Charles Daniels

Name:
Daniels, Charles Lamar

Date of Booking:
12/07/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer (F)

DUI/Alcohol/Less Safe

Failure to Maintain Lane

Speeding

Stop signs and yield signs

Criminal Damage to Property-2nd Degree-Business

Reckless Driving

Probation Violation

Obstruction of Officers-(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 Sunday, December 7, 2025, at approximately 1605 hours, I was dispatched to [300 BLOCK] Barrett Road in reference to an unwanted person.

While en route, dispatch advised the caller stated she had been allowing a male, identified as Charles Daniels, to stay at her residence but now wanted law enforcement to remove him. The caller further stated Charles kept looking through the blinds but would not come outside.

I requested dispatch to run Charles’ information through GCIC/NCIC. Dispatch later advised Charles had an active warrant for Probation Violation through the Houston County Sheriff’s Office (WNO2025PW000755). The warrant had been valid since October 29, 2025.

Upon arrival, I made contact with the caller, who stated Charles had left the residence prior to our arrival in an older blueish-grey Nissan Altima.

Deputies cleared the scene and began patrolling the surrounding area in an attempt to locate the Altima.

Approximately one minute later, while driving west on Barrett Road, I observed a Nissan Altima traveling eastbound. The vehicle was swerving and failing to maintain its lane in violation of O.C.G.A. 40-6-48.

I conducted a U-turn and initiated a traffic stop. The vehicle came to a stop at the intersection of Klondike Road and Barrett Road.

I made a driver-side approach and identified the driver as Charles Lamar Daniels by his Georgia driver’s license. I instructed Charles to exit the vehicle; however, he did not comply. While I was giving commands, I detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from inside the vehicle. Charles then began manipulating the center gear selector and shifted the vehicle into drive before fleeing from the traffic stop.

Deputy Harden and I returned to our patrol vehicles and initiated a pursuit with emergency lights and sirens activated.

Charles fled westbound on Klondike Road, continuing to fail to maintain his lane. He reached speeds of 85 mph in a posted 55 mph zone and nearly struck several mailboxes and trash cans. There was no traffic on Klondike Road during this portion of the pursuit.

At the intersection of Klondike Road and Pitts Road, Charles made a wide right turn without signaling, entering the oncoming lane before correcting into the proper lane. He continued fleeing on Pitts Road at speeds up to 90 mph in a 55 mph zone. No traffic was present in this area.

At the intersection of Pitts Road and Grovania Road, Charles ran the stop sign and turned right onto Grovania Road. He reached approximately 70 mph in a posted 55 mph zone. Traffic was light but beginning to increase.

Charles then reached the intersection of Grovania Road and Highway 341. He turned left onto Highway 341 where traffic was moderate. Charles then made a sudden right turn onto a dirt driveway at [2900 BLOCK] Highway 341.

Charles traveled down the driveway and attempted to take a sharp left turn at a high rate of speed, running off into the grass and nearly striking a large tree. He continued fleeing through a field, driving between two houses, and eventually entered Mt. Olive Church Road. Upon reaching the roadway, he drove up an embankment, struck a fire hydrant, and collided with a small group of trees, becoming stuck. Charles attempted to drive away, but the tires only spun in place.

Deputy Harden and I drew our duty pistols and ordered Charles to exit the vehicle. Charles repeatedly opened and closed the driver’s door approximately five times but refused to exit. We maintained a lethal cover position and continued giving commands for approximately ten minutes until additional units arrived.

Georgia State Patrol Troopers, Perry Police Department officers, and other deputies arrived on scene. Trooper Thompson moved to the driver’s window and used a window punch to shatter the glass. After this, Charles complied when threatened with deployment of Trooper Thompson’s K9 partner, K9 Koda.

Charles exited the vehicle with his hands raised. Once he cleared the door, I announced I would be the hands-on deputy. I grabbed Charles’ right wrist, guided him to the ground, and pulled upward on his elbow while guiding his wrist behind his back. Charles was placed in handcuffs, double-locked to the rear and checked for fit. While handcuffing Charles, I detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage coming from his breath.

Charles was searched incident to arrest and secured in the rear of Deputy Harden’s patrol vehicle. I then read the Implied Consent Notice for Suspects Age 21 or Over, and Charles verbally consented to the state-administered chemical test of his blood.

Deputy Harden transported Charles to the Houston County Detention Center. I requested the on-call wrecker service, and Road Runner Towing arrived shortly thereafter, removed the vehicle from where it was stuck, and towed it from the scene.

Upon arrival at the Detention Center, a nurse began preparing to perform the blood draw. When she presented the blood draw kit, Charles stated she was “not pricking him with a needle.” I interpreted this as a refusal and applied for a search warrant for Charles’ blood.

After reviewing the affidavit, Judge Turner of the Houston County Magistrate Court signed the search warrant. Charles was given a copy of the signed warrant. The nurse then conducted the blood draw, filling two vials and securing them in the GBI blood kit.

After serving the search warrant, Charles was booked on the following charges:

• DUI Multiple Substances (O.C.G.A. 40-6-391(a)(4))
• Fleeing and Attempting to Elude (O.C.G.A. 40-6-395)
• Obstruction (O.C.G.A. 16-10-24)
• Speeding (O.C.G.A. 40-6-181)
• Failure to Maintain Lane (O.C.G.A. 40-6-48)
• Failure to Stop at Stop Sign (O.C.G.A. 40-6-72)
• Reckless Driving (O.C.G.A. 40-6-390)
• Criminal Damage to Property, 2nd Degree (O.C.G.A. 16-7-23)
• Open Container Violation (O.C.G.A. 40-6-253)

The GBI blood kit was secured in evidence at the Houston County Sheriff’s Office for transport to the GBI for testing.

[End of Narrative]