Three people injured in crash on Ga. 400

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — A rollover crash on Ga. 400 southbound between exits 13 and 14 resulted in the injury of three March 6.

According to the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, the accident occurred around 8:25 a.m., and multiple drivers reported the crash involving a Hyundai

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Gainesville man arrested in January theft incident

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County deputies arrested Christopher Cook, 46, of Gainesville Feb. 28 as a suspect in a January theft incident.

A woman told deputies Jan. 21 her vehicle had been burglarized. She said she and Cook had hauled scrap metal Jan. 17 with a trailer that she had received permission to use. The next day, her vehicle had broken down, and she left it and the trailer at Eagle Beak Park.

When she returned to repair her vehicle Jan. 21, the trailer and several items were missing from her vehicle, the report states.

The woman reported various tools, flashlights and two dragonfly pendants stolen. The total value of the missing items was $850, and the trailer was valued at $1,500.

Deputies identified a Jeep Grand Cherokee registered to Cook with the trailer in Jan. 19 Flock camera footage. The woman confirmed that Cook had stayed with her Jan. 20, the report states, and he had

Elantra and a CO2 tanker truck.

The Hyundai failed to maintain the middle lane, the sheriff’s office said, and it struck the truck in the far-right lane, which caused both vehicles to flip off the right side of the highway.

The drivers of both vehicles were transported to a county hospital for driven a vehicle that matched the description.

Cook was charged with felony theft by taking, entering automobile theft and felony criminal damage to property in the second degree. He is being held at the Forsyth County Jail with bond set at $22,390.

Lawrenceville woman arrested for battery

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies arrested a Lawrenceville woman March 5 who allegedly battered her girlfriend outside a Home Depot in Suwanee.

Forsyth County deputies met with a woman at Emory Johns Creek Hospital who said her girlfriend Precious Ayeni, 23, had scratched, bitten and hit her. The woman said she had waited for Ayeni in the car at the Home Depot on Peachtree Parkway with her dog.

The woman told deputies Ayeni disliked when she left the car door open, which she said she did when she exited the vehicle to walk her dog. The woman said she and Ayeni argued over the open door, and then Ayeni attacked her.

During the argument, Ayeni allegedly caused the woman bodily harm by “disfiguring her tongue by slicing it open with her fingers to expose its insides after biting her face causing it to bleed and scratching her neck evaluation. The passenger in the Hyundai was airlifted to a local trauma center. The sheriff’s office said driver error appears to be the only factor in the accident, and it remains an ongoing investigation.

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and arm while beating her,” the report states.

Ayeni told deputies on a phone call the argument ensued over their relationship, past relationships, loyalty and trust. Ayeni met with deputies at the hospital, where she was arrested for felony aggravated battery.

Deputies cite suspect for 13 counts of fraud

FORSYTH COUNTY, Ga. — Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a suspect March 2 in multiple credit card fraud and theft incidents that occurred June 2019.

Sheriff’s Office deputies charged Ricky White Jr., 28, of Conyers on six counts of felony transaction card theft, seven counts of felony fraudulent use of a transaction card and four counts of entering automobile theft.

Deputies reported June 22, 2019, White had broken into four vehicles outside the Planet Fitness at Merchants Square. Three of the victims reported items missing, including credit cards, an iPhone, cash, debit cards and a Social Security card.

Two victims told deputies their cards had been used for purchases that totaled $365. A third victim reported $200 in cash stolen.

White is being held at the Forsyth County Jail with a bond amount of $72,390.