Zarius Burch

Name:
Burch, Zarius Jadaun

Date of Booking:
08/20/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Striking Fixed Object

Hit and Run with (nonserious) injury and/or damage

Reckless Stunt Driving

Officer’s Narrative:
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On August 19, 2025, I responded to [600 BLOCK] Saddle Ridge Drive for an accident with no injuries. On my way to the address, dispatch advised a black male wearing a red t-shirt and gray shorts had left the car, came back to the car, and then left again.

When I arrived, I observed a red Chevrolet Impala bearing GA tag: [REDACTED] in the wood line, on the property of [600 BLOCK] Saddle Ridge Drive. The Impala ran over a communications box right before making contact with a tree. The residents of [600 BLOCK] Saddle Ridge Drive called 911 to report the accident because they heard it from inside their house.

Due to no one being around the vehicle, I called for the next list wrecker. Brown’s Wrecker took possession of the Impala. I ran the tag through GCIC/NCIC and found the owner to be [WITNESS #1]. I called [WITNESS #1] to ask him about his car, and he stated he doesn’t know who was driving it and that he is a truck driver, but he was going to call his mom and ask her. I informed [WITNESS #1] that I was going to be towing his car and that I had located a license inside the car, belonging to Zarius Burch JR. [WITNESS #1] told me that it was his son.

While I was waiting for [WITNESS #1] to call me back, Sgt. Crosby found an address of [500 BLOCK] Saddle Ridge Drive that had [WITNESS #1]’s mom as a resident. Deputy McCurry located several burnout marks, along with donut marks, on the other side of Saddle Ridge Drive. One of the residents in the neighborhood provided Nest camera footage showing what appeared to be a vehicle doing donuts in the cul-de-sac. Based on the video, the vehicle doing donuts matched the same description of the Impala.

Lt. Guest, Sgt. Crosby, and Deputy McCurry went to [500 BLOCK] Saddle Ridge Drive and made contact with Zarius Burch JR. Zarius admitted to driving the car. I proceeded to the residence to speak with Zarius JR. Zarius JR. told me that he likes to drive around the neighborhood before coming home to release steam and stated he was driving way too fast and missed the driveway. After missing the driveway, he proceeded toward the cul-de-sac and was going to turn around, but insisted his brakes did not work, and so he went straight into the tree. I asked Zarius JR. why did he not call 911, and he stated that his phone doesn’t work. I asked him why he never came back to the car, and he stated he just wanted to let his family know he wrecked the car.

I told Zarius JR. that he was under arrest for Reckless Stunt Driving (OCGA 40-6-390.1), Hit and Run with injury and/or damage (OCGA 40-6-270), and Duty upon striking a fixed object (OCGA 40-6-272).

Deputy McCurry had already placed Zarius JR. in handcuffs and transported him to jail. Zarius JR. was issued citations for the above-mentioned charges.

[End of Narrative]