Demaurio Barton

Name of Accused:
Barton, Demaurio Tremayne

Date of Arrest:
08/26/2024


Charges For Arrest:
Disorderly Conduct
Possession of Methamphetamine
Officer’s Narrative:
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On Monday August 26th, 2024
at 0149 hours I was dispatched to [90 BLOCK] Martin Luther King Jr Cir, Kingston, GA 30145 in reference to a burglary in progress.
Upon arrival I spoke with [VICTIM ]. [VICTIM ] stated her nephew, Demaurio Barton broke into her house using the side door. [VICTIM ] stated Demaurio uses drugs and she wanted him to leave. [VICTIM ] stated this wasn’t the first time Demaurio has broke into her . [VICTIM ] stated “y’all take him somewhere, get him out of here”.
[VICTIM ] took me into the house where Demaurio was at. I made with Demaurio in [VICTIM ]’ guest bedroom. I detained Demaurio at that time in handcuffs to the rear. I conducted a incident to arrest of Demaurio’s person where I found a small bag of a white crystal substance suspected to be methamphetamine in Demaurio’s front right coin pocket. Demaurio he was placed under arrest, and placed in the rear of my patrol vehicle.
I went to the side door where Demaurio broke into [VICTIM ] house and observed damage to her door frame. I took pictures of the damages using my body camera. I asked [VICTIM ] if she wanted to press charges for Demaurio breaking into her house. [VICTIM ] stated she didn’t want to press charges for burglary, she just wanted Demaurio out of her house.
Demaurio was transported to the Bartow County Jail, and was turned over to jail staff without further incident.
The suspected methamphetamine was submitted into evidence, and warrants have been secured for Demaurio for Possession of Methamphetamine and Disorderly Conduct.
[End of Narrative]