A man was arrested over the weekend after reportedly “becoming extremely intoxicated” and getting punched in the throat, and he managed to do all of this while wearing a “SIX SEVEN” tank top.
Thomas Sjogren, 19, listed with a Gwinnett County address, was booked early Sunday morning and charged with public drunkenness, disorderly conduct and underage possession of alcohol.
A man in the 330 block of Tattnall Street initially called 911 and said that a man “wearing a blue muscle shirt started beating on his door.” Once officers reached the scene, the man “stated that he pleaded with Sjogren to leave his residence, but Sjogren’s foot was blocking the doorway.” The man then “grabbed his gun and brandished it in Sjogren’s face,” but Sjogren was unbothered and continued to stand there while “mumbling and muttering to himself.”
The man subsequently punched Sjogren in the throat, and Sjogren decided to go outside and lay down in the grass. Sjogren was still hanging out in the grass when officers arrived. While being handcuffed, “Sjogren was extremely intoxicated but advised he was there visiting his sister.”
• A Walmart shoplifter tempted fate one too many times and is now facing a felony shoplifting charge. A pair of Milledgeville Police Department officers approached Roy Edward Roberson in Walmart last week after he reportedly was attempting to steal electronics for a third time. Roberson, 45, listed with an Ivey address, was arrested without incident. A Walmart loss prevention officer recognized Roberson shortly after he entered the store and called 911. Roberson is accused of stealing $509 worth of electronics from the store on Feb. 3 and another $844 worth of merchandise on March 2.
• Break-ins were reported in the 2450 block of Reeves Circle and the 210 block of Wilkinson Street.
In Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office news, one of Milledgeville’s most avid and accomplished walkers was arrested and charged with criminal trespass. It marked the sixth booking at the county jail for Steven Michael Martin, 45. Martin was arrested for felony burglary back in 2004 and was subsequently arrested for probation violation two years later. Then, in August 2012, Martin was charged with terroristic threats and sentenced two years behind bars and three more on probation. Martin also was arrested in 2020 for one count of misdemeanor theft by taking.