Dodge County Sheriff’s Deputies and Dodge EMS, along with Eastman Fire Department, Mitchell and Rhine Volunteer Fire Department First Responders, responded to a wreck on Jim Ross Road on Friday, August 14 around 1:30 p.m.
A 2006 Chevrolet Trailblazer, driven by Lisa Harrell Sheffield (age 38), of Eastman, left the roadway, ran down the shoulder and struck a chain link fence. The vehicle then struck a parked pickup truck and stopped when it hit a light pole guidewire. When the vehicle struck the fence, the top pole of the fence went through the windshield, through the dashboard, through the steering wheel, impaled Sheffield and went into the driver’s seat.
Sheffield was transported to Dodge County Hospital and later transferred to the Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon. The preliminary accident investigation indicates that Sheffield may have lost consciousness prior to the accident due to a medical condition. The accident is under investigation by the Georgia State Patrol.
Dodge County Investigators have solved another residential burglary with the arrest of Walter Lee Harper (age 49) of Eastman. The burglary occurred back in May within the City of Eastman.
Dodge County Deputies, over the weekend, have recovered two (2) stolen all terrain vehicles from a barn located on Studstill Road in the south end of the county. The recovered vehicles were stolen from a residence on Scarborough-Owens Road near Gresston. Sheriff’s Investigators have leads and are continuing the investigation.
The sheriff’s office had eighty six (86) inmates incarcerated at one point of the weekend. The sheriff’s office had to house part of the inmates in the Bleckley County Law Enforcement Center in Cochran. As of late Monday evening, there were seventy nine (79) inmates incarcerated. The maximum capacity of the current Dodge County Jail is eighty (80) inmates.
The new Dodge County jail is expected to have a capacity for one hundred sixty (160) inmates. Georgia Department of Correction work crews have begun bringing in work equipment to the new jail site in the industrial park in Eastman.
Sheriff Jeff Hinson reminds citizens to secure their valuables by placing valuables under lock and out of sight when possible. The chances of becoming a victim are decreased when you make it more difficult for a thief. Sheriff Hinson would like to remind motorists that Dodge County schools go back in session this week. Motorists should be on the lookout for stopped school busses and children walking before and after school hours.
