Sheriff Tim Pounds along with the SCOPE (Sheriff’s Community Outreach Program & Education) Division would like to congratulate Dirty Dog’s Car Wash on becoming one of our Community Partners. If you or your business would like more information about being a Community Partner, please contact Capt. Elmer Horn at 678-486-1200. If you would like to schedule a community event, please contact Lt. Susan Sweat at 770-577-7138.
There has recently been a rise in the price of certain precious metals. This has caused the increase of reported copper and catalytic converter thefts across the state of Georgia and the United States.
Thieves target catalytic converters that are attached to the underside of a vehicle as part of the exhaust system because they contain valuable metals such as platinum, palladium, or rhodium. The thieves sell these metals for hundreds or thousands of dollars. Thieves typically use a saw or grinder to remove the converter and can have one removed in as little as one minute. Larger vehicles are targeted because of the ease of access to the underside of the vehicle. Vehicles parked in dark locations for multiple days are prime targets. Other areas of concern are car lots, large parking lots, rideshare lots, and any other areas a large number of vehicles park for extended periods of time. If you are driving, or out in the community after business hours, and hear what sounds like metal being cut in a parking lot area, please call your local law enforcement agency in order to try and apprehend these thieves.
The price of copper is also on the rise. If you have vacant homes, or businesses in your area, please pay attention to who comes in and out of these places. Notify local law enforcement if you see someone removing copper wire or tubing from these vacant places. If you own some of these vacant places try painting your copper black as it will appear to be just black tubing instead of copper. Have an alarm system or security cameras installed for the property.
As always if you are out in the community and see something that you believe is suspicious please notify your local law enforcement agency to report it. If you can safely photograph the suspicious activity or a vehicle tag and provide that information to law enforcement it would assist in the investigation of that incident. See something, Say Something!
Thank you!
Sheriff Tim Pounds and staff would like to congratulate Ashley Long on her recent promotion to Investigative Sergeant. She will be leading the Persons Unit in our Criminal Investigations Division.
On January 29, 2021 the male suspect depicted in these pictures made fraudulent transactions at the Walmart on Thornton Rd.
If anyone has any information on this suspect please contact Investigator D. Hutcheson at (678) 486-1204 or dhutcheson@sheriff.douglas.ga.us.
Sheriff Tim Pounds and staff would like to welcome and congratulate the following personnel:
On February 2, 2021 at approximately 1:30am, a male and female were captured stealing rent payments out of the mail slot at the Douglasville Regency Mobile Home Park on McKown Rd, Douglasville GA. The male was seen wearing a sweatshirt, sweatpants and tennis shoes. The female was wearing a checkered pattern jacket, blue jeans and boots. They were seen leaving in a newer model Chevrolet Tahoe with no tag.
If anyone has information on the people or vehicle in the photographs, please contact Investigator C. Clark at 678-486-1307 or email cclark@sheriff.douglas.ga.us.
On January 6, 2021 two subjects entered the mailboxes at the Manchester Place Apartments located at 1600 Blairs Bridge Rd, Lithia Springs GA. They used an unknown tool to pry open the mailboxes. They were captured on video removing multiple pieces of mail and packages before leaving in an grey car with tinted windows that was parked near the mail area.
If anyone has information on the people or the vehicle in the photographs above please contact Investigator T. Smith (678-486-1294) or email tfsmith@sheriff.douglas.ga.us.
Sheriff Tim Pounds and staff would like to congratulate the following personnel on their recent promotions:
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We would also like to welcome back Inv. Christy Clark. She will be returning to CID in the near future.
On January 18, 2021, two black males entered Style Code Beauty Supply and stole wigs and several pairs of blue jeans. If anyone has information on these two suspects please contact Sgt. Melinda Wright (770)920-4910 or mwright@sheriff.douglas.ga.us.
Shaun Pruitt and Anthony Yourn have been identified as two of the suspects in several commercial burglaries that occurred in Douglas County. There is a third individual that hasn’t been identified.
If anyone has information on the person or the vehicles in the photographs that are shown please contact Inv. T. Puckett (770) 920-4918 or Inv. Citizen (678) 486-1274.
Sheriff Tim Pounds and staff would like to congratulate Inv. Josh Miller on his recent Secret Service National Computer Forensic Institute (NCFI) Top 50 Partners Award. He was 27th in the nation for electronic forensic examinations in 2019. During that year, he examined over 23 terabytes of data that resulted in a number of additional leads and information in a wide variety of criminal cases. We are very proud of his accomplishment, and recognize that he is a tremendous asset not only to this department but to the community as well.
Sheriff Tim Pounds and staff would like to welcome the following deputies to the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office:
If you or anyone you know would like to join our ranks, please visit our employment page for more details.
Thank you to the Rotary Club of Douglas County! On Tuesday 12-01-20 Rotary Club of Douglas County and Rotarian Joe Williams, a member of the Douglas County Rotary Club who is also an Investigator with the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office made a generous donation to “Shop with a Cop.” Two students from each elementary and middle school will enjoy a shopping spree on December 15, thanks to the generous donations from several community partners. Pictured are DCSS Police Department Chief Tracey Whaley; Rotary representatives Joe Williams, Samantha Rosado and Michelle Porter; and Sgt. Christina Clark with the DCSS Police Department.
On November 19th 2020, several members of our SCOPE Division visited area elementary schools to deliver food items that were donated by Local Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 13 in Mableton. Several personnel from the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office are also members of that lodge. FOP Lodge 13 donates food each year before Thanksgiving to schools in Cherokee, Cobb, Douglas, and Paulding Counties. Each school then distributes the food to needy students and their families in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. We look forward to participating in this event each year.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce it has received a $300,000.00 grant from the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety (GOHS).
The goal of the H.E.A.T. program is to combat crashes, injuries and fatalities caused by impaired driving and speeding, while also increasing seatbelt use and educating the public about traffic safety and the dangers of DUI.
The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office H.E.A.T Unit will use the grant from GOHS to develop and implement strategies to reduce local traffic crashes due to aggressive and dangerous driving behaviors. GOHS H.E.A.T. grants are funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
“The loss of one life on our roads is one too many, and the fact almost all fatal traffic crashes can be prevented is one reason why we are awarding this grant,” Governor’s Office of Highway Safety Director Allen Poole said. “The target of zero traffic deaths in our nation is achievable, and we will continue to help develop and implement educational messages and enforcement campaigns aimed at bringing our state one step closer to that goal.”
Totaling $6.7 million for 2021, H.E.A.T. grants fund specialized traffic enforcement activities in counties throughout the state. The program was designed to assist Georgia jurisdictions with the highest rates of traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities with grants awarded based on impaired driving and speeding data.
As law enforcement partners in the Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over DUI and Click It or Ticket seatbelt campaigns, the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office will also conduct mobilizations throughout the year in coordination with GOHS’s year-round waves of high visibility patrols, concentrated patrols, and multi-jurisdictional sobriety checkpoints.
The grant year for this award will be October 1 of 2020 to September 30 of 2021.
For more information on this grant program, contact GOHS at 404-656-6996 and for more information on GOHS and its other highway safety programs, visit www.gahighwaysafety.org.
