Inmates Love Lumpkin Toilet Water

It seems that the Lumpkin County Detention Center was a hot bed of activity this month. According to The Dahlonega Nugget's Crimebeat this week -

• An inmate was sprayed with pepper-spray after stuffing her jumpsuit in the toilet, trying to flood her cell. Afterwards, we hope the deputies gave her a dry, clean jumpsuit sans pepper spray and toilet water.
• Another inmate was handcuffed and tased to stop him from splashing toilet water on his face. Gee, the toilet water at the Lumpkin jail must be extra special.
• And an inmate was restrained after repeatedly banging his head on the cell door. Ooh, talk about a sore head. Hope the deputies gave him some Excedrin Migraine afterwards.

But probably the most interesting items in Crimebeat were the reports of the Segway damaged when a Lumpkin County deputy "bumped" the two wheeler into a step at the city park and a man's two-year-old identifying the neighbor's children as the ones who threw rocks at the man's truck. Love to see that case go to trial. Two-year-olds always make terrific witnesses.

As always, Dahlonega and Beyond has its share of crime, just not the Page One Atlanta Journal & Constitution type. (Thank goodness.)

Crime Report - Atlanta vs. Dahlonega

Any day that you pick up the Atlanta Journal Constitution, you'll see the front page filled with crime reports, i.e. - Resident opens fire on two intruders, Cars broken into in Buckhead, Boyfriend killed by stiletto heel.

Now Dahlonega has its share of crime too. In fact, the second page of the local newspaper, The Dahlonega Nugget, each week features Crimebeat, a snapshot look of the week's crimes.

Here are some of the actual crimes reported in Crimebeat:

1.  A woman reported that someone had broken in to her home, stole some important papers and fed the dog. She thinks the culprit is her ex-husband.

2.  An allegedly intoxicated man wearing all black climbed onto the roof of Piazza's. He was arrested for public drunkenness.

3. A woman threw a party and a lot of people she didn't know showed up. Later, he found someone had stolen her laptop, cell phone and $100.

4.  A woman reported that someone stole the power meter from the side of her house.

And here's our vote for the biggest crime of the week - A deputy accidentally struck a mailbox with his patrol car.

As you can see, these are some pretty serious crimes. But when you compare these incidents with the seemingly unending crime in Atlanta, you can see why Dahlonega and Beyond is quite a safe place to be.