Quick work by Barnesville and Gordon College police officers and Lamar deputies led to the arrest of a suspect in an early morning burglary at Hines Prescription Shop Monday.
UPDATE: THE SUSPECT, CASEY AMERINE, HAS DIED IN THE LAMAR JAIL. His body has been taken to the state crime lab for autopsy and the GBI is investigating.
Burglary suspect Casey Blake Amerine died in the Lamar County jail after his arrest.
However, if he is a citizen, then throw the book at him.
If you've ever watched "Intervention", you see how terrible addiction is.
He has 2 little ones who will grow up never knowing their father.
My prayers go out to his loved ones.
2. Guy is caught
3. Guy dies from OD in jail
Easiest case ever. Police did their job and God handled the rest.
my thoughts go to his family, his parents, siblings, every one in his life that love him but especially his sweet little girls who have only pictures to remember their daddy by.
RIP Casey Blake!!
Rest in Peace my Sweet Brother ,you will be forever missed
Breya(sissy)
Was EMS called? That is easy enough to find out.
i'm so sorry for your loss.after reading the post on here and hearing that he suffered from deperession i can only say to these people,unless you have been down that road think before you speek,and if you think it cant happen to you,well think again.you dont have to be a thug or bum,it effects every level.i know because it got me!!and i am far from being a bum.its a very rough road to go down,and an even tougher to get away from.i never became addicted to any drugs but the deep dark hole of depression is an bad place to be.
all the best to you Breya.
The only time I had the chance to meet your brother was at the soccer fields when he went to support his nephew. You could quickly see how close you and your brothers are. I know how hard it is to have someone in your family that is sick and how hard it is to get help. If there is anything that I can do to help you or your family while you work things out please let me know. I am here for you all. I wish that instead of people judging him they would open their eyes and see that this is something that happens everyday. Again, I am so sorry dear.
I also remember the article recently about Lamar already being over the inmate medical budget for the year. I hope that didn't have anything to do with the situation.
To everyone else commenting about the rude remarks...Several of the comments were made BEFORE he died and the Headline was updated.
Finally to those who are so quick to place blame on the Police, why didn't any of you get him some help weeks or months ago?
anyone,he was just looking for peace with in hiself. lots love to all his family.
Thank You
Breya Cash & Leslie Bradley
Casey fell on some really hard times. Don't you think for one minute that his family didn't try to help him. We all did the very best we could. He was in Pinewoods several times and was going to out treatment therapy. He was given medications, and he became addicted to alcohol. The two together became a poison that took our son from us. We tried everything, and in the end Casey made his own decision. He wasn't robbing anybody. He just wanted to end his pain and our pain. He wanted pills, and he got them. Please understand that the Casey we know and love was not the Casey you read about. And the anguish of losing him and not being able to save him will haunt this family forever.
Please look up the stages of grieving, and realize that people will go through severe pain, denial, and a need to put blame on someone or something else. Just please realize that before you comment at all. My mother always said if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it all. I was three years old. I hope it's not too late for you all.
And as for blaming the police, we still don't know what happened. There is an investigation going on, and we will wait for the facts. We were told that the police picked Casey up, and immediately put him in his cell where he died. He should have been put on suicide watch, and they should have been checking on him. It's not unusual that after hearing this, the family wants to know "Why". Not why he stole medicine ... we know that. Or why he was arrested ... we know that too. We want to know that why after placing a call to the police on Easter night and letting them know he was suicidal and driving around somewhere in Barnesville, why when they found him, wasn't he was put in the hospital or clinic or whatever so they could keep an eye on him? The paper said his arm was cut. I would think if he ate enough pills to die in just a short time, his vital signs would be crazy and they would know he was in distress. It doesn't make sense to us. We're not blaming anyone, or pointing fingers. We're ignorant to all the facts, just as you are. We received a call that they picked our son up, and he was in jail. We were RELIEVED. We were not told he broke into a pharmacy. We weren't told he had more pills on him. We weren't told he cut himself. We assumed that our troubled son was in the care of the police and that he was somewhere safe, where he could not harm himself or others. To think that if different procedures were taken and they could have saved him tears us apart. We're a grieving family that wants closure.
Thanks for listening, and thank you all for the kind words and prayers. From now on, please think of Casey as a troubled young man that could not face the harsh realities of life. He is now in a gentler place.
And go easy on my kids, they are mourning the loss of a brother. We are a proud, loving family and wish nothing more than to continue the same. My husband and I moved here a year ago and it really discourages me that Barnesville has haters. Can everyone that doesn't love Casey or the Amerines please move away? We really don't want to live in a place where there are icky, racist, hating people. We moved here to be closer to our children and to raise our three year old in a safe friendly environment. Please be THAT kind of person.
My brother was in severe emotional anguish also. He chose to use his car to end his life. He had been trying to get attention for a long time before he ran out of options (this is what he felt) and ran his car headlong into an object in order to end his pain.
His oldest son was on his way to school and was stopped in traffic and had to watch while paramedics worked to free his father's body from the car. My brother left behind 4 children.
For some time, I felt my brother was selfish and thoughtless. I felt anger along with grief. And yes, I would hear terrible remarks from other people. What a tremendous stew of emotions.
Now, with the years behind me, I realize that this was my brother's choice, and I have to accept that he chose to end his life rather than spend one more day in pain.
I believe that he is finally at peace and that I WILL see him again.
To the Amerine family, please understand that many people make distasteful remarks out of fear or ignorance. Perhaps they have many skeletons dangling from the family tree and the only way they can cope is by deflecting their fear and anger with scorn and derision.
Please face each day with as much peace as you can. Know that you will come to accept this tragedy in time, and believe that Casey is finally at peace. What happened is terrible, but looking to place the blame will not honor the young man you loved. Live each day in love and peace. This is the best way to show respect and love for Casey and the young man you know him to be.
God bless your family.
To all of Casey's family and friends out there, sorry about you loss. I feel for his family but the reality is this. Casey got himself hooked on drugs. PERIOD. If he had a rough time overseas... so did a lot of others, including me, and not everyone with a hard time is out burglarizing stores to support their poor life choices.
We all reach a certain age when we have to make adult decisions, and live with the consequences. Enough of this sniveling about what a hard time Casey had. It is time to grow up and realize that he made some poor choices in his life. I didn't know him but the fact that he was on drugs and burglarizing a business tells me a lot about him. I hate it that he died but those were the consequences of HIS actions.
The police didn't hold him down and force whatever he was on down his throat. Casey did that to himself.
To those family and friends out there that knew that he had a problem with drugs, depression, PTSD or whatever; what did YOU do to get him out of that self destructive lifestyle????????? Please realize that I am NOT trying to lay this in your lap. Casey's issues were not your fault, they were his; but someone should have helped him LONG AGO.
You want to blame law enforcement? You are an idiot... period. Everyone is out looking to get rich off of someone else in this country. His body is barely cold and you are already looking to profit from his death. Whoever it was that mentioned liability above needs a reality check. Casey killed himself; probably not intentionally, but HE took the drugs which killed him.
Does anyone here know the booking process? If you do it is because you have been booked in somewhere or you are law enforcement.
If he showed no signs of being under the influence of drugs when arrested then they wouldn't have called EMS. Even then if he was evaluated and had good vital signs and he said he had no history of drug use he would not have been transported to the hospital. He might have simply gone to sleep in booking and never woken up. YOU DON'T KNOW AND NEITHER DO I, so quit pointing fingers until you do know.
There is ONE FACT that we do know here. Casey took drugs either before or after he burglarized a store and he unfortunately died for his actions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7H7iBLARk4
It's really hard to comment to the people that say we should have got him some help. You have no idea how hard this family worked to get through to Casey. He's been in and out of treatments and they just weren't working. When he drank alcohol it was worse ... and Casey was drinking on Easter because he missed his daughters. The family had an argument with him, on Easter. We took a gun away from him before he broke into the pharmacy, and he sped away from us with gravel spewing. We knew what he was trying to do. How could we stop him? His mother called the police and told them her suicidal son was on the roads right now, and that she wished for them to find him. He told us he swallowed a bunch of pills, and we let the police know that. She received a call from the jail in the middle of night saying Casey was picked up. She called Casey's Dad to let him know. We were all relieved that he was not roaming the streets driving under the influence, and that he was now safe. We actually thought that maybe while Casey sat in jail and got off the drugs, and spent some time thinking things out, maybe he could become Casey again.
In the morning we were told he died in his sleep. Imagine.
Our family is not here to argue anymore. We're not looking for monetary gain, believe me. And we do know that if he didn't die in that jail cell on Easter night, he would have eventually taken his life another way, in a different place.
Casey's Father has asked me to tell anyone that has any questions for the family, please ask us. We don't want ill feelings in this community. Our family is very respectful of the police, and so was Casey. It was his time.
Shell
Why didn't Casey tell the paramedics that he took a bunch of pills? Because he was trying to kill himself, not save himself.
The family tried to save him when we called the police and told them he was driving drunk and suicidal.
Thank you for the link to the police dispatch. After listening to it (I was a former 911 dispatcher in Naples, Florida) why didn't police dispatch notify EMS that the subject was suicidal? The police knew it was him, the subject they were looking for. The suicidal subject. Why didn't Casey tell EMS? Really? Think of the absurdity of that statement Lamarfeeder. Question is, why didn't police tell EMS?
Freedom of speech, one of our country's greatest rights. Dealing with Depression, one of our own mind's demands. I will not condemn your rights to freedom of speech - if it helps you deal with your own mind's relief, speak out. I will say Casey was a very kind man and I am very proud of him. I forgive him. he will always live in my every thought. I will do my best to keep his sprit alive.
Mom said " This world was to cruel for Casey". I agree
What you DONT hear is the conversation between EMS and Casey or EMS and law enforcement. None of that is on this clip. Have yall heard of HIPPA laws right??????
BINGO. Proof they did NOT do their JOB
All familiar with the Amerine family knows what a special, loving, upstanding family you are, and these comments do nothing to change that. Love you all forever. RIP Casey.
Do you realize the problem there? If they sent every "suicidal" person to the hospital instead of jail, there wouldn't be a point in jail in the first place.
I guess Casey left his car somewhere (Still haven't found it)... Wonder if the Police OR County will find it and notify us?) and he walked to the pharmacy or sold it ... who knows? We've looked everywhere and we have received no phone calls from the police or sheriff's office. He broke in to get more pills to end his life, earlier he tried to steal a gun but we took it from him. His little sister slapped pills out of his hand before he left. That's when the call was placed.
They found Casey bleeding from the arm and EMS was called. They came out, treated his arm,and released him.
Now it sounds like this got multi-jurisdictional, and the sheriff's office was dispatched to a call a city cop picked up. Maybe the SO didn't notify the PO that this was a person who was reported by his Mother to the SO to have swallowed an enormous quantity of pills. Somewhere in the fight for jurisdiction, this became political rather than an urgency to save my son's life. We're new to Barnesville, live within the County limits. By your comments, no one really cares about Casey ... it's the Police -vs- Sheriff's office.
We'd like to say thank you to both the Police and the Sheriff's Department (by the way) for their involvement in assisting our son, and to the EMT's.
It's unfortunate that Casey is no longer with us. He was a super sensitive guy with an over average intelligence, that got stuck in a situation he could not mentally recover from. He self medicated and died. He would have tried it again, did he not die Easter night. We know that, we're trying so hard to accept that, but the pain gets in the way. We're not looking to blame anybody ... sounds like somewhere a ball was dropped, and a life was lost. It's as simple, and as complicated, as that.
Please neighbors, when you hear the name Casey Amerine, do not think of a burglar or a druggie ... please think of a beautiful young man that was taken by addictions and a loving, suffering family glad he's at peace, but hurting so much to know we lost and he won the war.
I wonder who is going to win your war? SO? PO?
I am sorry for your loss and I am sure you will have all of the answers soon. The SO probably has cameras running 24/7 and I am certain that ems would have taken him to the hospital if he had in any way showed signs of overdose. If someone cant make a rational decision, then they cant refuse care. Again, I am sorry for your loss.
In this case, there was a crime comitted, and the 'bad guy' caught. We all want that to be the result in crime. And afterwards, the person who comitted the crime , unfortuneately, passed away in his sleep.
After reading some comments on different stories, I myself, also get disgusted in some of the characters who are rather cruel and make rash judgements. I also tend to see the good side of people in comments.
I did not know Casey, nor do I know his family. But, after reading their comments on this story's blog, I feel like I do and they are people that I myself would love to know. They are in pain, yet know that Casey no longer is and are in a sense greatful for that. Many of us have experienced depression, suicide, mental illness, dysfunctional families, etc. It is very heartbreaking and stressful.
My heart goes out to them all. I realize that they are probably greatful that he is finally at peace, yet beating themselves up with all of the 'what ifs'. When someone is set on suicide as their solution, there is generally very little anyone can do to stop it from happening.
Casey had character Breya, that's all you need to know hun!
I love all of ya'll always.
...just sayin'
It's horrible what this family must go through now, where is the compassion and the american way to help your brother man. He without sin cast the first stone.. and I see there are a lot that can walk on water.
I too lost my brother with drugs involved and so was police, I know the feeling of people talking about what they don't even know. This family feels very alone right now trust me I know. Please see what you can do to help them and make this world a better place. Maybe if you see someone in trouble or on drugs offer to help them not shun them.
Again- I'm so very sorry.
To the family: I am so sorry for your loss and sorry that you have to read comments about Casey. My advice to you would be to not even acknowledge these comments. You don't need to defend Casey or your family. This is a tragedy all around and only the most ignorant, worthless people would use this as an opportunity to drag your family through the mud. Don't give them the satisfaction of responding to them. Let this be the last comment you read.
Praying for you all~
I have a family member who was addicted to drugs and alcohol in his teenage years. We tried to get him help over and over again but we were turned down by every rehab center that we went to. We were denied help for many reasons - no insurane, not enough money, they don't treat people who are hooked on that drug, they haven't exhibited enough irrational behaviors, they only treat for drug abuse not booze, they only treat booze addictions, not drugs, and the list of reasons for denial goes on and on. It is so frustrating to have a loved one begging and crying out for help but you have no where to turn to get them the help that they need,
Yes, Casey did something illegal and there are consequenes for those actions, but one incident does not automaticly make someone a thug, a junkie, or a bad person. Plus when you add depression into the mix, the most sane person in the world might to things that they would not normally do. Depression is serious,
And to the person who stated the nonsense about God not weloming people who commit suicide,,,,,,I don't think that the good Lord would be very pleased with your comment. You sound like one of those hypocritical Bible thumpers that give the rest of us Christians a bad reputation. The Lord is a loving God and you are an a$$.
This young man did not lose his life, HE TOOK IT! He made a decision to do something that he knew would have negative affects on his body. There are many programs available for drug or alcohol addicts here in barnesville and neighboring butts county. They are good Christian people who lead this rehab system.
Secondly, I didnt read all of these garbage comments but did read some. There is a difference in judging someones actions and judging someone. This is a huge misconception when a loved one is involved in something like this. The act that was committed was wrong. The family knows it and the public knows it. There is nothing wrong with speaking out against stuff like this. Intentionally taking lots of meds is no different than someone blowing their brain out. The family can only do so much to help someone in need. You cant force them to do anything. You can however get the law enforcement involved and have them locked up or on a watch list and hope that they get caught with stuff on them so they can become encarcerated and cleaned up. This is the only other alternative after they refuse help.
GO F*** YOURSELF YOU RACIST B*******.You need to just shut your trap.Are you dumb or just plain retarded????.Not one of you.........not one can sit there and say you have never done anything wrong.Drug and alcohol addiction has effected /or will at some part of there lives.Casey was no "thug" or "gangsta".He was a young man who was trying to battle his demons.He never hurt anybody or bothered anyone.To all of you holy rollers...Did you know him,or know anything about him??? Walk a mile in his shoes before you post your opinion on here and trash him.