Dallas Man Arrested In Felony Rock Throwing Cases

PAULDING COUNTY, GA – A Dallas man was arrested Dec. 28 and charged with three felony counts of terroristic threats/acts after three vehicles were struck by objects Dec. 22. The three cars were damaged but no one was injured. Over the past few months, there have been multiple cases where someone has thrown rocks, bricks, and other objects at cars while they were traveling on GA SR 61 South (Villa Rica Highway) between Winndale Road and Campground School Road, according to the Paulding County Sheriff's Office.

Mackinley Graham Pritchard, 18, was arrested in conjunction with the three most recent incidents and is being housed in the Paulding County Jail on an $8,450 bond.

Sheriff Gary Gulledge noted on his Facebook page, “This type of senseless lawlessness will not be tolerated in Paulding County. I commend our deputies and detectives for their hard work in putting this individual behind bars. Hopefully our citizens can travel down GA SR 61 South with a better sense of security now that Pritchard is in jail.”

After a call to Paulding E-911 on Dec. 23, reporting suspicious persons in the area, deputies with the Uniform Patrol Division located three suspicious individuals in the area of GA SR 61 South and Mustang Drive in the evening hours, according to the Sheriff's Facebook page. As a result of that field interview with the three individuals, a suspect was generated.

On Dec. 28, the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office reached out to the public via the Sheriff's social media pages requesting assistance in this case. "We asked any motorist who was traveling in the area of GA SR 61 South and Mustang Drive on Dec. 23, between the hours of 9:30 and 10 p.m. to give us a call if they saw anything or anyone suspicious," said the Sheriff's Office post.

"Fortunately, we were able to finally get the break in this case that we needed," continued the post. "Because of the field interview with the three suspicious persons on Dec. 23, the Criminal Investigations Division, the Juvenile Investigations Division, and the Uniform Patrol Division were able to secure warrants and make an arrest in the case."

Despite the arrest, the Criminal Investigations Division of the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office encourages anyone who may have any information about this case to come forward. If you know anything about this case, or know of other individuals who might have been involved, call the Criminal Investigations Division at 770-443-3015.

Photo courtesy Paulding County Sheriff's Office