Alpharetta Police Find Suspected Narcotics in DUI Stop

A Villa Rica man faces drug and DUI charges after Alpharetta police received multiple reports on April 26 just before 1 p.m. of a vehicle being "all over the road" on GA 400 southbound.

The arresting officer waited at the Mansell Road interchange for the vehicle, and when it approached, he saw it was having difficulty staying in its lane. He followed the white car and watched as it moved into the leftmost lane and out of it, almost striking the center divider several times at 72 mph. The motorist pulled over when he activated his lights.

Based on his abnormally slow and slurred speech, and his actions, the officer searched the car and found a plastic bag with what he identified as a generic form of Xanax, a narcotic.

Timothy Paul Smith, 24, of Villa Rica, was cited with possession of Schedule IV drugs, DUI of multiple substances and failure to maintain lane.

Smith was taken into custody at the Fulton County Jail, and was later released on $7,000 bond on April 28.

Motorist Cited for Driving 43 MPH Over the Speed Limit

A Roswell man was driving 43 mph over the 65 mph speed limit on GA 400 when Alpharetta police running radar pulled him over on April 25 at 10:41 p.m.

The officer was monitoring GA 400 southbound traffic from a location north of Windward Parkway when he spotted the 2011 Nissan Sentra driving toward him at a fast rate.

The motorist stopped for the officer just north of the Windward exit ramp. The incident report says the suspect asked the officer to just write him a ticket, which the officer refused.

The 18-year-old driver was charge with speeding and reckless driving.

Give Emergency Personnel Some Space, It's the Law

A 31-year-old Alpharetta man might not have known it was the law to move over to an available lane, or at least slow down, for emergency vehicles stopped on the side of the road, but after his own traffic stop now he certainly does.

An Alpharetta officer was conducting a traffic stop on April 22 at 3:36 a.m. northbound on GA 400 south of Haynes Bridge Road. As he headed back to his patrol car with its emergency lights flashing, a white SUV sped by in the far right lane. No other vehicles were in the lane to the left of the SUV.

The driver handed the officer a GA identification card rather than a driver's license. The reason became apparent when a check revealed his license had been suspended in 2010.

The motorist was cited for failure to yield-move over for law enforcement vehicle and driving while license suspended.

Speeding Down Cogburn Road Brings Another Charge

A 41-year-old Duluth motorist probably shouldn't have tempted fate by speeding past an Alpharetta police officer on Cogburn Road, since his license was suspended.

The officer was driving eastbound on Cogburn Road on April 25 at 7:51 p.m. when he saw a blue car driving eastbound at a high rate of speed. A check with his radar showed the motorist going 51 mph in a 35 mph zone.

Once the car was stopped, the officer discovered the driver had his license suspended in December 2010. He was cited for speeding and driving while license suspended.

Accident Reveals Driver Had License Suspended

A Milton woman who already was being cited in an accident for brake maintenance also faces a charge of driving while license suspended.

On April 26 at 7:59 a.m., an Alpharetta officer responded to a motor vehicle accident southbound on GA 400 near Haynes Bridge Road. During the investigation, the officer asked for the 21-year-old woman's driver's license, but she said she didn't have it with her. There was a good reason for that–it had been suspended in January 2012 for failure to appear.

The motorist was cited for driving while license suspended and brake maintenance.

Security Video Doesn't Lie

A Dunwoody man couldn't refute video showing a car he reportedly was driving backed up into another vehicle in the Town Place Suites parking lot.

An Alpharetta police officer received the call on April 26. He found the suspect vehicle, but it had no visible damage. The driver assigned to the car said he was driving it, but did not recall hitting another car.

Damages were seen on the victim's vehicle. Hotel staff showed the officer security video that the incident report says clearly shows the first car backing into the second car enough to move it several feet.

When the suspect driver answered the call to turn himslf in, the report says he said the reason no damages were seen on his company car was because it had already been repaired.

The 34-year-old Dunwoody man was cited with hit and run/leaving the scene of an accident.