A 30-year-old man spent most of Thanksgiving behind bars following a chase yesterday involving Hall County sheriff’s deputies.
Although little information was available on the incident early today because the sheriff’s department’s administrative offices are closed for the holiday weekend, jail and other reports show Raphel Isiah Collins is facing 19 charges:
1) THEFT BY RECEIVING STOLEN VEHICLE (FELONY), 2) POSSESSION OF METHAMPHETAMINE – VGCSA (FELONY), 3) POSSESSION OF A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE (FELONY), 4) DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE (MISDEMEANOR), 5) OPEN CONTAINER VIOLATION WHILE OPERATING MOTOR VEHICLE (MISDEMEANOR), 6) OBSTRUCTION-RESISTING OFFICER/ARREST (MISDEMEANOR), 7) OBSTRUCTION-RESISTING OFFICER/ARREST (MISDEMEANOR), 8) FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE (FELONY), 9) SPEEDING (MISDEMEANOR), 10) RECKLESS DRIVING 1ST OFFENSE (MISDEMEANOR), 11) BRAKE LIGHTS AND TURN SIGNALS REQUIRED (MISDEMEANOR), 12) FAIL TO MAINTAIN LANE (MISDEMEANOR), 13) DRIVING IN EMERGENCY LANE (MISDEMEANOR), 14) OBEDIENCE TO REQUIRED TRAFFIC-CONTROL DEVICES (MISDEMEANOR), 15) TIRES – NO METAL TIRE CONTACT ON ANY ROADWAYS (MISDEMEANOR), 16) DUTY UPON STRIKING FIXTURE (MISDEMEANOR), 17) CHANGING LANES / SLOWING OR STOPPING / SIGNALS REQ / TURNING (MISDEMEANOR), 18) DISPLAY OF LICENSE PLATES (MISDEMEANOR), and 19) FAIL TO MAINTAIN LANE (MISDEMEANOR)
The sheriff’s office Daily Bulletin shows that Collins was arrested about 9:00 Thursday morning at I-985 and Mundy Mill Road.
Early Friday he remained in the Hall County Jail. He was being held without bond.