Daniel Diggs

Name:
Diggs, Daniel Lawrence, Sr

Date of Booking:
04/03/2025

Reason(s) For Booking:
Disorderly Conduct, Fighting Words (M)

Disorderly Conduct – Obscene Language – Minor (M)

Terroristic Threats and Acts – Intimidation

Officer’s Narrative:
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On the date of March 31, 2025, I reporting Corporal (R/C) Cpl. Craig Cross #779 with the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office Juvenile Division, while working my assigned duties, responded to Scoggins Middle School about an irate parent.

Upon arrival, I spoke with the assistant principal, Ms. [VICTIM #1]. Ms. [VICTIM #1] advised that Ms. [WITNESS #1] and Mr. Daniel L. Diggs, Sr. requested to speak with her about an incident that occurred on Friday, March 28, 2025, with their son. Ms. [VICTIM #1] escorted them to the front conference room and offered them a seat. Mr. Diggs stated they would not be long and did not need to sit, they wanted to speak with Mr. [REDACTED]. She informed them he was not in and would return tomorrow. Mr. Diggs then raised his voice and began telling Ms. [VICTIM #1] that they had stripped his son of his belongings on Friday and accused him of smoking marijuana. Ms. [VICTIM #1] responded, telling them that is not what occurred and that we could talk about the matter calmly.

Mr. Diggs said that he was an educated man and that we can skip with the pleasantry and just wanted his sons sweatshirt back. The sweatshirt in question was still in Ms. [VICTIM #1] office, and had forgotten to give it back to the student on Friday. Ms. [VICTIM #1] had tried to contact the Ms. [WITNESS #1] on Friday about the incident and left a message. Ms. [VICTIM #1] did make contact via email on Friday about what transpired on the morning of Friday, 3/18/2025.

Ms. [VICTIM #1] left to retrieve the sweatshirt. When she returned with the sweatshirt, Mr. Diggs told Ms. [VICTIM #1] to be quiet and stay put, as she was trying to talk to him. Mr. Diggs told his son that if anyone accuses him of smoking marijuana again and takes his belongings to call him, and he would be up there immediately. Ms. [VICTIM #1] reassured him that is not what happened, and they could discuss it further with Mr. [REDACTED]. Mr. Diggs stated that if this was a white kid, it would have been handled differently. Ms. [VICTIM #1] told him that was not the case and that we could speak about the situation calmly.

Mr. Diggs then got into Ms. [VICTIM #1] face and told her that she could not tell him what to do. At that point, Ms. [VICTIM #1] told Mr. Diggs he needed to leave. They began exiting the conference room and going into the front office area. Mr. Diggs continued getting in her face and said “I can do what I want you stupid white fu*king bi*ch”. Ms. [VICTIM #1] again requested Mr. Diggs to leave the school grounds, as there were students present. He continued to calling Ms. [VICTIM #1] a stupid white fu*king bi*ch and using other profanities throughout the front office area.

Ms. [VICTIM #1] further stated that as Mr. Diggs exited the school building, he continued to yell profanities in front of students. The schools security guard, Mr. [VICTIM #2] was standing at the front of the school assisting teachers crossing through the crosswalk. He also told Mr. Diggs to leave. Ms. [VICTIM #1] was able to have a brief, calm conversation with Ms. [WITNESS #1] in the front office. Ms. [WITNESS #1] explained they were frustrated as this was not the first time this had happened. While speaking with Ms. [WITNESS #1], Mr. Diggs attempted to reenter the building and began yelling at Mr. [VICTIM #2].

Mr. [VICTIM #2] wrote in his statement: At approximately 8:15, he observed a man, a woman, and a student enter the front door of the school. They were later identified as [WITNESS #1], Daniel Diggs Sr and [WITNESS #2] He watched to make sure they went into the front office on the left, he observed them attempting to go down the main hallway, so he stepped inside and told them they needed to go to the office and pointed to the office door. They continued through the doorway into the main hallway. He pointed to the front office and told them where to enter. They stopped and then went into the front office the correct way. The man said, “I know where I’m going.” The whole time, he was glaring at Mr. [VICTIM #2].

Mr. [VICTIM #2] returned to his car rider duties. A short time later the door to the front office slammed open and Mr. Diggs came out yelling, ” Don’t fu*king tell me where to go, I motherfu*king know”, “Suck my mother fu*king d*ck cracker”. Mr. Diggs continued through the parking lot screaming “Mother Fu*ker” multiple times. Mr. [VICTIM #2] observed a teacher entering the building, who also heard the profanities.

Mr. Diggs was standing next to his vehicle, yelling profanities, and eventually walked back past Mr. [VICTIM #2] and reentered the school, giving him dirty looks. Mr. Diggs came out of the school, shouting obscenities at Mr. [VICTIM #2] in a very loud voice. Mr. Diggs said ” Get your old a*s out o the way, don’t Fu*king tell me what to do, Ill beat the sh*t out of you.” Mr. [VICTIM #2] went inside the building to notify the office staff of the incident and to report it to law enforcement. The couple then left the school.

I spoke with Ms. [WITNESS #3], the front office clerk, who stated that the parents of [WITNESS #2] had come into the office to request a meeting with the principal. Ms. [VICTIM #1] and the parents went into the conference room. About 3-4 minutes after entering the conference room, she began to hear shouting as the parents came bursting through the the office doors and Mr. Diggs was screaming at Ms. [VICTIM #1] “find another black kid to pick on” and to “shut the fu*k up”. Ms. [VICTIM #1] calmly asked him to leave and to he said ” I am fu*king leaving”. Mr. Diggs stormed out of the building and observed him cussing and screaming at Mr. [VICTIM #2]. Ms. [WITNESS #1] began speaking with Ms. [VICTIM #1] calmly at this point. While attempting to get another administrator up to the front office, Mr. Diggs came back into the school, screaming more profanities and racial slurs. He entered the front office and began yelling at Ms. [VICTIM #1]. Mr. Diggs and Ms. [WITNESS #1] then left the school. Ms. [WITNESS #3] advised that multiple kids witnessed the incident.

R/C Collected statements from juvenile’s [WITNESS #4], [WITNESS #5], [WITNESS #6], [WITNESS #7], [WITNESS #8], [WITNESS #9], [WITNESS #10], [WITNESS #11], [WITNESS #12], and [WITNESS #13]. After reading the statements from the juveniles who witnessed the incident, they align with the events observed by Ms. [VICTIM #1], Mr. [VICTIM #2], Ms. [WITNESS #3], and the video evidence collected from the school. Those statements were turned in to be attached to the report.

R/C obtained video evidence from the school’s camera system. The DVD copy was placed into evidence after review.

After a review of the video surveillance and statements from the witnesses, victim, and principal, R/C found probable cause to obtain warrants charging Mr. Daniel Diggs with the following.

O.C.G.A. 16-11-37(a) Terroristic Threats (M)
O.C.G.A. 16-11-39(a)(3) Disorderly Conduct Fighting Words (M)
O.C.G.A. 16-11-39(a)(4) Disorderly Conduct Obscene language Minor Under 14 (M)

The Warrants were signed by Judge K. Parsons.

Warrant #s 25-1151, 25-1152, 25-1153

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