Michael King

Name:
King, Michael Dean

Date of Booking:
07/27/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Public Drunk

Disorderly Conduct

Simple Battery-Family Violence

Officer’s Narrative:
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On 07/27/205 at 2141 hours, Ofc. Gibbs, Ofc. Melniciuc and I (Sgt. Wolfe) were dispatched to AMC Theatres located at 416 Exchange Blvd, Bethlehem, GA on a dispute. Dispatch advised that a female with two kids and an extremely intoxicated male were in the back of the parking lot. Dispatch advised that the female was trying to get away from the male and the male was yelling and cussing.

Upon my arrival, Code 3 Ofc. Melniciuc and Ofc. Gibbs was speaking with the female, identified as [REDACTED BY AGENCY], to gather what had occurred. Lt. Guest from the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office was on scene assisting and was standing by the male, later identified as Michael King.

[REDACTED BY AGENCY] was already explaining what had occurred inside the theater and began to state that they came outside with the kids and were going to the car because she was just thinking they were going to leave when she started asking him for the car keys, and that Mr. King began to get mad because he told her she had the keys. She stated that she tried looking for the keys in a bag and couldn’t find them. Ofc. Gibbs asked if there was anything physical, and [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated he tried to grab her arm, but that she didn’t want any charges pressed or anything on record.

[REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that it was when she was just trying to get away from him, walking around the cars, when she observed the group of guys (witness) standing in the parking lot, and told them to call the police. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that she had already called her father to come and get her. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that the two children with her were Mr. King’s as well.

I went and spoke with Mr. King. I said hello to him, and he stated they were trying to go see the movie, Fantastic Four. I asked him what happened tonight, and he stated nothing. I asked who he was there with, and he stated his kids. I asked who the female was to him, and he stated, “That’s just [REDACTED BY AGENCY].” I observed a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his person and breath when he spoke. Mr. King had extremely slurred speech and was mumbling when he spoke. I asked if he and [REDACTED BY AGENCY] got into anything tonight, and what made people call the police tonight. He stated, “Who called the police, and it doesn’t matter.” Mr. King then stated: “Yeah, they probably got called because she was being loud, and she wants to be a fu*king d*ck.” Mr. King stated that is why he is over here, and his car was all the way over there, pointing in the direction of his car. Mr. King stated, “She would not calm down.” Mr. King then stated, “I wasn’t even driving, she is driving.” I advised him I wasn’t worried about the driving, I was worried about why we got called out there. Mr. King stated, “We got called out there because she wants to scream and she wanted to holler and because she wants to be a fu*king d*ck.”

Mr. King went on to say that “she, she wanted to be a fu*king d*ck, I have tried, I have tried for the past thirty-five fu*king minutes to try and get her to calm down, but she will not calm down.” He stated that he was all the way on this back curb all the way out here because she won’t calm down.

I told him to stay right there for a minute. I then began to speak with Ofc. Gibbs about any more information she had while she was speaking with [REDACTED BY AGENCY]. At that time, the charges that I had determined were going to be disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct, and public intoxication. Mr. King then began to scream toward [REDACTED BY AGENCY] and Ofc. Melniciuc. Ofc. Melniciuc tried telling Mr. King to stop, and Mr. King yelled to Ofc. Melniciuc to shut up.

I then walked over to Mr. King and advised him that he was under arrest. I grabbed hold of him and spun him around. I placed him in handcuffs behind his back. They were double-locked and checked for proper spacing. I then escorted him over to the front of my patrol car.

Mr. King was searched incident to arrest for weapons, contraband, and means of escape. Nothing was located. I then placed him into the back seat of my patrol car, and he was seatbelted in.

I then went to Ofc. Gibbs, who advised me that [REDACTED BY AGENCY] advised that Mr. King had placed his hands around her neck. I asked if there were any injuries, and [REDACTED BY AGENCY] claimed there were none, but she did have general redness on her face.

I went and spoke with [REDACTED BY AGENCY] and spoke with her regarding the entire incident. I asked [REDACTED BY AGENCY] if she and Mr. King were married or ever lived together, and she stated no. I asked if they shared any of the kids together that were on scene, and she confirmed that she and Mr. King did have the two children together.

[REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that it was his weekend to have the kids. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that Mr. King called her up while she was at the gym and asked her to go to the movies with them to see the new Superman movie as a family. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that she met him at the house, and everything was fine, and they were just chilling. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that they all got into his vehicle and they left Monroe and went to Wendy’s. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that they were in line at the drive-thru, but they were having some type of issues, so Mr. King told her that he was going to get out and go to the liquor store (Turtlecreek Wine and Spirits) where he got a small bottle of Jack. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that they then came to the movie theater parking lot, and while she was trying to get the kids’ diaper bag together, he chugged the bottle of Jack Daniels. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] said that immediately after chugging the bottle, he began saying sorry to her and that he should have not done that, and that he was so messed up.

[REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that as soon as they began walking in the door, Mr. King began falling over. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that she thought if he went to the bathroom and puked that he would be fine, so she told him to go to the bathroom and make himself throw up. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that she put him in the bathroom. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that she then went and bought the movie tickets and popcorn, and after about 20 minutes, she went to the bathroom and peeked in, and Mr. King was on the ground, awake but saying he couldn’t move and that he couldn’t get up. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated she told Mr. King that they (movie theater employees) were going to call the police, so she left him there and took the kids to the car.

[REDACTED BY AGENCY] had previously stated Mr. King had received two shots of medicine at some point in the past due to a spider bite, and she wasn’t sure if the alcohol interacted badly with the medicine because Mr. King appeared to be intoxicated. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that Mr. King made the statement to her that he fu*ked up. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated she went to get a refund due to his physical state and lied to the movie theater staff, telling them that he just had a seizure so they would not call the police.

[REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that they walked back out to Mr. King’s car, where an argument ensued between her and Mr. King because Mr. King thought she had his car keys. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] said he was yelling and screaming at her. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that she left the children, [REDACTED BY AGENCY] and [REDACTED BY AGENCY], and proceeded to walk away from them due to the argument and his behavior. He then came up behind her and grabbed hold of her throat/face from behind, trying to stop her from walking away. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] stated that is when she turned around and slapped him off of her and made a statement about how he is not going to put his hands on her. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] claimed the children did not witness this.

I then went and spoke with [WITNESS #1], who was one of the guys in the group that [REDACTED BY AGENCY] saw in the parking lot and told to call the police. They all said they heard the screaming and arguing, but never saw anything physical happen. When asked if they heard anything specifically from [REDACTED BY AGENCY], they stated, “She said don’t you f’ing touch me like that again.”

I explained the family violence laws of the State of Georgia and advised that he would be going to jail for Simple Battery-FV. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] was given a peace place pamphlet along with a sheet of victim resources and a business card with the case report number. [REDACTED BY AGENCY] had already called her father to pick her and the children up.

Mr. King had unbuckled himself, and I buckled him back with a seat belt and explained to him why he was going to jail. I observed a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage in the rear patrol car where Mr. King was located. I began to transport him to the Barrow County Jail when Mr. King began to get unruly, yelling about his charges and then unbuckling his seat belt and claiming he didn’t feel safe.

I pulled over on Exchange Blvd and placed the seat belt back on Mr. King. Mr. King continued to argue about why he was going to jail and claimed he was just sitting in the passenger seat of his vehicle when we stopped him. Mr. King did not have a recollection of what had actually happened. Mr. King again unbuckled himself and continued to want to argue about what had occurred. Mr. King then began accusing us of leaving his children in the parking lot by themselves.

I was able to transport him to the Barrow County Jail without any further incident He was was turned over to jail staff.

I obtained the following warrants against Mr. King:

#2025-2314MW Simple Battery-FV
#2025- 2315MW Public Intoxication
#2025-2316MW Disorderly Conduct

The back seat of my patrol car was checked before and after Mr. King was placed inside.

[End of Narrative]