Nicholas Harrison

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Name:
Harrison, Nicholas Burnell

Date of Booking:
08/21/2026

Reason(s) For Booking:
VGCSA – POSSESS ANY CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

DUI – DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF MULTIPLE SUBSTANCES

Officer’s Narrative:
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[NARRATIVE #1 on August 21, 2026]

On 08/21/2026, at approximately 19:16 hours, I, Officer Roseberry, was conducting traffic control due to the traffi lights on State Route 61 at Interstate 20 being out in my conspicuously marked Villa Rica patrol vehicles equipped with emergency lights and sirens.

I heard a loud crash behind me, turned around, and observed a white 2004 Toyota 4Runner (GA Tag: [REDACTED BY AGENCY]; VIN [REDACTED BY AGENCY]) had struck the rear of a tractor trailer (See Accident Report 202608001042). I made contact with the driver, Mr. Nicholas Harrison (DOB: [REDACTED BY AGENCY]) and confirmed he was not injured. I asked Nicholas what happened, and he advised the tractor trailer came to a stop, and he tried to avoid it, but was unsuccessful. While speaking to Nicholas I observed the odor of an alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath and observed him to have slurred speech. I could not see Nicholas’ eyes due to him wearing sunglasses. I contacted Corporal Ellinas for a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) investigation.

Corporal Ellinas arrived on scene at approximately 19:29 hours. I advised Corporal Ellinas that I believed Nicholas was possibly under the influence. Corporal Ellinas determined Nicholas was operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and drugs to the extent he was less safe to drive. Corporal Ellinas arrested Nicholas and placed him in the rear of my patrol vehicle. (See Corporal Ellinas’s Report).

Corporal Ellinas deployed K-9 Szikar on the Toyota to conduct a free air sniff. Corporal Ellinas advised K-9 Szikar positively alerted to the odor of narcotics coming from the Toyota.

I conducted a Probable Cause Search of the vehicle. In the center console I observed a gold box labeled “Ace Ultra Premium” “Fruit Loops Indica”. Inside the box was a gold vape labeled “Ace Ultra Premium”. I handed over the evidence to Corporal Ellinas.

I transported Nicholas to the Police department, and the arrest was handed over to Corporal Ellinas. I returned to service.

[End of Narrative]

[NARRATIVE #2 on August 21, 2026]

On August 21, 2026, at 1929 hours, I, Corporal Ellinas, responded to a vehicle collision on State Route 61 just passed the I-20 west off ramp.

I am assigned, with my canine partner Szikar, to the Villa Rica Police Department Patrol Division Shift C since December of 2023. My canine partner Szikar and I have completed a 12-week handler course together, in which he was trained, and certified in the following: tracking, obedience, narcotics detection, area searches, building searches, suspect apprehension, and overall patrol work. Szikar is a certified police dog through the National Narcotic Detector Dog Association (N.N.D.D.A), and was certified on November 10, 2023 in Jonesboro, Georgia, recertified on January 21, 2025, and recertified again on January 8, 2026 in Douglasville, Georgia by a certifying official. Szikar is certified in detecting the odors of Methamphetamine, Cocaine, Heroin, and MDMA.

I responded in my conspicuously marked patrol vehicle at the request of Officer Roseberry to investigate a suspected intoxicated driver.

Upon arrival, with my dash/body-worn cameras activated, I spoke with Ofc Roseberry who advised that he suspected the driver of the at-fault vehicle to be impaired.

I spoke with Nicholas Harrison. While speaking with him, I smelled the odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath. When asked if he had consumed any alcoholic beverages he stated twice, “Maybe”. Harrison also advised that he was an alcoholic. Harrison advised he had just out of the hospital and had taken Valium at the hospital. I asked Harrison if he would participate in Standardized Field Sobriety Testing and he replied, “I don’t know what that is”. Harrison stated he could drive and I asked him if he would not do evaluations to ensure that he was good to drive and he stated, “I’m not sure I’m good enough”. I took this as a refusal.

Due to Harrison colliding into the rear of another vehicle while changing lanes, the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath, his admittance to “maybe” consuming alcoholic beverages prior to driving, and his admittance to taking Valium prior to driving, I determined Harrison to be Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol/Drugs. I arrested Harrison and secured his hands with double-locked handcuffs to the rear and checked them for proper fit. He was searched incident to arrest with no contraband found. He was secured in the plastic/metal rear transport cage of Ofc Roseberry’s patrol vehicle which is equipped with a metal and plastic cage and had been searched prior.

I read Harrison Georgia’s Implied Consent Notice for Suspects Age 21 or Over from the green DDS-353 (05/2019), verbatim, requesting blood; Harrison consented.

Ofc Roseberry requested I deploy my canine partner Szikar for a free air sniff on Harrison’s vehicle, a white Toyota 4Runner.

I retrieved my canine partner Szikar to conduct a free air sniff of the 4Runner. I walked Szikar up to the driver side tail light of the vehicle where I had him sit prior to giving him his command to begin the free air sniff. I then gave Szikar his command to begin the free air sniff and directed him toward the driver side of the vehicle. Szikar immediately and unprompted stood on his hind legs to sniff the inside of the 4Runner through the open driver window.

Szikar has shown this behavior before when he smells the odor of narcotics coming from a vehicle. He then continued around to the front bumper of the 4Runner sniffing different seams and areas. He then turned around and went back down the driver side of the 4Runner continually sniffing different areas and seams. He then abruptly and unprompted sniffed the seam at the driver side B-Pillar, then the C-Pillar, then the B-Pillar, and then unprompted again stood on his hind legs to sniff the inside of the 4Runner.

Szikar has shown this behavior before when bracketing where the odor of narcotics is coming from inside a vehicle. I then directed him to sniff the seam at the C-Pillar and then the seam on the trunk hatch. Szikar then pulled me up the passenger side and he then turned around and abruptly turned and stopped to sniff the bottom seam of the front passenger door moving his head back and forth along the seam several times. He then moved on further towards the rear bumper but again abruptly stopped and turned around to sniff the bottom seam of the front passenger door again going back and forth multiple times. He then unprompted stood on his hind legs to sniff the inside of the 4Runner through the open passenger window.

Szikar has shown this behavior before when he smells the odor of narcotic coming from inside of a vehicle. He then went back to all fours and sniffed the underside of the vehicle. Szikar then abruptly and unprompted began sniffing the lower half of the seam at the B-Pillar, went to an unprompted sit, and began nose bumping the seam area and barking. Seeing this behavior, I determined Szikar had positively alerted to the odor of narcotics coming from within the vehicle. I released Szikar from conducting the free air sniff and rewarded him with a toy.

A search of the 4Runner yielded a THC Vape device with a concentration above the legal limit (See Ofc Roseberry’s supplement).

Harrison was transported in Ofc Roseberry’s patrol vehicle to the Villa Rica Police Department. A TruePeaks technician arrived and drew a blood sample at 2004 hours. The blood sample was dropped into evidence under Receipt VR- 019656. The vape device was dropped into evidence under Receipt VR- 019655.

Harrison was transported to the Carroll County Jail for housing.

Carroll County warrants for Driving While Under the Influence – Combo (OCGA 40-6-391A4) and Illegal Possession of a Controlled Substance (OCGA 16-13-30A) have been completed and await a judges signature.

[End of Narrative]

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Case History:

8/31/26

APPEARANCE BOND SET

What this means: A judge has set the conditions for Nicholas Burnell Harrison’s release from custody pending trial in Carroll Superior Court. An appearance bond means the defendant is released on his own recognizance or with a financial pledge, with the requirement that he appear at all scheduled court hearings. The specific bond amount and any additional conditions (such as travel restrictions or substance testing) would be detailed in the bond order.