No report was available Saturday night, but a dispatcher said the incident occurred just before 7 p.m. about halfway between the Hamilton Road and Lafay-ette Parkway exits in the northbound lanes. The interstate was shut down for about a half an hour so the victim could be airlifted to a hospital.
His name was not available, but 911 reported the victim was 30 years old and the vehicle he was in had rolled over at a high speed. He was believed to have been wearing a seatbelt.
Hydrocodone taken
LaGrange police are investigating two cases of prescription hydrocodone being obtained at pharmacies by someone other than to whom it was prescribed.
A 29-year-old woman told police Friday that she had received a prescription for the drug, a narcotic, after dental work. When she went to the pharmacy, the CVS on Roanoke Road, she was told it had already been picked up by someone else. The woman told police she suspected her father’s girlfriend, who had a history of prescription drug abuse, picked up the medication because the suspect had been with her when she got the prescription. A check of pharmacy surveillance tape showed a woman who matched the victim’s de-scription picking up the drug.
In the second case, a 28-year-old man told police Friday that a friend picked up his prescription at the CVS on Greenville Street without his permission. A check of surveillance tapes at that pharmacy showed a man matching the victim’s description getting the drug.
Alarm leads to burglary arrest
LaGrange police charged a Savannah man with burglary and criminal trespass after he was found near a residence with burglary tools Friday.
Police responded to an alarm on the 200 block of Broad Street and found the back door kicked in. The house was searched with a police K9, but no suspects were found in the house and nothing was taken.
Police found the suspect, Carl Lawrence, 59, in a barn behind the property.
Man arrested
with marijuana
LaGrange police arrested Kenyon Jones, 34, of Park Avenue on Friday after he was found with four small clear bags of marijuana. Jones was spotted near Newnan Street and acted suspiciously when police stopped to talk to him. Officers searched him and ssaid they found the drugs in his pocket.
Thefts, burglaries
n A Truitt Avenue resident said a thief broke into his house and took $644 in items, including three cell phones and a Smith and Wesson .38 special. The victim said when he got home Friday afternoon, the house had been ransacked.
n The manager at Kentucky Fried Chicken at 217 New Franklin Road said a thief took a $150 leaf blower that had been left on the back steps of the restaurant.
n It is the policy of LaGrange Daily News to print the names of those charged with felonies.
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