Complaint about driving abilities leads to arrest

A man who drove in an emergency lane just to tell Braselton officers that they “need to learn how to drive” was later arrested by police.

One of the officers said he arrived on the scene of an accident on I-85, when the man approached him and another officer. The man wanted to know who was driving one of the patrol vehicles.

The man said the officers “need to learn how to drive” and they were “out of control” and going to hurt someone, according to an incident report. He added that the officers were “nothing but a couple of loose cannons.”

One of the officers continued investigating the wreck, while the other talked to the man. When one of the lanes on the interstate was re-opened for traffic, one of the officers noticed that the man’s vehicle had a broken headlight.

The officer asked the man for his driver’s license, but he reluctantly complied.

While writing a traffic citation for the broken headlight, the man said he drove in the emergency lane to complain to police about their driving abilities.

The officer then wrote an additional citation saying the man “drove down the emergency lane to complain on police officers driving to accident scene.”

The man disagreed with the statement and tried to scratch out what the officer had written on the citation. The officer took a pen from the man said if he made any other mark on the citation besides his signature, he’d arrest him on disorderly conduct.

The man said he wouldn’t sign the citation and the officer said he would be arrested for refusing to sign it. The man then said he’d sign the citation, but he tried again to scratch out the statement.

The officer tried to handcuff the man, who then agreed to sign the citation while being arrested. The officer said he had been warned to sign the document.

Police charged Douglas Raymond Bugee, 62, Roswell, with disorderly conduct, driving in the emergency lane for a non-emergency and failure to meet headlight requirements.

Braselton Incidents
The following incidents were reported to the Braselton Police Department last week:

•domestic dispute at an Independence Lane address, where a man said his ex-wife was cursing at him. The man said the dispute centered on receiving items for their child.

•damage to property at Kroger on Spout Springs Road, where a man said he had driven out of a nearby subdivision in front of another vehicle. The vehicle followed him down the roadway and a passenger in that vehicle later threw an unknown object at his vehicle, causing damage.

•domestic violence at a Yellowwood Court address, where a man said his mother ripped out the cords of electronic devices from the wall and kicked in a bedroom door. The mother said her son injured her in the argument. An officer said since he couldn’t determine who was the primary aggressor, he said separation was one of the two options available. The son said he didn’t agree with the officer’s evaluation and wanted to file a complaint. Another officer took the son to a grocery story to await a ride.

•theft by taking from a Piedmont Street address, where a woman said a generator was stolen from a construction site. The generator was valued at $2,650.

Braselton Arrests
The Braselton Police Department made the following arrests last week:

•Eeva Joy Moen, 32, 2678 Red Mulberry Lane, Braselton, disorderly conduct.

•Marc Russell Moen, 38, 2678 Red Mulberry Lane, Braselton, disorderly conduct.

•Jose Gonzalez, 19, 341 Elliots Lane, Dahlonega, driving while license suspended or revoked, underage possession of alcohol, no brake light or working turn signal, wanted person apprehended for probation violation in Gwinnett County and DUI.

•Lanronda Jeffery, 36, 1219 Cumberland Creek Place, Marietta, failure to maintain lane, hit and run, failure to notify owner upon striking a vehicle and DUI.

•Diana Garcia, 27, 6643 Grand Hickory Drive, Braselton, failure to maintain lane and DUI.