Bria Bellanca

Name:
Bellanca, Bria T

Date of Booking:
01/11/2026

Reason(s) For Booking:
DUI LESS SAFE DRIVER

DISORDERLY CONDUCT

Officer’s Narrative:
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On January 11, 2026, at about 0155 hrs., I was working an off-duty security detail, in full police uniform, with my marked patrol vehicle (3280), at 135 Shoppers Way (Breezy’s Bistro), along with Capt. M. Davis #104, and was currently tasked with clearing the parking lot area, after the bar closed.

While clearing the parking lot and making sure all of the patrons were outside of the bar, prior to 0200 hrs., I observed a taller black female, later identified as Ms. Bria Bellanca, return to the business’ front door, and she began yelling at one of the male employees about the whereabouts of her vehicle keys. Seeing that Ms. Bellanca was accompanied by another black male, and the encounter seemed to be escalating, I went over to see what was the issue.

As I approached the situation, I noticed Ms. Bellanca was heavily intoxicated, had an odor of alcoholic beverages coming from her breath when she yelled, had slurred speech, and was slightly stumbling as she walked. I, quickly, assisted with de-escalating the situation, and Ms. Bellanca’s keys were returned to her.

After Ms. Bellanca received her vehicle keys, I asked her if she had an appropriate ride, due to her intoxicative state, and warned her about the consequences of driving impaired. After warning Ms. Bellanca and pleading with her to just to either get a ride, “Uber or Lyft,” or a taxi, she was escorted away by one of her black male friends.

As I returned to clearing the parking, Ofc. M. Pritchett #146 and other on-duty patrol units arrived on scene to assist with clearing the parking lot area. As I began walking west through the parking lot, I noticed Ofc. Pritchett had got out with a vehicle (a white 2011 Buick Lacrosse with OH tag [REDACTED]), where I later discovered Ms. Bellanca was in the front drivers seat and had just cranked the car up.

As I approached the vehicle, parked in west side of the parking lot, I could hear Ofc. Pritchett, also, warning Ms. Bellanca about the consequences of driving impaired. I could hear Ofc. Pritchett offer to give Ms. Bellanca a courtesy ride in his marked patrol vehicle to her residence. After Ms. Bellanca refused any assistance to get to her residence, I saw Ms. Bellanca attempting to call someone on her cellphone.

Shortly after Ofc. Pritchett spoke with Ms. Bellanca, he had to walked over to assist other patrol units with a separate belligerent intoxicated female that was causing problems and refusing to go with her friends to get a ride home. Anticipating that the other patrol Officers may need a transport, I returned to my marked patrol vehicle and began driving towards they were dealing with the belligerent subject.

As I drove west in the parking lot, Ofc. Pritchett notified be, flashing his flashlight, and advised that Ms. Bellanca was driving out of the parking lot. After Ofc. Pritchett got my attention, I noticed Ms. Bellanca’s vehicle was traveling east on Shopper’s Way, and about to turn right onto Scranton Conn.

After confirming Ms. Bellanca was operating her vehicle, and due to her disregard of the multiple warnings given to by Officers and bystanders, I activated my patrol vehicle’s emergency equipment (lights and siren) and initiated a traffic stop on Ms. Bellanca’s vehicle. I was, immediately, able to get Ms. Bellanca’s vehicle stopped at the intersection of Scranton Conn. & Shoppers Way. After getting the vehicle stopped, I exited my patrol vehicle and made contact with Ms. Bellanca (the driver).

As I began explaining the reason of the stop to Ms. Bellanca, I, quickly, noticed she still exhibited the same signs of impairment, as when I first encounter Ms. Bellanca at the bar’s front entrance area. I asked Ms. Bellanca for her drivers license. Ms. Bellanca’s movements were slow and her speech were slurred, and she seemed to have difficulty focusing on finding and retrieving her drivers license from her brown “Michael Korrs” wallet.

After asking Ms. Bellanca, several times, for her drivers license, and her being unable to present them, I told Ms. Bellanca to step out of her vehicle. Once Ms. Bellanca stepped exited from the drivers seat, I noticed she was unsteady on her feet and slightly stumbled as she walk back towards the rear of her vehicle. When Ms. Bellanca got to the rear of her vehicle, she, immediately, leaned on her vehicle’s trunk, as if she had trouble standing without assistance.

Based on the nature of the stop, I asked Ms. Bellanca if she would perform some standardized field sobriety tests (SFST) to determine if she was driving impaired. Ms. Bellanca stated she “would rather not” perform any tests and would rather do a blood test. Ofc. Pritchett later responded to my location to assist.

After her refusals I asked Ms. Bellanca if I could check her eyes, and she allowed me to check them. I had Ms. Bellanca remove her glasses, and I could see her eyes were bloodshot and glassy. I checked Ms. Bellanca’s eyes by performing the Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus (HGN) test. I explained to Ms. Bellanca what I wanted her to do.

Prior to the test, I asked Ms. Bellanca if she had a problem seeing the tip of my pen (stimulus), and she could see the stimulus. I examined the pupils of both Ms. Bellanca’s eyes to make sure they were of equal size. I instructed Ms. Bellanca to follow the tip of my pen with only her eyes and to keep her head still when following the pen. After making sure Ms. Bellanca understood my instructions, I began checking her eyes.

During the test, I observed a lack of smooth pursuit in both Ms. Bellanca’s eyes, the left and the right. Ms. Bellanca seemed to be unable to or unwilling to keep following the tip of my pen and stopped looking at the pen, several times, sighed and rolled her eyes, in disgust. I had to remind Ms. Bellanca to keep following the pen with her eyes.

Due to Ms. Bellanca being uncooperativer, I was unable to complete the HGN test. Although I was unable to complete the full HGN test, I did observe the onset of nystagmus prior to 45 degrees in both Ms. Bellanca’s eyes, the left and the right. I was able to observe a total of 4 clues out of 6 for both eyes.

Based on my observations, I advised Ms. Bellanca that she was under arrest for DUI, and she was taken into custody without incident and placed in handcuffs. The handcuffs were double-locked and checked for tightness. Ms. Bellanca was escorted to my patrol vehicle, where she was searched incident to the arrest.

After the search incident to the arrest, Ms. Bellanca was secured in the back seat of my marked patrol vehicle. After being secured in the back seat of my marked patrol vehicle, Ms. Bellanca was read Ga Implied Consent, at about 0228 hrs., which she requested to have the testing of her blood.

While I prepared to transport Ms. Bellanca, Ofc. Pritchett remained on scene until Ms. Bellanca’s vehicle was later removed from the scene by rotational wrecker service, D&C Towing. Sgt. K. Monks #223, later, arrived on scene, was advised of the situation, and gave me a standard GBI Toxicology Blood kit for the requested blood test for Ms. Bellanca.

After clearing the scene, Ms. Bellanca was transported to the ER of 2415 Parkwood Dr. (SEGRMC) to complete the requested blood test. After arriving at the ER, and waiting the phlebotomist, Ms. Bellanca became belligerent and agitated inside of the ER ambulance patient intake area. As Ms. Bellanca continued to yell and talk loudly, some of the medical staff and other Officers inside of the ER told her to stop, due to her disturbing other patients, some elderly and some children.

After a nurse nicely told Ms. Bellanca to stop yelling, Ms. Bellanca responded by telling the nurse to “Shut up. Suck my di*k!” Due to Ms. Bellanca’s behavior and outburst, she had to be isolated to her own room. Once the phlebotomist arrived, Ms. Bellanca refused to sign the necessary paperwork for the blood test, which resulted in a non-verbal refusal to the blood test.

After clearing the ER, Ms. Bellanca was transported to the GCDC where she was later released to the custody of the jail staff upon completion of necessary booking paperwork. While at the jail, after completing the booking paperwork, I was preparing to release Ms. Bellanca to the jail staff.

After I removed the handcuffs, I told her to walk to the intake window area. Ms. Bellanca refused and began yelling at me, and then, proceeded to remove her clothing. I told Ms. Bellanca to stop removing her clothing, but she continued. I stepped out of the room and notified the female jail staff of the situation that Ms. Bellanca had completely striped naked.

Several female jail staff members responded and later gained control of Ms. Bellanca, put clothing on her, and took her into custody. The back seat of my patrol vehicle was checked prior to and after the transport of Ms. Bellanca.

Ms. Bellanca was charged with DUI Alcohol Less Safe, and Disorderly Conduct and issued citations for the traffic offenses. A warrant was completed for Disorderly Conduct in reference to this incident.

Due to a malfunction on my patrol vehicle’s Axon Fleet Dash camera 3, this encounter was audio and video recorded only my Axon Body Camera 4,. The video was later uploaded to Evidence.com. All related documents were also later uploaded into Evidence.com.

[End of Narrative]

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Case History:

03/24/26

ARREST WARRANT ISSUED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT

What this means: The original arrest warrant for Bria T Bellanca on a disorderly conduct charge was filed with the Glynn County State Court. An arrest warrant gives law enforcement the legal authority to arrest the defendant and bring them before the court to face the charges.

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03/24/26

DUI CITATION FILED WITH COURT

What this means: A citation for driving under the influence (DUI) against Bria T Bellanca was officially filed with the Glynn County State Court. A citation is a formal notice that criminal charges are being brought against the defendant.

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03/24/26

ACCUSATION FILED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND DUI

What this means: The prosecution filed a formal accusation document in case 26CR03602 charging Bria T Bellanca with both disorderly conduct and DUI less safe driver. An accusation is the formal charging document that officially starts the criminal case and lists the specific crimes the defendant is accused of committing.

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03/30/26

BOND POSTED THROUGH ALL THE TIME BAIL BONDS

What this means: Bria T Bellanca’s bond was posted through All The Time Bail Bonds, a bonding company. This means the defendant has been released from custody while the criminal case proceeds through the Glynn County State Court system.