Pamela Marcum

Name:
Marcum, Pamela Lee

Date of Booking:
01/27/2026

Reason(s) For Booking:
Criminal Trespass – Unlawful Entry

Simple Battery Against Police Officer/LE Dog/ Corrections or Detention Officer

Cruelty to Children-Cause Excessive Physical/Mental Pain-1st Degree

Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement Officers-Felony

False Imprisonment-Vic is less than 14YOA and Not Offender’s Child

Officer’s Narrative:
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[NARRATIVE #1 on January 27, 2026]

On 01/27/2026 at approximately 1837 hours I responded to [1400 BLOCK] Jones Rd. Winder, Ga 30680 in reference to a dispute.

The information I was given from Dispatch was that a woman entered a home that was not hers and eventually took the callers 4 year old son by the neck and would not let him go. Upon arrival, the caller, [VICTIM #1] was standing in the door way to let us in the house. When I entered the home, I observed a woman in a camouflage jacket laying on the couch of the house with a young boy in her grasp. The woman, identified as Pamela Marcum, was lying on her back and the boy was lying on top of her, on his back, but in the grasp of Marcum. The young boy could not get out of her arms.

Sgt Crosby and I approached Marcum giving her verbal commands to let the boy go. She failed to comply with the commands and Sgt Crosby and I pulled her arms apart, freeing the young boy. We stood Marcum up and placed her in handcuffs, detaining her. Marcum would not walk out of the house under her own power, so Sgt Crosby, Deputy Arrango, and I carried her out of the house. During the entire altercation inside the home and out, Marcum kept yelling things that were not making sense. She was talking about seeing
lasers, thinking that we were going to make her overdose on [REDACTED BY AGENCY] and screaming for someone to call 911.

We called for a med unit to evaluate her, but when the med unit got there, she denied evaluation. Due to her behavior, Sgt Crosby and Sgt Smith agreed that she needed to be evaluated at the hospital before going the Detention Center. Marcum was placed under arrest and placed in the rear seat of my patrol car. Again, she would not walk under her own power so she was picked up and placed inside the patrol car. I then transported her to NEGA Medical Center Barrow.

Upon arriving at the hospital, Marcum refused to be evaluated again. We told her it was not optional and that she needed to get out of the car and have a seat in the wheelchair that medical staff provided. She refused to do so. Sgt Crosby and I pulled her out of the vehicle and placed her in the wheelchair. She was escorted inside and placed into the hospital bed. After being cleared by the medical staff, again she had to be placed in the wheelchair due to her failing to stand and walk under her own power.

Once we got her to the patrol car, we told her to stand up and have a seat in the car, she refused and we tried to place her in the vehicle. This time, Marcum actively resisted. Marcum was fighting us about going back into the patrol vehicle. She would drop all of her weight when we tried to pick her up. She sat on the ground. She rolled her upper body off the seat and into the floor while we were trying to place her in the seat. She kicked me multiple times. Sgt Crosby, who was on the other side of the patrol vehicle trying to pull Marcum across, drew her county issued taser and arc’d it, telling Marcum that she was going to be tased if she did not comply and get into the patrol vehicle.

We finally were able to get Marcum’s lower body into the seat and she was trying to push back into me and get back out of the vehicle. I drew my county issued taser and arc’d it telling her that she needed to get in the car or she was going to be tased. Marcum failed to comply with my commands and I drive stunned her on her left shoulder blade. After being drive stunned, she stopped resisting and sat in the seat. I closed the door to the vehicle and transported her to the Barrow County Detention Center. Marcum was turned over to Detention Staff and acted the same way towards them. Marcum was searched into the jail while she was lying on the floor because she refused to stand under her own power.

The rear seat of my patrol vehicle was searched before and after transport. No contraband was found.

I established Probable Cause for the following:

OCGA 16-5-41 False Imprisonment Victim Less Than 14YO: Pamela Marcum did commit the offense of False Imprisonment when she intentionally and without legal authority, grabbed a 4 year old male and held him in her grasp, not allowing him to leave.

OCGA 16-5-70 Cruelty to Children in the 1st Degree: Pamela Marcum did commit the offense of Cruelty to Children in the 1st Degree when she intentionally grabbed a 4 year old male, holding him in her grasp and not letting him leave, causing excessive mental pain to the juvenile.

OCGA 16-5-23 Simple Battery against Law Enforcement Officer: Pamela Marcum did commit the offense of Simple Battery against Law Enforcement Officer when she knowingly and intentionally kicked the arresting Deputy while actively resisting going back into the patrol vehicle after being medically cleared at the hospital.

OCGA 16-10-24 Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement: Pamela Marcum did commit the offense of Willful Obstruction of Law Enforcement when she knowingly and intentionally kicked the arresting Deputy while actively resisting going back into the patrol vehicle after being medically cleared at the hospital.

OCGA 16-7-21 Criminal Trespass: Pamela Marcum did commit the offense of Criminal Trespass when she entered and remained inside of a residence after the legal homeowners told her multiple times to leave the property.

[End of Narrative]

[NARRATIVE #2 on January 27, 2026]

On January 27, 2026, at approximately 1839 hours I responded, “code 3” (urgent) to [1400 BLOCK] Jones Road, Winder, Georgia in reference to a domestic dispute. Per dispatch notes it stated the caller advised her neighbor walked into her home saying she was being abused and is now holding onto the caller’s son. Caller stated she advised the female is under the influence along with stating her name is Pam. While on the phone with dispatch the caller repeatedly stated let go of my son.

Upon arriving, I observed a female laying in the front yard of the residence with multiple Deputies around her. The female was yelling statements that did not make sense about needing help and seeing lasers. While a med unit was enroute to evaluate Pam, Sgt Crosby asked for me to go to [1400 BLOCK] Jones Road as the female was believed to have come from that residence.

Upon arrival, a female answered later identified as [REDACTED]. She was observed jittery and swaying back and forth with slurred speech. Through my knowledge training and experience I believed her to be under the influence of alcohol or narcotics. I asked if she knew a female named Pam. [REDACTED] stated yeah that is my son’s girlfriend. I then asked to speak with him and a male later identified as [WITNESS #1] came to the door. [WITNESS #1] was also observed jittery swaying back and forth with slurred speech. He too was suspected to be under the influence of alcohol or narcotics as well.

I then asked [WITNESS #1] if he knew a female named Pam. [WITNESS #1] stated yes that is my girlfriend. I then asked what happened tonight for her to leave. [WITNESS #1] stated Pam and his mom [REDACTED] got into an argument and Pam ran out the front door. [WITNESS #1] did not state what the argument was over but insisted she left on her own doing. I returned to [1400 BLOCK] Jones Road informing Sgt. Crosby and Sgt Smith what was stated. The incident was then turned over to the primary Deputy.

[End of Narrative]