Israel Smalls

Name of Accused:
Smalls, Israel Milik

Date of Arrest:
10/05/2024


Charges For Arrest:
BURGLARY
CRUELTY TO CHILDREN IN THE 3RD DEGREE 3RD OR SUBSEQUENT OFFENSE
THEFT BY TAKING – MISDEMEANOR
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
CRIMINAL DAMAGE TO PROPERTY – 2ND DEGREE
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
MARIJUANA-POSSESS LESS THAN 1 OZ.
Officer’s Narrative:
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On July 24, 2024
around 04:08 A.M., I was dispatched to [60 BLOCK] Cason Rd., Waycross, Brantley County GA, in reference to a fight that had just occurred. When I arrived I spoke with the complainant, [VICTIM ]. She stated, her ex-boyfriend (Israel Smalls) had came into her camper and was beating on the guy ([VICTIM ]) she had over. She stated, the guy that had came over to her place was a one night stand. She stated, Israel kept beating and beating the guy she had over. She stated, Israel made her stay in the kitchen area and closed the curtain to the bedroom because everytime he would see her face it made him want to kill [VICTIM ]. She stated, she begged and begged for Israel to stop and she grabbed all of [VICTIM ]s belongings because Israel had went through his wallet looking for money and whatever else he could find. Myself and Sgt. Jason Lee asked [VICTIM ] where they both went. She stated, Israel let [VICTIM ] up and he left and then [VICTIM ] had left behind him. She stated, she thought [VICTIM ] went after Israel. She stated, they both lived in Ware County.
Sgt. Lee said that he was going to dispatch and let them know which way they were both traveling so that Ware County Deputies could be on the look out. Sgt. Lee came back to the camper and saw the phone on the ground and asked whose phone it was. [VICTIM ] stated, it was [VICTIM ]s and to be careful because Israel had stabbed the screen with a black knife. [VICTIM ] stated, she had a video that Israel had sent to mom. We watched the video. The video was pointed at the back of [VICTIM ]s head and back and you can hear Israel in the video. In the video you can see [VICTIM ] trying to get [VICTIM ]s shirt from around his neck where Israel was choking him with his own shirt.
Sgt. Lee then advised me that Ware County Deputies were out on the Ware County line with [VICTIM ]. Sgt. Lee went to speak with [VICTIM ]. Sgt. Lee found [VICTIM ]s social security card in the yard. [VICTIM ] stated, she told Israel that if he took anything of [VICTIM ]s that would be evidence against him. She stated, thats when she started to call the cops and he left. She stated, her phone was dead and that she guesses he was trying to call her but they had been broke up for a while now. She stated, that she thinks her cousins boyfriend told Israel there was a car at her house but she was not for certain that they called him. She stated, her baby ([REDACTED BY AGENCY]) was present when all of this had occurred. She stated, that she was also 13 to 14 weeks pregnant. I then took pictures of the blood on the floor.
I then went to my patrol truck and called dispatch to run Israels name through GCIC. As I was on the phone [VICTIM ] stepped out saying that Israel was on the phone and was headed back out to this residence. I got off the phone with dispatch and went back up to where [VICTIM ] was. Israel was calling her phone back and I answered. I asked him who was this. He stated, his name was Mark. I asked him if this was Israel. He stated, no this is Izzy. I told him I knew that his name was Mr. Smalls and that I was Deputy Dasher with the Brantley County Sheriffs Office. I asked him if he was coming back to this residence and he said no. I asked him if we could meet him somewhere and he said why. I told him I needed his side of the story. I told him that there would be charges on him and that we could get a warrant and serve it on him or he could come now and take care of it. I told him that he could not come into the residence. He stated that [VICTIM ] let him in and that the door was locked when he got there. [VICTIM ] was near me and said that he pushed past her on the steps and went inside. Israel stated, she was at the counter when he went inside.
I asked him if he wanted to meet up so we could talk. He asked me, are we going to talk or am I going to be arrested. I told him that either way he was going to be arrested. I told him we could go ahead and take care of it tonight or I could get a warrant for his arrest. He told me to stay on the phone and to hold on. His sister then got on the phone and I asked her if Mr. Smalls was coming back to the residence. She stated, no that I could serve a warrant to her moms address. I asked what was her moms address. She stated, it was [1200 BLOCK] Pine St. Waycross, GA. I then asked for her name and She stated she would rather not give it to me.
[End of Narrative]