Crime & Safety
Taxi Driver Gets DUI with 5 Passengers; Man Breaks Teen's Jaw
A couple of Cartersville and Bartow County police reports caught our eye, but chronicle alleged crimes and the people involved are assumed innocent until their cases are settled in the courts.
A couple of police reports chronicling alleged criminal incidents in Cartersville and Bartow County in the last day or so caught our eyes at Cartersville Patch. Here are the stories:
Taxi Driver with 5 Passengers Gets DUI
A taxi driver who allegedly drove off both sides of the road and nearly hit two cars was servicing five passengers when he was arrested and charged with DUI.
Osvaldo Cruz, 29, of Mac Johnson Road in Cartersville, was driving a blue 1998 Honda Odyssey when Tuesday at 3:15 p.m., he caught the attention of a deputy on patrol, according to the Bartow County Sheriff's Office incident report, attached.
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During a traffic stop near the intersection of Highway 41 at Highway 411, Cruz said he hadn't drank since 11 the prior night, but smelled of alcohol, a deputy reported.
He was arrested and charged with DUI, reckless driving, failure to maintain lane, driving too fast for conditions and violation of driving class.
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Man Breaks Teen's Jaw at Church Basketball Game
A Bartow County man says his teen son's jaw was broken by an adult at NorthPoint Church in Adairsville, according to the BCSO incident report, attached.
The boy, 17, an Adairsville High School 12th grader, was among a group playing basketball Tuesday about 8 p.m. when a fight broke out between the suspect and another man.
"[The victim] stated he spoke out loud and said, 'That's what happens when you start losing,' and the next thing he knew, he was waking up to people telling him [the suspect] had just knocked him out," a deputy reported.
The teen suffered a broken jaw, would temporarily only eat liquids through a straw, and would have to have surgery, his father told deputies.
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