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Incidents: Theft, hit and run, public drunkenness and burglary among reports
Crime
According to incident reports filed by the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office between August 1 and 26, as many as 295 citations were issued for more than 34 different charges and offenses.Those charges include: Driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol: 55Theft Entering Auto: 31Failure to Maintain Lane: 30Possession of marijuana: 24Theft by taking: 21Burglary: 19Theft by shoplifting: 16Driving without a license or insurance: 12Speeding: 11Possession of a schedule substance: 9 Other charges reported include: possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug-related objects, criminal trespass, fraud, forgery, endangering a child by DUI, hit and run, aggravated assault, theft of an automobile, , tampering with evidence, theft by deception, obstruction of a police officer, possession of open alcohol container, pedestrian under the influence, reckless driving, failure to obey a traffic control device, driving on the wrong side of the road, failure to use seatbelts, improper left or right turn, erratic lane change, failure to obey an officer directing traffic, criminal damage to property, violation of the hands-free Georgia act, fleeing/ attempting to flee a felony.Bags stolen from vehicle at Carrington Academy On Aug. 28, deputies responded to Carrington Academy on Shiloh Road in south Forsyth to investigate reports that a vehicle had been broken into and belongings worth several thousand dollars had been taken while the vehicle owner was briefly inside the school. An incident report from the sheriff’s office states that the vehicle owner told deputies that she arrived at the location at about 5:45 p.m. to pick up her child, leaving two bags on the front passenger seat. The victim stated that she was only in the school for 2 or 3 minutes and when she returned, both bags were gone.