Jacob Richards

Name:
RICHARDS, JACOB MANUEL

Date of Booking:
05/19/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Duty Upon Striking Unattended Vehicle

Hit and Run; Duty of Driver to Stop or Return to Scene of Accident

Officer’s Narrative:
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[NARRATIVE #1 on May 18, 2025]

On 5/18/25 I Deputy Antwune McCurry was dispatched non-emergency to [1200 BLOCK] Persimmon Place Drive in regards to a hit and run accident.

Upon my arrival I contacted the victim/complainant who was identified to be [VICTIM #1]. While speaking with [VICTIM #1] she advised that her husband was doing lawn maintenance she had moved her 2021 Lexus Nx vehicle on the shoulder of her driveway. Once her husband finished the maintenance, she went to move the vehicle back into the driveway and observed that another vehicle had collied into the driver’s door causing functional damages.

She then spoke with a neighbor beside her residence at [1200 BLOCK] Persimmon Drive who had video footage of a possible suspect vehicle. While on scene I identified the neighbor as [WITNESS #1]. She was able to provide me with video footage of the suspect vehicle that matched the paint transfer located on [VICTIM #1]’s driver’s door, along with confirmation that the suspect was leaving the residence adjacent to where [VICTIM #1]’s vehicle was parked stationary unoccupied on the shoulder of the roadway.

I then contacted the resident at the address of [1200 BLOCK] Persimmon Place Drive. I identified the subject as [WITNESS #2]. While speaking with [WITNESS #2] she confirmed that her and her ex-boyfriend Jacob Richard had recently separated, and he was at the residence in a 2020 Black Ford 150 retrieving his dog and left the residence irate and upset over the seperation and that it was possible for Jacob to have collided the vehicle. [WITNESS #2] then provided me with contact information for Jacob.

At this point I contact Jacob via telephone. During the phone conversation Jacob stated that he wasn’t aware he had struck another vehicle while backing from the driveway, but it was possible, along with admitting that his vehicle was equipped with a back up camera also. I explained to him that there was video footage of his vehicle in the immediate area. I asked Jacob to come meet at Barrow County Sheriff’s Office to resolve this issue and he declined.

While on scene gathering needed information the video footage showed Jacob’s vehicle circling the neighborhood after the accident had occurred. The vehicle appeared to be rolling slowly by observing vehicle damage. All damage observed on scene to [VICTIM #1]’s vehicle was consistent with the paint transfer from the rear bumper of Jacobs 2020 Black Ford F-150.

Once scene was cleared, I secured warrants for the criminal offenses: 40-6-270 – Hit and run: duty of driver to stop at or return to scene of accident, (2) 40-6-271-Duty upon striking unattended vehicle.

[End of Narrative]

[NARRATIVE #2 on May 19, 2025]

On 5/19/25 I was dispatched to 233 East Broad Street in reference to a meet in person with a suspect from an earlier hit and run incident.

Upon my arrival I contacted the suspect Jacob Richards. I briefly spoke with Jacob about the incident that occurred, and he was then advised he was under arrest. He was then hand cuffed in the rear and cuffs were double locked and checked for tightness. The offender was then searched incident to arrest and secured in the rear of my patrol vehicle. He was then transported Barrow County detention center. Once at the detention center, he was released to detention staff to be processed on warrants that were secured for the criminal offenses: 40-6-270 – (1) Hit and run: duty of driver to stop at or return to scene of accident, (2) 40-6-271-Duty upon striking unattended vehicle.

Back seat check was conducted before and after arrest was affected.

[End of Narrative]