An Evans teen remains in jail today on charges of drunken driving and striking a Richmond County sheriff’s officer’s car.
Julieann Sommers, 17, of Taft Drive, was driving around 2 a.m. Saturday when she rear-ended an unmarked, stopped sheriff’s vehicle driven by Investigator Paul Godden on Washington Road near the Interstate 20 overpass, said sheriff's Maj.Richard Weaver.
Ms. Sommers drove from the scene but was stopped by another deputy in the 2800 block of Washington Road.
Police charged Ms. Sommers with driving under the influence, driving with an open container, hit and run, attempting to elude police, obstruction of a law enforcement officer, following too closely and driving without a driver's license.
She remains at the Richmond County jail under an $8,560 bond.
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She is not old enough to drink nor does she need to be out at 2am.
I see she's still in lockup. Some tough love perhaps??
Wow. This will cost her for a long time. I wonder if she even had a license...said it was not with her. Hoo boy...
Probably spent all her money on booze and can not afford to post bond. Still lying to her parents about her whereabouts. Poor girl does not know how much trouble she is in. As T Payne would say "Can I buy ya a drink?"
driving without a driver's license.
means she doesnt have one.
Very sad story...it's a blessing no one was hurt in the accident.
glad it was HER and not me
Where were her parents?
sophiecat1, I was wondering the same thing. Where are her parents? Why does she have access to a vehicle? What's REALLY going on?
Probably a crackhead. Parents probably never married and maybe a prostitute or drug dealer. I even think that they may be on welfare and I was behind her when she paid for her liquor with an EBT card.
Parents, unfortunately, can't make a 17-year-old stay home according to DFACS and the Sheriff's Department.
grouse, that law has since changed. A minor has to stay at home until age eighteen.
My parents sure as heck could. Driving around alone after dark was pretty much not allowed until I went off to college. And of course, as a freshman, I wasn't allowed a car.
I'm wondering why her bond isn't higher with all of those charges.
geez, hypocrite....that sounds like that HONGKONG joker for a minute.....
I will pitch in 8 bucks to get her out. Just need a 1000 or so other folks to pitch in.
My daughter went to school with this girl and said she was nothing but trouble in school, this was middle school.
Let me remind you when you were younger, I bet you did things your parents didn't know. The differ is she got caught and you didn't. You need to be careful when talking about other people children when you have some that's doing things you don't know about.
Sophiecat, my exact same thought. Where the hell were/are her parents? I did tell my kids that if they wind up in jail for doing something stupid, they stay there until I feel like coming to see about getting yu out. One paid the pirce for being drunk and disorderly and spent the night inte hoosgow. He wasn't under age, just being stupid. He did turn out fine, however.
Young ladt better get a bus schedule when she gets out of jail.
Leo you are wrong my daughter (who is 17) just left home and I went and found her and tried to make her come home. Her boyfriend called the police on me. They told me she could leave at 17 but if she wanted to come back home I had to let her.
HYPOCRITES08... There are some things I want to say to you about your comment but I think I will save it for now and just pray about it.
Use your computers and go to Official Code of Georgia Annotated (OCGA) and you can READ the provisions for Unruly Juveniles rather than speculate from War Stories. Also you can inquire and find legal information on same subject. LE Officers sometimes do not know the exact law, or not current on new legislation if they have not received their annual legislation update on new laws going into effect. If you are 16 you go to RYDC; if you are 17, you get the experience of being "Booked" into jail but parents are responsible for you until you are 18. Granted, there is confusion rationale about responsibilities. But legislators usually make things confusing.
some of you have no idea. there are actually good parents out there..supportive, loving etc. behind these kids. so many factors affect, distract, and alienate our kids from us.....hopefully, it is not a lifelong behavior.
I hope this will be a wake up call for her and she will changed her life. Luckily no one got hurt. I hope all parents with teenagers show this ad to them to show what happens when poor choices are made.
they charged her with all of that, but didn't mention underage drinking...
Augustapaperdoll, don't give up hope on your daughter. My son was unbelievable at that age, but now he's fine. You can't tell them anything at that age, because they know everything about everything. Just let her go and stay in touch with her. She will be back on your doorstep when she wants something, believe me.
I heard she had her 1 year old daughter in the car that night, berfore hitting the cop. She was riding around w/ her baby in the car drunk and high on drugs late at night. She is exactly where she belongs. I hope someone takes that baby from her. Thank god no one was hurt.