Lonnie Carter

Name:
Carter, Lonnie Devonta

Date of Booking:
10/18/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
WILLFUL OBSTRUCTION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS BY USE OF THREATS OR VIOLENCE – F

REMOVAL OR ATTEMPTED REMOVAL OF WEAPON FROM PUBLIC OFFICIAL – F

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER – F

HIJACKING A MOTOR VEHICLE – 2ND DEGREE – F

HIJACKING A MOTOR VEHICLE – 2ND DEGREE – F

POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE – F

AFFIXING MATERIALS THAT REDUCE OR INCREASE LIGHT TRANSMISSION/REFLECTANCE OF WINDOWS/WINDSHIELDS – M

MARIJUANA-POSSESS LESS THAN 1 OZ. – F

OBSTRUCTION – M

Officer’s Narrative:
[Please note: The following is a direct transcription from the official initial incident report. The Georgia Gazette does not fix any spelling or grammatical errors that may exist. Any changes or redactions made by our staff are placed inside brackets. Some errors may exist. All subjects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The topics discussed may be sensitive to some readers. Discretion is advised.]

On Saturday (10/18/2025) at approximately 1737 hours, I was patrolling with my partner (CPL Wilber) in our clearly marked patrol cruiser; both in full class C police uniform issued dress with our police badges clearly displayed. I observed a white Acura (GA TAG [REDACTED]) traveling northbound on Montgomery Street from Victory Drive with illegal window tint.

I drove behind the Acura and CPL Wilber was able run the license plate through NCIC/GCIC and return that the vehicle was registered to Lonnie Carter. While behind the Acura, I activated my emergency lights and sirens to administer a traffic stop on the vehicle due to having window tint that was too dark (metered). I observed through the rear window of the vehicle, the driver took a back pack from his lap and lifted it above his head before tossing the back pack onto the back seats. While the vehicle was still in motion, I saw the driver throw something out of the driver side window.

The Acura then pulled over into a parking lot on the right side of the road near the intersection of W. 42nd St while on Montgomery. I approached the Acura and called out for the driver to roll all of the windows down on the vehicle due to the dark window tint, to which the driver (Lonnie Carter) complied and advised he knew that to be the reason I was pulling him over.

Carter provided me his driver license and I observed he was the only occupant in the Acura. I also observed through my knowledge, training, & experience (KT&E) that the inside of the Acura smelled like marijuana (GLM).

During police contact, Carter was extremely nervous, as his hands were shaking as he provided me his license. I requested Carter to exit the Acura, to which he initially refused. Carter eventually complied and exited the Acura, to which I directed him to stand in front of my patrol cruiser. Carter walked to the front of my patrol cruiser where I advised him that he was going to be detained in hand cuffs due to his furtive movements inside the Acura at the time of the stop (and the odor of marijuana).

Carter responded by tensing his body and would not let me guide his hands behind his back, as he was attempting to pull them to his chest. I gave Carter verbal commands to co-operate to which he refused. Carter then pushed his body backward away from my Cruiser. I was able to place Carter’s right wrist in a hand cuff before he turned his body towards me and pushed his hand forward, breaking my grasp.

I placed Carter’s torso in a seatbelt position, with one hand over his shoulder and one hand under his waist. Carter twisted his body in an attempt to face me. Carter wrapped his arms around my waist, repeatedly touching my firearm holster several times. Feeling Carter touching my firearm caused me to look down at my gun-belt to ensure Carter was not attempting to remove my pistol from my holster.

I then tripped Carter, causing him to fall to the ground. Carter caught himself, landing on his hands and knees. I placed Carter back into the seat belt postion, trying to lay him into a prone position so that he could be detained. Despite my efforts, Carter was able to stand to his feet again.

CPL Wilber then advised he was going to tase Carter by saying “taser,” which I acknowledged by saying “tase him.” I grappled Carter further and swung his back towards CPL Wilber. I observed CPL Wilber shot Carter in the back with taser prongs which was ineffective and partially energized my arms. I continued to grappled with Carter as he repeatedly drug his hand and arm over my holstered pistol.

CPL Wilber discharged his taser, Carter’s right side with the taser again, which deflected off of Carters clothing and hung loose to my right side. Carter swung the taser prongs towards me, briefly causing me to be tased. Carter then once again drug his right hand over my pistol, causing me to put my left hand over my pistol to hold it in the holster. Due to being tased, I was unable to hold onto Carter any longer.

Carter pushed against my chest and ran South toward Victory. I became entangled in the taser wire, preventing me from immediately pursuing him on foot. CPL Wilber gave chase to Carter, following him as he turned onto W. 42nd St. I observed SGT Ameduri’s patrol vehicle turn behind CPL Wilber and I heard emergency lights and sirens.

I glanced inside of the Acura to check for any evidence of a firearm for officer safety. I quickly searched the Acura in an attempt to ascertain whether the driver had committed a felony level crime, which I believed would allow SGT Ameduri to deploy his K-9 to apprehend Carter (per department policy).

I quickly searched the rear passenger compartment of the Acura and saw the black back-pack that Carter had thrown into the rear of the vehicle upon initiating the traffic stop. Upon opening the backpack, I saw a very large amount of GLM consistent in appearance and odor to marijuana.

I secured the evidence from the Acura in my patrol vehicle, along with CPL Wilber’s taser (which was on the sidewalk outside of the Acura). At this time, I noticed that neither CPL Wilber or SGT Amaduri had given any updates via police radio. SGT Amaduri’s police cruiser had looped back onto Montgomery St, towards the initial vehicle stop, as if he was still searching for CPL Wilber. Lt Smith arrived on scene and I asked him to stay with the Acura so I could run after CPL Wlber and Carter.

I ran South towards where CPL Wilber had given chase to Carter. I ran to Martin Luther King Jr Blvd and observed CPL Wilber and Carter still fighting on Victory Drive.

I ran South on Martin Luther King Jr Blvd and observed CPL Wilber had collapsed on the ground with Carter standing over him. SGT Ameduri drove toward Carter and Cpl Wilber in his vehicle. Ameduri immediately gave Carter verbal commands to get onto the ground, to which he complied. I assisted in placing Carter in handcuffs before seating him into a police vehicle. I searched Carter incident to arrest and observed that he had a small, commercial packaged bag of marijuana in his pocket.

I observed that CPL Wilber fell in and out of consciousness, barely able to understand questions or respond. He was panting heavily as if he was having trouble breathing. CPL Wilber then completely lost consciousness, as he was no longer answering any questions about his well being or what had happened to him. SGT Ameduri transported CPL Wilber to Memorial Medical Center for treatment.

Carter was asked if he was injured, to which he advised he was. CPL Wright transported Carter to Memorial Medical Center.

I traveled back to the Acura to conduct a further search of the vehicle. As I approached the Acura, I saw a wallet containing multiple bank cards belonging to Carter $845 US cash currency. This wallet was on the ground where officers had first attempted to detain Carter.

I inspected the black back-pack further and observed two large bags of GLM, 4 medium sized bags of GLM, and 14 smaller bags of GLM in marked dispensary style baggies. I observed that the 14 smaller baggies were commercially sealed and had warning markers that the contents contained marijuana, a schedule I controlled substance.

In the same bag I observed 15 commercially boxed THC vape pens, that had warning markers that the merchandise contained THC oil.

I seized all GLM and GLM merchandise, along with all of the money from Carter’s wallet. I also seized Carter’s I-phone. All of these items were logged as evidence.

CPL Eblin arrived on scene and towed the Acura. CPL Eblin metered the tint on the front passenger window of the Acura, returning a reading of 4%.

I drove to Memorial Hospital, where I made contact with CPL Wilber, who was still unconscious and had an IV in his arm. CPL Wilber was treated medically and eventually regained conciousness. He was ultimately diagnosed with a concussion and “closed acute head injury.”

Once able, CPL Wilber told me that he chased Carter down Martin Luther King Jr Blvd. CPL Wilber advised he observed that Carter attempted to forcibly open two vehicles while stuck in traffic to hi-jack the operators in order for him to facilitate his escape from officers. CPL Wilber continued to give chase and drew his service weapon to stop Carter from the forcible felonies he was committing.

CPL Wilber observed that Carter then jumped onto the cat-walk of a tractor trailer while pleading for the operator to help him escape. The operator of the truck refused. CPL Wilber ran up to Carter, telling him to stop. Carter then grabbed CPL Wilber’s pistol by its barrel and attempted to pull it out of his hand. CPL Wilber pulled his pistol back and away from Carter’s grasp. With Carter reaching for CPL Wilber’s weapon and being at a position of advantage above him on the cat-walk.

Carter flinched his body downward after CPL Wilber’s strike then jumped off of the cat-walk and continued to run from CPL Wilber. Carter then jumped onto the windshield of another motorist’s sedan and asked them to drive him away, to which the innocent civilian refused.

Carter jumped off of the vehicle and continued to run from CPL Wilber. CPL Wilber told Carter while chasing him that he did not want to hurt him while holstering his service weapon. CPL Wilber advised that he grabbed onto Carter, causing both of them to fall to the ground. Carter then wrestled with Cpl. Wilber on the ground.

Due to CPL Wilber’s head injury, he could not remember exactly what had taken place after his final grapple with Carter.

I observed CPL Wilber’s body cam footage which showed Carter grappling with CPL Wilber. At one point, Carter was mounted on top of Cpl. Wilber while he was on his back. Carter demands CPL Wilber to let him go before Carter stands to his feet and slams both of his knees down onto CPL Wilber’s chest and head. Carter continues to yell at CPL Wilber before grabbing CPL Wilber by his head and chest. Carter appears to shove CPL Wilber’s head or body downwards toward the ground while he is already laying on his back.

Lt Smith advised he observed Ocularus camera footage of the altercation between CPL Wilber and Carter. Lt Smith told me that observed Carter forcibly slam CPL Wilber’s head against concrete during the altercation.

All video footage was uploaded onto Evidence.com. CPL Eblin arrived on scene to assist, and ultimately took custody of all evidence. Field tests on all GLM were conducted and revealed positive results for marijuana. CPL Eblin advised me that the total weight of GLM was approximately 1,108 Grams. CPL Eblin advised that he recovered approximately 31.37 ML of THC fluid.

Carter was transported and booked into CCDC on the following charges:

Tint////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////OCGA 40-8-73.1.
Possession of Marijuana over 1 Oz///////////////////////////OCGA 16-13-30(j),
Possession of Marijuana with Intent to Distribute///////OCGA 16-13-30(b).
Obstruction Felony//////////////////////////////////////////////////OCGA 16-10-24(b).
Obstruction Misdemeanor////////////////////////////////////////OCGA 16-10-24(a).
High-Jacking Motor Vehicle/////////////////2 Counts////////OCGA 16-5-44.1(b)(2).
Attempted Removal of Public Official’s Weapon////////OCGA 16-10-33.
Aggravated Assault on law Enforcement Officer/////////OCGA 16-5-21.

Carter was cleared medically by Memorial Medical Center personnel and transported to CCDC by OFC Graham without incident.

CPL Wilber was cleared medically by Memorial Medical personnel. CPL Wilber was disagnosed with a concussion & possible induced seizure from blunt force trama to the back of his head.

The following supervisors responded to the scene:
SGT Mowers.
SGT Ameduri.
LT Lockett.
LT JEL Smith.
LT Petit-Frere.

[End of Narrative]