and let him try to make up the work he had missed. More than six years after graduating, Gardner hopes to go to college to study psychology.

Research shows marijuana users are significantly less satisfied with the quality of their lives than non-users, a revelation "as telling as any very fancy story of molecules," Volkow says.

Yet, she says, "I think there is a general sense that marijuana is a relatively benign drug and does not produce addiction." Although over the past decade, "research clearly has provided unequivocal evidence that … some people can become addicted to marijuana."

Stephens has conducted seven large treatment studies of marijuana dependence, or addiction. "There's never any shortage of people who meet this definition," says Stephens, who edited the 2006 book Cannabis Dependence.

Pot as predecessor

Pope has studied heavy marijuana users, whom he defines as having smoked pot at least 5,000 times, or once a day for nearly 14 years. On average, his subjects, ages 30 to 55, reported having smoked marijuana 20,000 times.

Pope required the volunteers to abstain from smoking pot for 28 days and used urine samples for confirmation.

"We had them rate various symptoms on a day-by-day basis," he says. "We were able to show there is a clear withdrawal syndrome."

His research found the most common symptom of marijuana withdrawal was irritability, followed by trouble sleeping and loss of appetite. Symptoms began to subside after a week and disappeared by the end of two weeks.

"We've had some people in our study who reported quite a lot of craving. They were quite miserable not being allowed to smoke marijuana," Pope says, although "certainly, one does not see craving even remotely to the degree you would … with heroin or alcohol or cocaine."

Marijuana today is more potent and therefore more toxic than marijuana grown in the 1970s, Volkow says. Back then, she says, plants typically contained only 2% THC. Today, she says, marijuana plants typically contain 15% THC.

Even if today's marijuana is more potent, Stephens says, he's not convinced that makes a difference.

"The evidence of its increased potency is overrated," he says. Samples of marijuana grown in the 1970s might have appeared to be less potent than they actually were because they weren't fresh when tested. And, Stephens speculates, marijuana users might just smoke more of less-potent pot, and vice versa.

A family problem

Rachel Kinsey says drug addiction runs in her mother's family, although not in her immediate family. Kinsey, 24, started drinking alcohol at 14 and smoking marijuana at 15 — "definitely a predecessor for everything else I used." She began using Ecstasy and cocaine at 17, then heroin at 18.

"I did graduate high school, and I went off to college, but I withdrew after a month," says Kinsey, of Richmond, Va. She used the diagnosis of mononucleosis she'd received the week before college as an excuse.

"I don't think I was ready for the responsibility, and I wanted to continue to use while I was in college. I was at the point where I just didn't care about college. I was already using heroin."

She moved in with her boyfriend and his father, both of whom used heroin. At 19, she got pregnant. She moved back in with her mother, substituted methadone for heroin and gave the baby up for adoption. Practically as soon as she delivered, she was back to using heroin.

About five months after her son was born in May 2003, Kinsey entered inpatient addiction treatment. During the 30-day program, she became involved with a man who went back to using cocaine after ending treatment. Kinsey says she didn't want to go back to using cocaine or heroin, "but for some reason I thought it was OK to drink and go back to smoking weed."

When she turned 21 in fall 2003, "it was off to the races. For some reason, I felt (turning 21) gave me the right to drink if I wanted to."

From January to August 2004, Kinsey says, she was charged three times with driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana.

'Not worth the risk'

With the help of another stay at a treatment center, Kinsey hasn't used drugs or alcohol since Aug. 25, 2004, the day after her last DUI arrest. She's halfway toward graduating from nursing school and works as a nurse tech in a hospital. For the first time, she has signed a lease on an apartment and pays rent.

She can't drive until September 2008 and then only to work, to school and to 12-step meetings.

If she had to do it all over again, she says, she never would have started smoking marijuana.

"You never know where it's going to lead you," she says. "You don't know that you're not going to become an addict, so it's not worth the risk."
#11 UCrazy2 on 04/14/09 at 11:31 PM
The Food & Drug Administration is quick to pull items from the shelves when they discover that it may cause cancer. They have known for years that cigarettes cause cancer and alcohol causes liver damage but they allow those items to stay because the government collects huge amounts of tax from them. Now the government wants national health care and it looks like they want to help fund it with sin tax. They should be held accountable for allowing these items to stay on the shelves and perhaps lawyers should sue the FDA instead of cigarette companies. Not only do they allow them to stay, they allow the companies to keep the presence on nicotine in them to keep the tax flow.
#12 kracker on 04/14/09 at 11:41 PM
Possession of less than 1oz of marijuana is a misdemeanor and will only get you a ticket and a fine. The only way it becomes a felony is if you have more than 1oz/ intent to distribute or trafficking. I personally believe it is a gateway drug and is not punished severely enough. I don’t mind seeing someone get off with a simple misdemeanor when they are in possession of a small amount for their personal use, but when they are planning to distribute the drug they should be put away. I have never met a crackhead who didn’t start off smoking marijuana and graduate to bigger things. If you smoke marijuana then after awhile it doesn’t seem like that big of a deal anymore and makes other drugs seem less harmful. I do know several people who are occasional smokers and I don’t think any less of them for it, but there are too many people out there who abuse this drug and then graduate up to crack/meth ect. Once that happens they start stealing from other people to support their habit. People are often killed because some junky wants their money to support an addiction. I’m not saying that everyone who smokes marijuana will move on to other things, but I do believe that the odds increase dramatically. The “myths” that you provided us with are not proven myths. Some scientist agree with you but others say just the opposite. Marijuana IS more potent today then in the 70’s due to people learning how to put stress on the plaint and cause it to produce more THC; however, I don’t see that as being a big deal because you can only get so high at which point you would more than likely put it down and save the rest for later. If our law makers would be willing to punish other drugs much more severely than I wouldn’t mind them loosening up on marijuana a little, but we need to get the meth and crack under control before we even think about loosening up on marijuana.
#13 Big-Daddy on 04/15/09 at 07:20 AM
LET THEM GO WE NEED THE WEED NO NEED TO WASTE IT WHEN WE CAN SMOKE IT ( GOOD STUFF )
#14 fed up on 04/15/09 at 08:38 AM
Marijuana is the third most popular recreational drug in America (behind only alcohol and tobacco), and has been used by nearly 100 million Americans. According to government surveys, some 25 million Americans have smoked marijuana in the past year, and more than 14 million do so regularly despite harsh laws against its use. Our public policies should reflect this reality, not deny it.

Marijuana is far less dangerous than alcohol or tobacco. Around 50,000 people die each year from alcohol poisoning. Similarly, more than 400,000 deaths each year are attributed to tobacco smoking. By comparison, marijuana is nontoxic and cannot cause death by overdose. According to the prestigious European medical journal, The Lancet, "The smoking of cannabis, even long-term, is not harmful to health. ... It would be reasonable to judge cannabis as less of a threat ... than alcohol or tobacco."

Get the facts.

NORML supports the removal of all penalties for the private possession and responsible use of marijuana by adults, including cultivation for personal use, and casual nonprofit transfers of small amounts. This policy, known as decriminalization, removes the consumer -- the marijuana smoker -- from the criminal justice system.

More than 30 percent of the U.S. population lives under some form of marijuana decriminalization, and according to government and academic studies, these laws have not contributed to an increase in marijuana consumption nor negatively impacted adolescent attitudes toward drug use.



Enforcing marijuana prohibition costs taxpayers an estimated $10 billion annually and results in the arrest of more than 872,000 individuals per year -- far more than the total number of arrestees for all violent crimes combined, including murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.



YEAR MARIJUANA ARRESTS
2007 872,721
2006 829,625
2005 786,545
2004 771,608
2003 755,187
2002 697,082
2001 723,627
2000 734,498
1999 704,812
1998 682,885
1997 695,200
1996 641,642
1995 588,963
1994 499,122
1993 380,689
1992 342,314
1991 287,850
1990 326,850

Of those charged with marijuana violations, approximately 89 percent, 738,915 Americans were charged with possession only. The remaining 90,710 individuals were charged with "sale/manufacture," a category that includes all cultivation offenses, even those where the marijuana was being grown for personal or medical use. In past years, roughly 30 percent of those arrested were age 19 or younger.

NORML supports the eventual development of a legally controlled market for marijuana, where consumers could buy marijuana for personal use from a safe legal source. This policy, generally known as legalization, exists on various levels in a handful of European countries like The Netherlands and Switzerland, both of which enjoy lower rates of adolescent marijuana use than the U.S. Such a system would reduce many of the problems presently associated with the prohibition of marijuana, including the crime, corruption and violence associated with a "black market."
#15 Call N. Alcars on 04/15/09 at 10:13 AM
All the above comments are offered to the reading public from contributors presenting their opinions from various angles. Obviously, some writers are tottering towards pro-pot and some stand as anti-pot. The cut-n-paste articles and statistical data does not address the issue at hand. The natural herb sales team comprised of "budding" entrepreuners Morty and 'shundra will have their days in court for their alleged crime and even then, the issue of legalizing pot will not be answered. Nor, will the answer to the question as to why a non licensed driver presumably high on his own product would meander recklessly down an Interstate while being in possession of a large quantity of illegal herb and $4K in greenbacks. It is difficult to keep your eyes on the road when one is staring in the rear view mirror wondering if 'dat cop gonna stop me.

Mort and 'shundra's mug shots were so dissimilar to the array of booking photos published in this fine newspaper the past few weeks. The snarly, head tilted upward shots were replaced with a more casual and genuine
pose. 'shundra's downward glance is a good touch. I prefer that softer and natural pose in contrast to the "propped up" look in past mug shots. (borrowed from S Tolley) I believe a caption could be displayed under the name and booking number on the head shots.

Examples: Morty Sammy seems to be thinking to himself "Duh!" while 'shundra is appears to be thinking "say what?"

Blogging contributors should feel free to provide captions so as to preserve the moment.
What do you think?

Call N. Alcars 10-4
#15.1 Sheila Tolley on 04/20/09 at 04:10 AM
You can borrow my lines anytime, Honey. I am going to track you down before I die and buy your lunch. Just for the entertainment.
#16 Anonymous on 04/16/09 at 10:39 AM
Great idea!
#17 mom on 04/19/09 at 10:57 AM
Anyone know how the kid is that over dosed on Redbud Dr. Last night? Keep up the good work Sheriff Waller!
#18 Mom on 04/19/09 at 11:13 AM
I heard a kid on Redbud Dr. came home after a couple days of geeking on drugs,and threatened to kill his mom and girlfriend.Thank god the cops got there before he could seriously hurt them. The boy is now in the hospital for a drug overdose. This is happening in neighborhoods that you wouldn't expect. Just shows what a serious drug problem we have in Barnesville. I fully support Sheriff Waller in his efforts to get the drugs off the streets.
#19 Redbud Dr. Resident on 04/19/09 at 06:35 PM
B.J.'S been trash for years. His mom's in denial, she want believe he's been useing and dealing. My daughter tells me that he is known for slipping GHB (date rape drug) in girls drinks.Hope he goes to jail for a long time.
#20 aggravated neighbor......... on 04/19/09 at 07:55 PM
That boy lives right down the road from me. He is nothing but trouble and always has a yard full of white trash/dope heads. I hope he is ok but I doubt that he will learn anything from this. The law should be careful when they go to his house because that boy is always running around the yard with a rifle. I have heard him discharge the gun several times before at night . I hope he doesn’t accidentally shoot my house one day.
#21 Anonymous on 04/19/09 at 09:16 PM
Im 99% positive that meds were perscribed that he OD'd on. Still dont make it any better but just pray for his mom and the rest of his family. Im sure it is hard to have a child that struggles with depression and different anxiety or acting out in different ways.
#22 anonymous on 04/19/09 at 09:43 PM
I know who BJ is, but who's his girlfriend? She's probably just some old piece of trash dope head too, or she wouldn't be with him.Let's clead up Redbud Dr.Waller.
#23 anonymous on 04/19/09 at 10:00 PM
Last I heard BJ in still in ICU at Spalding Reginal.Supposably when he finally made it home from his drug and alcohol 2 day spree,his mom and girlfriend were upset with him. He then went into a rage threatening to kill them and himself.
#24 curious on 04/19/09 at 11:21 PM
Isn't that the same young man that managed to slip through our court.system a few years back? As I remember it a young girl was raped and left nude at his house, with obscenities written all over her body with lipstick or something, can't remember all the details,but it does seem like this all happened to her while she was passed out from alcohol or drugs.
#24.1 Anonymous on 04/20/09 at 08:57 AM
investigation was done on that and to my recolection there was no sexual conduct in play. There was something written on the girl with a "sharpie" and i think the girl got mad and it was an embarrassment thing instead of an assault. Not sure what the charges ended up being but basically charged with "writing on someone with a sharpie while they were passed out".. lol
Someone correct me if im wrong.
#25 Anonymous on 04/20/09 at 04:47 AM
Marijuana is not a gateway drug or a problem any more than beer is. Both are drugs used to medicate people who are missing something in life. At that point both are equal problems.

An rare few tokes with the intention of getting a little buzz on to relax is no more worse than drinking a little wine with dinner or a beer on a really hot day, the taste is sometimes good and the moment proper. The problem is the addictive drinker or smoker who has to medicate himself or herself because they are unhappy people trying to be something they are not, or because by nature because they have to feed their addictive personality.

None of the surveys like the one quoted in earlier posts means anything, because the more abused drugs we permit are left out. If they included alcohol, it would be the biggest gateway drug in the world by far.

Only a non-drinker has the right to criticize pot because they are in the same class.
#26 Anonymous on 04/20/09 at 04:50 AM
I-75 drug stops for pot don't do a thing except get money for the Sherriff to spend. He should spend more time busting the meth heads running around town, especially those who support him.
#26.1 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 10:51 AM
It is nice to see the Deputies out doing their jobs once again. The meth users along with the other drug users are once again getting locked. If you think that the low lifes of Barnesville supported the current administration you are WRONG....Since the beginning of the year there have been more drug and DUI arrests then all of the last administration four years...oh yeah and the turn over rate well it speaks for itself. Next time you see a deputy stop him or her and ask how they feel about being able to work again by enforcing the laws to protect the lawful citizens of the county.
#27 anonymous on 04/20/09 at 08:42 AM
I heard BJ took a overdose in an attempt to take his own life.If he was threatening to also kill his gf and mom, I hope they realize how lucky they are that he didn't. Drug abuse, prescription or street drugs, can cause depression and anxiety he needs serious help.I hope his family gets it for him, before he succeeds in his attempts.
#28 Scared for U on 04/20/09 at 12:08 PM
Oh sh*#! I'd hate to know I'd threatened to kill DM's daughter. I wouldn't even look at his dog wrong.
#29 Anonymous on 04/20/09 at 12:12 PM
No drug or alcohol spree folks . He's lost his dad to cancer an uncle to suicide. An aunt to murder a gtandfather to. A diabetic comma. And about to loose his other g parents. He's had two spine fusions all the way up one at 15 and another to redo the wrong metal they used the first time. Also an acl surgery at 16. He's been through more. Then most see in a lifetime.
The girl that was allegedly raped lied and GBI found this out. Believe the skank is in military school or something now. Get your facts straight hypocrits of bville
#29.1 S.G on 04/20/09 at 01:20 PM
Can I just be nosey and ask why he had to have a spinal fusion? My daughter had one at age 12...
#29.1.1 S.G on 04/20/09 at 03:43 PM
I do not agree with you by saying he has been through more than most see in a lifetime.. the reason i posted the ? about why did he have a spinal fusion and was you saying this was the reason why he was doing drugs and drinking or depressed or whatever problems this young man may have.. because my daughter who is 19, well she has had more operations than she has lived in age and she is not depressed, she has never drank or done drugs, and dont go yelling how do you know what she does when your not around... well because I do and lets just leave it at that. But no matter what this young man has been through in his life, that is no excuse for his behavoir and threatning to take someone else's life or his own for that matter. So you cant tell me that what this young man has been through in his life makes it ok for him to do all the things he does, the drinking, the drugs, the weapons and all that.. there's just no excuse for it period.
#29.1.1.1 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 04:42 AM
lol....yall 2 know each other kinda and dont realize it..
that is the funny part and i know both of you well.
#29.1.1.1.1 S.G on 04/21/09 at 07:43 AM
Are you talking to me? Are you saying I know this B.J kid?
#29.1.1.1.1.1 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 03:43 PM
Indirectly...............yes.
#29.1.1.1.1.2 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 08:04 AM
Ok so who are you? Do tell please.
#29.2 hmmm on 04/20/09 at 02:14 PM
Drug abuse has no reasoning. Everyone has their own "poor pitiful me" stories. There is no excuse for drug abuse or threatening someone's life. Whomever this BJ kid is, sounds like he needs divine intervention. After reading the above statements the neighbors on Redbudd Dr would appreciate if this young man would clean himself up. Do young kids live in this neighborhood?
Keep up with the clean up Sheriff Waller!
#30 anonymous on 04/20/09 at 01:44 PM
Might want to get your's straight too.That's what's wrong with that boy he's lived his life having people make excuses for him.He's always threatening to kill somebody or himself. Why do you think he keeps a gun and taser with him.Ask any of the kids that went to high school with him about his drug use.
#31 anonymous on 04/20/09 at 02:21 PM
So I can tell you about all the family members that I've lost, and the health problems I've had, and you will think it's perfectly normal for me to want to kill the rest if my family? For you to know so much about him, you must be his mom. You might want to seek some sort of mental health treatment also.
#32 Anonymous on 04/20/09 at 02:36 PM
There is no excuse foe drug abuse. Whomever this BJ guy girlfriend is...she needs to leave while she still can. What a sad story. Sounds like the whole family needs counseling. Bless their heart.
#33 cats on 04/20/09 at 02:56 PM
This comment section has strayed completely off the original I-75 marijuana bust story.
While a young man is apparantly in the hospital, and his family is not in a position to defend him, he gets trashed by "anonymous" posters. That seems unfair.
I think we should all try to stick to the original story with our comments.
#34 Anonymous on 04/20/09 at 04:49 PM
I went to high school with BJ and I can assure you that his drug addiction started before his father died. BJ and I were good friends from the 6th grade up until he started doing drugs. It started with pot and then moved to pot and coke. By the time we were seniors he was selling pot, coke and meth and always bragged about how he could get searched by the police and they could never find his stash. I also went to school with his girlfriend. She was a very pretty girl and was the best thing to ever happen to the LC track team, but she got with BJ and went down hill quick.
#35 JS on 04/20/09 at 08:38 PM
I know his mother from church.She seems to be a good christain woman. But I don't understand why she allows adultery to go on in her home.I don't think she should allow her son to have his girlfriend live with him in her home.This seems very hypocritical to me.
#36 Anonymous on 04/20/09 at 08:46 PM
99% of the above posts are full of crap just so ya know
#37 nbha on 04/20/09 at 09:26 PM
Guess all of this explains why BJ's girlfriend's parents does not approve of their relationship. It all makes sense now. Prayers to all parties involved.
#38 redbud resident on 04/20/09 at 09:49 PM
If were so full of crap,why did I just see the cops at BJ's house again?Could it be that BJ was released from the hospital and is now headed to jail?
#39 Anonymous on 04/20/09 at 11:36 PM
How about u hypocritical ppl stay on subject here that's one reason I hate this town
#40 cats on 04/21/09 at 06:16 AM
Ok let's try this again.....
It always interests me that the people who are transporting the drugs (back to original story) are marginal people, lower in education, income level, driving a crappy car, license suspended.
#41 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 08:20 AM
I agree. If I were running large amounts of drugs, I'd get senior citizens to transport. Who searches a senior citizen's car? LOL.
#42 anonymous on 04/21/09 at 09:06 AM
Can anyone buy this secenario?

Dislike what this boy has done but still have compassion for him as his "sickness" has hurt a lot of people as well as himself.
#43 anonymous on 04/21/09 at 09:08 AM
#26 you talk like you know the meth heads in Barnesville, so..if we knew your identity, would we then know who to arrest? Get off this kick with Waller supporters being meth heads -- it stinks.
#44 durdy on 04/21/09 at 09:31 AM
the ville is off the hook. i,m a villian 4life , but when i come home to visit it,s make no sense on the the stuff the bpd and lsd waste time on such as this weed thing . get the crack and meth peoples ,weed is smaller than that other stuff.
#45 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 10:14 AM
is BJ okay?
#46 new2bville on 04/21/09 at 10:43 AM
Drugs are drugs. I have young children and i hope that our sheriffs dept continues to clean up this county. We pay taxes to ensure that our community is safe.
#47 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 01:04 PM
yea BJ is alright. Mixing meds isnt good for anyone. No telling what happens when it is abused. They have warnings about stuff like that on every perscription bottle. Consult your physician if you are taking other meds.
#48 anonymous on 04/21/09 at 01:38 PM
I'm friends with on of BJ previous gf. He was physical abusive to her too. She finally got enough and left him. Abusive men don't change. Oh I bet he's so sorry and crying a sad song now. Cause he don't want to stay in jail. But he'll do it again. Watch and see.
#49 OLD friend on 04/21/09 at 02:57 PM
I also know on of his ex-girlfriends. He beat on that girl all the time. She finally had enough when he punched her in the eye and then intentionally shot her in the face with a paintball gun. This kid has some serious issues, but he was a pretty normal before he got addicted to drugs. I really don’t know much about him anymore because I don’t associate with trash.
#50 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 03:13 PM
BDHB....YOU KNOW WE'RE STILL HERE
#51 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 03:48 PM
In reference to #28

DM is a known crack head and drug abuser himself. I dont think he has any room to talk or even comment on this subject. He has had many many many run ins with the law in such manners just as this has happened if not worse. He should just chalk this on up as " i know where you are coming from and what you are going through."

Pretty sad when a Griffin PD lives around this stuff too but fails to turn in or report the activity. Isnt he sworn in to do such thing. Let me know.
#52 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 03:52 PM
I noticed Brandon Paul Smith and Raymond Denton are on the wall of shame for getting busted too. When are these idiots gonna grow up. Brandon has been to Columbus twice, got caught with drugs/dui a few times, been shot once, stabbed himself before, etc. It really cant be that bad for a 26 year old male. It really cant.
Prison is the only option for these menaces to society.
#53 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 04:22 PM
Haha your so funny. That's how DM managed to raise a daughter that's a senior in vet school, a son whose a cpl.in a police dept. And another son who is a very successful business owner and cattleman. He did get a dui in 1977. But that's the only thing on his record.He has worked very hard for the past 28 yrs. To make sure that his family had every opportunity for success. Will gladly send you a copy of his rap sheet, just send me your email Brandon.
#54 hmmm on 04/21/09 at 04:36 PM
Looks to me like the families involved all have open wounds. A truce should be called and bonds mended. Pointing fingers accomplishes nothing. Allegations causes law suits. Lies rip families apart just as physical, emotional, and drug abuse. These families clearly need to seek out divine intervention immediately. Honor thy father and thy mother.
#55 anonymous on 04/21/09 at 04:38 PM
I never heard of a crack head that had anything for very long. They manage to smoke it all up. DM's got a good business and sent kids through college, got a nice home, and horses,ect. I can go on and on He's bought Christmas for families that couldn't afford to . He just this Easter bought for 3 small children whose Mom ran off and left them. In my book the man's a saint.
#56 dist. #3 on 04/21/09 at 04:48 PM
I've hauled to many, many horse shows with DM and his girls. I can promise you he's not a crack head. He is a great man with a great family.
#57 family friend on 04/21/09 at 05:35 PM
What makes you think DM is commenting? He's a hard working man, and somehow I can't picture him sitting around on a computer blogging. Been to his house many times, never saw him on a computer though. I don't know any man that loves his family anymore than he does. He's a tuff, old school type guy, don't take no crap off anybody. But man does he take care of his family. And he's raised some outstanding kids too. No way this man does drug's, or would alow them anywhere around his family.
#58 anonymous on 04/21/09 at 05:45 PM
Brandon, I see your trying to sling a little mud again. Didn't work last time, and it ain't gone work this time either. Lol
#59 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 05:59 PM
Bj is fine he's getting help now you ”christians” need some help too. Bunch of judgemental a55holes in this town
#60 law enforcement officer on 04/21/09 at 06:11 PM
That griffin police officer is a very professional man, and i can assure you that he would lock up a member of his own family, if they were using drugs.
#61 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 07:35 PM
Did BJ get out of jail yet?
#62 friend on 04/21/09 at 07:45 PM
Doesn't the health dept. Give out free birth control to young people that can't afford it? I think they do.I'm really bothered by young people having abortion after abortion. I don't think that's part of God's plan. I know you think I changed the subject, but I really didn't. The person that needs to read this will understand.
#63 Anonymous on 04/21/09 at 08:28 PM
It's good to hear that BJ is seeking help. I wish the best for him
#64 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 04:49 AM
So some of you are saying that DM is a saint because he only has one DUI in 1977. Man you ppl are way out of touch. What about half the SO going out there a few years ago using a few cans of pepper spray on him to take control of the situation.
Im not denying that the man wont help someone out. Very well could be.
If DM is living straight is has happened recently. Im sure he dont let his personal habits or ex habits (whatever) be known publicly. Im just saying the man has stuff in his own closet whether some of you horse rider friends want to believe it or not.
BTW this isnt "brandon" who ever that is. I see the name mentioned a couple of times. I am in no way related to the guy that OD'd.

Ive been out there too at his home and had some conversations also. Even seen that ole blind dog (white great dane)he has that runs into stuff.
I know what im talking about.
#65 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 07:25 AM
In reply to his x leaving him. She's been seeing him again. BJ's a player, dude.
#66 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 07:35 AM
Lol how did you know Brandon was related to BJ? Guess you just slipped up on that lie too.if your going to make up stuff on people you better proof read your comments first.
#67 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 08:01 AM
Didn't say he is s saint for having only 1 DUI in 1977. I said he's a saint in my book for what he's done for families it isn't just recently either. I was one of the kids that he helped out 20 yrs ago. I didn't have a Dad, DM took me hunting, fishing,played baseball with me, bought me clothes and made sure my mom had a freezer full of deer meat to feed us kids.All while raising a family of his own.He also made sure I took my school work seriously and graduated from high school.He didn't have a Dad, but he was a Dad and a great role model to a lot of kids.The man's got a heart the size of Texas.You folks are just mad cause he don't approve of his daughter living with BJ. Well I know him well and he never will. He wants only the best for his kids and I can understand why he feels that BJ does not meet his standards.That girl was in college in Tifton with a great future before this guy took it all away.
#68 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 08:24 AM
I've worked for DM. Always got paid on time, and treated fairly.He ain't no druggie, that's crazy.He was always going to horse shows with his family on weekends, and sometimes they would be gone for a week or so out west to shows.This was 5 or 6 yrs ago.
#69 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 08:40 AM
Everybody knows about that big blind dog he has. Good try!Probably would have sounded more like the truth if You hadn't tried so hard. You might want to rethink your lies before I start posting Some fact's that are going to be real embarrassing for your family. There's a little secret BJ has that your not aware of.And it will truly break his mom's heart if she finds out.
#69.1 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 11:39 AM
Well, how about showing some class and having a little heart by not posting the "secret" here on the Internet? I know this family very well myself, and his mother has worked very hard to make sure her kids are taken care of. She has a huge heart and is a good Christian woman. She doesn't deserve to have someone who cannot even admit to their identity to post a "secret" online.
#70 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 10:20 AM
Some chose to serve god by going to church and praying publicly, others serve by praying privately, and helping thy neighbor.God loves both. Sounds like rebellious teenagers are breaking the hearts of some good families. I pray that god will come into their hearts and change their ways.Remember he asks us to honor thy father and mother.I am sure both families love and only want what is best for their children.
#71 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 12:17 PM
She's worked pretty hard at destroying a young girls future too. She should have sent her home to her parents a long time ago. She knew that they thought she was in Tifton at school, when she was hiding her car from her family at staying at her house.
#72 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 12:31 PM
well who dont know that BJ and BJ are brothers. That was a dumb one on your part. You are calling me brandon like you know who i am.
I "heard" that DM told BJs mom a few months ago that he was gonna kill BJ. Dang isnt this the same thing that BJ just done. DM didnt get in any trouble for that. That is terroristic threats. The SO probably didnt want to get swung on by him and do all the paper work so they didnt persue anything. A complaint was filed but i dont think he was locked up. Money will get you out of stuff. I never said DM didnt have any money. I said he has problems of his own. Im guessing he hasnt openly talked about some stuff to some ppl or you wouldnt be denying it.
Anyway that is besides the point.
No one is holding that little girl hostage with BJ. That is her choice but yet DM and his klan look at it as BJ is the bad one. Disown your daughter DM and the rest of you. Why be mad at the boyfriend cause the daughter likes him. That is some redneck trailer park trash attitude stuff if ive ever heard of it. I couldnt believe it when i heard about it. Well yes i could.
Just because ppl have issues dont mean they are bad ppl. quite a few of the ppl Kip has working for him are crack heads. A few of these ppl i have seen with my own eyes take a big breath and kill a 20 dollar rock. They would still do anything for anyone. They are good ppl. Just crackheads.
#73 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 12:39 PM
#67
That was a very nice thing he done. Never doubted he would do anything like that. That still has nothing to do with his personal issues.
How did BJ take a future away from this girl. That sounds like something DM would say. No one is at gunpoint to do anything.

#69
No not everyone knows about the blind dog he has. I have never heard about it until i went there and saw it and asked about it.
Good try to you too.
A little secret: Gah are you posting from 2nd grade or something. I would be willing to bet that everything is pretty much on the table. How do you know what she knows and dont know.


#70
Good post
#74 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 12:57 PM
Ok Nikki! Your still trying to blame your parents for your stupid choices.
#75 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 01:06 PM
Your not a very reliable source if your hanging out around people that are snorting 20.00 rocks around you. Shows what kinda person you are. TRASH!!!
#76 cats on 04/22/09 at 02:02 PM
We need something newsworthy around here to kill this mudslinging fest.
So this is small town life, huh?
#76.1 Andrew Odom on 04/22/09 at 02:12 PM
May I encourage you all to read up on our recent postings concerning the TEA parties and the tax issues in America?
#77 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 03:05 PM
# 66 i was wondering the same thing!!Glad you called brandon out
#78 hmmm on 04/22/09 at 05:48 PM
Honor thy father and thy mother. Your mother's love is unconditional...unlike any young man's love.
It breaks my heart for these families involved. My teenage daughter just told me who the families were involved. How devestating. I can see where each family is upset and feels "robbed". So sad for the girl with such a bright future ahead of her. Guess that is not the life she longed for. Too bad that "love" cannot pay the bills or the house payment or put your kids thru school. You cant live on love. You have to your family. They will be there when the rest of the world walks out. Lies will get you nowhere. The truth always comes out!
Honor thy father and thy mother.
Hmmm
#79 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 05:50 PM
nikki is an adult noone is holding her hostage... her parents are full of crap same with her brothers and sister though.... i'm friends with her and her family is absolutely the craziest one in this county!
#80 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 05:58 PM
i told brandon about this the other day but he didn't care to get on and read it... so sorry chad, chanda, and corey. go sling your mess elsewhere....
#81 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 06:07 PM
#75 you sure type like you know what you are talking about or who you are even talking to. I never said i "hung out" with these ppl. You have no control over who you are around during certain parts of the work day. I am exposed to many different environments during working hours and have been for a few years. You just keep your distance from ppl like that so that you arent associated with them.
FYI how can you snort a 20 dollar rock. You ever heard the phrase "smoking crack" that is what is done with crack. It is smoked. We gotta use a little bit of common sense here. dang.
#82 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 06:09 PM
#74 where did that come from.
Which post are you assuming that Nikki wrote.
#83 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 09:46 PM
Sorry I don't know the proper way to do drugs like you do Nikki. It's obvious who you are. You never could keep your lies straight. Your making a bigger iodit of your self with every post. So why don't you just stop.
#84 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 10:28 PM
I usually dont associate myself with this type of news because I own a business in this town and many of my clients i respect to much to gossip to them about silly things that are posted on this blog, there is more important information circulating in that the ecomomy, terrists, and taxes worry me enough however, I was called and informed that a person who i have always admired as a young lady and who i watched grow up, a girl that i trusted with my children, a girl who i allowed to swim at my house, a girl who won beauti pagents, a girl whos parents i am friends with and are only guilty of positive re-enforcement in helping guide their children to have better things in life than they did as kids. I am really bothered by the girl in question (Ms. Nikki) because i can honestly say I would never expect this type of behavior from her however if this is true I hope you realize that family is not forever, you dont have forever with them for all we know today is your last day with them, we dont make those calls God does. My sons and daughter have always admired you and I thought you were an extremely level head young lady and I was glad you were a type of roll model for them. However, I am sadden that you have thrown your education and family values away. I hope this touches your heart and you realize family is not forever. I hope you realize your dad is an amazing, caring person. your mother has dedicated her entire life to her children, your sister is inspired to practice vet medicine in hopes of helping "you" make your own business out of training and showing barrel horses, your brothers are there to keep you safe bc you are their baby sister. I have 2 older sons who look after their baby sister and take up for her even when I know she is in the wrong but they stick together and thats a bond I hope you repair real soon with yours. Please let me know if I can help you with anything
#85 Anonymous on 04/22/09 at 10:37 PM
#79 if your friends with them and calling them crazy....then what does that make you???? crazy and stupid....hhhmmmm
or just a lier????
#86 neighbor on 04/22/09 at 11:27 PM
Crack heads are normally pretty paranoid, they don't smoke out in public places or around people that don't also smoke crack. If your such a law abiding person why didn't you report this activity to the SO so they could bust them. Or at least to their employer? You make it so easy to tell your just talking trash, to try and make your Dad who loves you very much, look like the bad person in this..Yea, I'm sure you had rules to follow when you lived at home, but they were there to protect you from just the kinda stuff your involved in now. Daddy's do know best, and one day you'll realize that.Daddy's don't just quit loving their daughters just because they don't like what their doing. Sounds to me like your's is a very special man,why don't you go home, and hug him, and thank him for caring so much about you.
#87 A'shirley on 04/23/09 at 02:23 PM
Well what else is there to say?
#87.1 Anonymous on 04/24/09 at 01:13 PM
That you are fat?
#88 A'shirley on 04/23/09 at 06:08 PM
Boy, I am so glad someone cleared up who Nikki was for me!!

L.T. needs to write on this blog so someone can understand what is going on here!!

We go from 2 being arrested on 75 to a B.J. What gives ppl? lol!!
#88.1 L.T. on 04/24/09 at 08:43 PM
while i do consider myself as being a fairly intellegent and educated person , i dont know what to add to this ramble. sometimes it is more reasonable just to sit back and watch other people throw rocks at one another.

what i really mean is : i have no freakin' idea what some of these folks are talking about. sorry , i dont belive even i can make rhyme or reason out of this one.....

i do wish they could block these folks commenting with the cell phones and using text shorthand.... not cool....
#89 Anonymous on 04/23/09 at 06:35 PM
#86
I assure you that the "employer" doesnt care. As long as they do the job it dont matter what happens other than that. Drinking, drugs, etc. The SO already knows about it. Most times they just turn their heads about. DUI in a commercial vehicle is a major offense.
#89.1 A'SHIRLEY on 04/24/09 at 05:30 AM
They do care. Companies are looking for reasons to fire ppl right now. The economy is slow and less ppl are needed to do the job so, I believe you are wrong.
#90 Anonymous on 04/23/09 at 07:49 PM
Did any of you happen to hear about some
griffin police officers getting shot at during a high speed chase Saturday night? Did they catch the guy?
#91 Joe's Gone on 04/23/09 at 08:25 PM
Joe if these employee's were smoking crack while driving commercial vehicles, Certainly you would have got them.
#92 anonymous on 04/23/09 at 08:32 PM
#89 If you were called upon to prove your comment, could you do it? I doubt it.
#93 anonymous on 04/23/09 at 09:22 PM
Truckers don't have to worry about just the SO,they also have the Troopers and DOT who pull them over randomly for inspections. If you are driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol you will be cought.Dump trucks are the biggest targets because it is so easy to overload them. Most dump truck drivers get pulled over at least once a week and checked. The employer in question has had the same drivers for years, therefore they how could they possibly be driving under the influence?
#94 Anonymous on 04/24/09 at 08:55 AM
Yes, the Griffin PD did arrest the shooter.
#95 Anonymous on 04/24/09 at 12:43 PM
I heard that LW was reopening some of the investigations from the past administration. Anyone have any info on that?
#96 Anonymous on 04/24/09 at 06:43 PM
i heard he's still waiting on his 5 gallon bucket sized sheriff hat to come in still... any update?
#96.1 Anonymous on 04/25/09 at 06:42 AM
Have not seen or heard anything about a 5 gallon bucket hat, but that EYE-SORE of a BUCKET TRUCK is still sitting in front of the Sheriffs Office.
#97 Anonymous on 04/25/09 at 12:22 AM
#92 I guarantee. Some of them have been taken in for DUI in a commercial vehicle. Matter of fact you see one on the right side of the road everytime you go to griffin. Thats a fact. Still driving boss.
Kip knows what goes on. Yea im gonna call them out.. what the heck right. Kip knows what goes on. The drink and drive every day. Been stopped for it. Kip went and picked up the truck. Person was taken in. Eating packs and packs of mustard and sucking on pennies and somehow ended up beating the system. Maybe not all of them do it but i know what im talking about. So yes the employer dont care what goes on. I think its all a conspiracy. Just like that crap about that stolen equipment that he got cleared on. That is bull crap. When someone tells you to NOT CALL THE POLICE IF YOU SEE THIS STOLEN PIECE OF EQUIPMENT something is fishy.
SO SO SO many crooked things happens in barnesville and just gets looked over and swept under the rug. Its really a shame.
#98 Anonymous on 04/25/09 at 12:26 AM
#93.
Im telling you that it dont matter how many years the ppl have been employed with the company. They have been drunk since 1975 and never let up yet. Do you really think that they dont absolutely reak of alcohol. It is horrible. Almost make you throw up. Stops at C&B and buys beer for the road. Tall boys, 40s, 22s, it dont matter. As long as they bring that money in, he dont care about it.
#99 Anonymous because i'm a coward like the rest of you on 04/25/09 at 11:11 AM
I think I finally see the theme here, If you own a business and are successful then people will get on this blog, under a anonymous name because they are cowards, and slander your good name. Jealousy is an awful thing folks. If you envy these men so much then why not try to better yourself and contribute to the community the way these men have. IF you really do have something to say about these men then let me know and I will give you both of their addresses and you can be a man for once in your life and say it directly to them without hiding behind “anonymous”.
#100 safety director on 04/25/09 at 12:11 PM
Commercial insurance companies want allow people with DUI's to drive. It is out of the employers control. FMCSA has tuff guide lines for commercial drivers. They are required to submit to drug test ect. If you see his trucks pulled over on the side of the road towards Griffin a lot, I am sure its a DOT inspection and you don't buy those guy's off. They are extremely tuff in our area.If you see his truck getting towed in, it would be from being put out of service by the DOT. They do this to truckers quite often. Could be as simple as blinkers, or lights not operating properly. If they got the driver, Kip could simply drive the truck in himself and save the tow charge.So a truck being towed would not mean that they got the driver for a violation.
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