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ON JUNE 20, 2010 I SGT. WATSON ALONG WITH LT. ROBERT RODGERS WENT TO THE MEDICAL CENTER
OF CENTRAL GA. TO A REPORT OF AN ASSAULT ON A FEMALE BY HER HUSBAND. UPON MY ARRIVAL I
SPOKE WITH ELIZABETH THOMAS WHO STATED THAT SHE AND HER HUSBAND HAS BEEN HAVING SOME
MARITAL PROBLEMS AND THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN HOME SINCE FRIDAY. SHE WENT ON TO STATE THAT
TODAY SHE WENT TO CHURCH AND THAT SHE HAD PURCHASED HIM SOME GIFTS FOR FATHERS DAY BUT
HE DIDN`T SHOW UP AT CHURCH. SHE THEN GOT UPSET AND DECIDED TO GO HOME EARLY. WHILE SHE
WAS HOME SHE SAW HER HUSBAND TOMMY L. THOMAS RIDE BY IN A CAR AND THAT THERE WAS A FEMALE
DRIVING. SHE STATED THAT THE CAR WENT AROUND THE ROAD AND TOMMY CAME WALKING UP IN THE
YARD. SHE THEN WALKED OUT IN THE YARD AND TOLD HIM THAT THEY NEEDED TO TALK. SHE WENT ON
TO STATE THAT HE WAS WALKING OFF AND WHEN SHE ASKED HIM TO TURN AROUND HE DID AND
PUNCHED HER IN THE FACE KNOCKING HER TO THE GROUND. HE THEN RAN OFF INTO THE WOODS. SHE
THEN GOT UP AND WENT AND GOT IN HER CAR ALONG WITH HER GRANDKIDS AND WENT TO LEAVE. WHILE
ON THE DIRT ROAD SHE STATED THAT SHE CAME UP BEHIND THE CAR WITH TOMMY AND THE OTHER
FEMALE. AS SHE WENT TO GO AROUND THE VEHICLE SHE STATED THAT SHE SAW WHAT APPEARED TO BE
TOMMY TELLING HER TO PULL OUT IN FRONT OF HER AS IF TO CAUSE A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT. THE OTHER
VEHICLE THEN SPUN OUT OF CONTROL AND SHE LEFT THE AREA CALLED HER DAUGHTER AND WENT TO
THE HOSPITAL. WHILE SPEAKING WITH ELIZABETH I SAW SWELLING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER FACE AS
WELL AS A SCRATCH THAT LOOKED AS IF TO BE CAUSED BY A RING.
NARRATIVE
MYSELF AND LT. ROBERT RODGERS THEN SPOKE WITH THE TWO KIDS WHO STATED THAT WHILE IN THE
YARD THEY SAW THEIR GRANDDAD HIT THEIR GRANDMOTHER AND KNOCK HER TO THE GROUND AND THEN
RUN OFF INTO THE WOODS.
I THEN ALONG WITH LT. ROBERT RODGERS AND CHIEF DEPUTY BILLY BONEY SPOKE WITH TOMMY
THOMAS AT THAT TWIGGS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. HE STATED THAT HE AND HIS WIFE WERE HAVING
PROBLEMS AND THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN HOME SINCE FRIDAY. HE STATED THAT HE SPOKE WITH WIFE AND
THEY MADE AN AGREEMENT FOR HIM TO GIVE HER SOME MONEY AND HE COULD GET THE TRUCK. HE
ADVISED HER HE LEFT HER SOME MONEY UNDER THE FUEL LID TO ONE OF THE PATROL UNITS AT THE
MACON MALL. TOMMY STATED THAT HIS STEP DAUGHTER CAME TO THE MALL AND GOT THE MONEY. HE
THEN GOT A FRIEND LATASHA GUNN TO BRING HIM TO THE HOUSE TO GET THE TRUCK. UPON HIS ARRIVAL
TO THE HOUSE HE TOLD LATASHA TO LET HIM OUT AND TO GO TO THE SCHOOL. ONCE HE WAS IN THE
YARD HE HEARD A NOISE IN THE HOUSE AND THEN SAW ELIZABETH COME OUT THE DOOR. HE THEN LEFT
WALKING AND WENT TO MAULK THOMPSON RD. WHERE HE MET WITH LATASHA TO PICK HIM UP. AS HE
GOT INTO THE CAR THEY SAW HIS WIFE COMING UP BEHIND THEM AND THEY ATTEMPTED TO LEAVE.
WHILE TRAVELING DOWN THE ROAD HE TOLD LATASHA TO SLOW DOWN SO THAT SHE DIDN`T WRECK. AT
THAT TIME THE CAR ELIZABETH WAS IN STRUCK THE BACK OF LATASHA`S CAR. TOMMY STATED THAT THE
SECOND TIME SHE HIT THEM LATASHA`S VEHICLE SPUN OUT OF CONTROL. HE THEN GOT OUT OF THE CAR
AND WALKED OFF INTO THE WOODS STATING HE WAS CALLING THE SHERIFFS OFFICE. TOMMY THEN
STATED THAT ELIZABETH BEGAN TO SLAP HER SELF IN THE FACE WHILE SCREAMING " YOU ARE GOING TO
JAIL". TOMMY LATER STATED THAT SHE PICKED UP SOMETHING OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND STRUCK
HER SELF IN THE FACE WITH IT.
BASED ON THE PHYSICAL EVIDENCE TOMMY WAS PLACED UNDER ARREST AND CHARGED WITH SIMPLE
BATTERY FAMILY VIOLENCE AND TWO COUNTY OF CRUELTY TOWARD CHILDREN
REPORTING OFFICER
WATSON, ANTHONY JOEL
NUMBER
529
APPROVING OFFICER
BOSTIAN, DONNIE JAMES
NUMBER
535
ASSIGNED INVESTIGATOR
NUMBER
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