One Summerville man was "acting crazy" all day, according to his aunt. Chattooga County officers reported to Skelton Street on June 2nd to try to diffuse the family matter.

Mr. Clyde Chambless did not recognize his family members and had been calling them by other names. His family called for medical attention, but refused to go to the hospital for treatment. Neither EMS staff nor deputies could force Mr. Chambless to go to the hospital without his consent; Mr. Chambless' aunt wanted him to either seek medical attention or leave her property. 

Mr. Chambless was told that if he did not receive medical help or leave voluntarily he would be taken into custody for trespassing. Mr. Chambless refused yet again and was arrested for Criminal Trespassing.  

On May 26th, Chattooga County deputies pulled over a gold Saturn that had swerved into the opposite lane. After the vehicle was pulled over at the Trion Walmart on Highway 27, the driver and his passenger were identified as Gary Owens and Heather Hartline. A small child in a car seat was also with them, sleeping in the back seat. Mr. Owens had been recently released from jail and on probation.

After officers searched the vehicle, they found a clear plastic bag containing a round green pill believed to be Clonazepam, a drug that is used as a muscle relaxer or sedative and can give the user hypnotic episodes. Both Mr. Owens and Ms. Hartline admitted to not having a prescription for the medicine. Officers also found a clear glass pipe in a pouch in the small child's diaper bag. The pipe was suspected to have Methamphetamine residue.

Both Mr. Owens and Ms. Hartline stated that they did not know either the pipe or the pills were in the vehicle. Both were placed under arrest and taken to the Chattooga County Jail. The vehicle and child were both picked up by Mr. Owens' sister. 

This past Saturday, June 7th, a woman reported a possible scam at the Chattooga County Sheriff's Office. She had placed an ad on CraigsList to sell her wedding rings for $900 on June 5th. 

She received an email offering $860 for them from a potential buyer. She accepted the offer and was told that she would receive payment via PayPal. She received emails via PayPal and was informed that the payment would be made within 24 hours. She mailed the rings to an address in Texas that she was told was the buyer's cousin.

She contacted PayPal customer service shortly after concerning her payment and was told that the emails she received were not actually from PayPal. She was unable to make contact with the buyer by email or text after that. The case is still under investigation. 

A man with a house off of Rose Circle called Chattooga County officers on June 9th reporting a burglary. He had returned home only to find that his refrigerator was on his front porch. Once he entered his home, he noticed that his front door dead bolt lock was not secured like he had left it. 

He took notice of missing window glass by the back door, a window had been left open, and the screen to the same window had been damaged. Trash bags with his belongings were on the floor, and he noticed two things missing that were valued around $150.

 The man told deputies that the home was under foreclosure and still being auctioned for sale by an Atlanta attorney, but he had not been made aware about the sale of his property nor received any paperwork for the transfer of property. 

The case is still under investigation. 

On June 8th around 8:00 pm, a woman came to the Chattooga County Jail to report a signature forging. 

The woman had checked her bank account balance online, only to discover that there was a significant difference in the amount she had estimated. She began to balance her checkbook and check the transactions that had been made from her account online. She then saw that her son had been forging her signature to write himself checks. She printed copies of the checks and saw that he had made them out to himself for yard and house work.

The collected amount of all of the checks added up to about $4600.

She also found a notepad in her son's room where he had been practicing her signature, along with a PlayStation 4 game console. 

A Chattooga County deputy pulled over a black Chevrolet Camaro on Highway 114 early this week. The Camaro was crossing double yellow lines along the road, and when the deputy pulled the driver over, he appeared disoriented and slightly confused. The driver, later identified as Cody Ray Teague, had bloodshot eyes that he had difficulty keeping open. 

Mr. Teague told officers that he had a flat tire and was attempting to take it to a repair shop.  The deputy proceeded to conduct field sobriety tests on Mr. Teague, most of which he failed. 

Mr. Teague was placed into custody and taken to Redmond for blood and urine tests, then to the Chattooga County Detention Center. 

Early this week, Chattooga County deputies were called to Kay Drive. A man living on Kay Drive told officers that someone had kicked in his door, and he had a suspect in mind. A neighbor to the homeowner told both the homeowner and deputies that she had a conversation with a man that said he would "kick [the homeowner's] door in and cut his throat." 

She told deputies that she and the cable man down the road saw the suspect kicking the door in and going in and out of the house. The homeowner saw that the couches were moved away from the walls as if someone had been searching for something. The homeowner did not notice anything missing from his home. 

The neighbor to the homeowner said the suspect's cause for breaking in was that he was thought the homeowner broke into his friend's house and was upset. The suspect was contacted and stated that he did not know anything about the situation.