Arrests made in armed robbery

Two people have been arrested by the Jackson County Sheriff's Office in connection with an armed robbery Thursday at a rural country store.

Shaun Fortson, Elberton, and Keri Ann Mullins, Hull, were charged with armed robbery and kidnapping in the incident that took place at Stop-and-Shop store on the Jefferson-Commerce road in the Harrisburg community.

Officials said two people wearing masks, a white male and white female, entered the store with a handgun, tied up a store clerk with duct tape and took money from the cash register.

A Jackson County Sheriff's Office deputy happened to be in the area and saw a black Mitsubushi car traveling at a high rate of speed on the Brockton-Thyatira road, according to officials. After stopping the vehicle, the deputy arrested the two occupants and discovered some items connecting them to the robbery. As search warrant was being executed Thursday afternoon for other items in the car.

One of those charged reportedly confessed to the robbery, officials said.

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#1 John Smith on 11/04/10 at 04:11 PM [Reply]

I saw where the robbery was posted then just a hour or two later its posted that an arrest was made. That's pretty dang quick. Good job Jackson County Sheriff's Office. Nice work!

#1.1 jj on 11/04/10 at 06:08 PM [Reply]

john thats right, the deputies worked great today, another major crime that was stopped by an alert deputy. great job guys!!!

#1.2 anonymous on 11/07/10 at 03:39 PM [Reply]

where were her kids?

#1.3 anonymous on 11/07/10 at 07:56 PM [Reply]

i know the woman in the photograph..i have known her for years, and i cannot believe this, i mean i do believe it but years ago she was a totally different person. just goes to show you what drugs will do to people. it is unbelievable, because she has four kids.

#2 outside observer looking in on 11/04/10 at 05:59 PM [Reply]

Nice work indeed....I suppose the police did not took a cigarette break enroute to the scene

#2.1 john smith on 11/04/10 at 09:18 PM [Reply]

Outside observer looking in.....if you are being cynical which I'm assuming you are, please never call 911 again. The deputies did something great today and you have to be a horse's butt and make a smart comment about something that is a dead issue. If your not then I am sorry.

#2.1.1 bigdragon on 11/06/10 at 12:27 PM [Reply]

John, I'm hoping that outsider meant that if the Deputy had stopped for a cigarette break instead of smoking in their patrol cars, as has been suggested by some people, that he may not have been in that area..... but that's just me looking hard for a good side. Judging by Mr Fortson's mug shots I'd say he may have tried to resist arrest!!!!!

#2.2 amused on 11/05/10 at 04:27 PM [Reply]

haha to funny :-) and oh so true

#2.3 Meanie on 11/13/10 at 06:25 PM [Reply]

you must be a real moron. a propane leak can be sparked by anything including a radio transmission, cell phone, or a lighter.. and one of the counties deputies might have been killed. whether he smokes or not doesn't stop him from being a good cop who defends your rights every day. get over it.

#3 anonymous on 11/04/10 at 11:15 PM [Reply]

great job JCSO!

#4 Ronald Kitchens on 11/05/10 at 12:49 PM [Reply]

This is just the start of what will happen. There will be more and more robberies coming.
If drugs were not bad enough in Jackson County,
Job loss added to the situation and Increases in property taxes coupled with inflation and less wage have set forth a catalyst of events to come.
There has been 4-5 robberies in recent months at a minimum and that is just convenience store robberies.

Hoschton and Nicholson are without police departments. There will be a greater need of officers to combat the wave to come and to enforce control of Jackson County.

The Deputy did a great job in capturing the two suspects. Luckily, he was at the right place at the right time and was tact in performing his duties which led to the arrest of criminals. That makes you and I sleep better at night.

#5 Michael McCarthy on 11/07/10 at 03:02 AM [Reply]

Detecting the speeding was easy. For one officer to take two dangerous (very dangerous) criminals into custody without anyone getting hurt is nothing short of miraculous. Good job!

#6 E Mullins on 11/08/10 at 07:18 AM [Reply]

Her kids were home with their dad where they have been for years..their dad does a great job with his kids while she lives with who ever

#7 john doe on 11/08/10 at 07:13 PM [Reply]

I know these people & her kids r with there dad,where they need 2 be.I am so glad that she is off the streets cause she stole money from me & went around stealing from others 2 get whatever she wanted or needed.I hope they sock it 2 thehe just got banned from elberton because of his parents.so I hope them luck but they r where they need 2 be,cause this girl will do anything 4 him.literalyy.

#7.1 Michael McCarthy on 11/10/10 at 04:44 AM [Reply]

What is really amazing to me, beyond anything else, is after seeing her picture, the fact that anyone would want to father a child with her. Yuk!

#8 Dezi Mullins on 11/09/10 at 09:10 PM [Reply]

Kerri is a good mom and a good grandmother. My mom is a great parent. She just let drugs control her. And she wouldnt have never done this if it was not for the drugs

#8.1 Emmett Delaney on 11/10/10 at 06:00 PM [Reply]

Yeah, but you know what Dezi? She did. A lot of people have hard times but they don't resort to criminal activity to resolve their problems.

This was nothing more or less than a crime of stupid opportunity. I mean heck, how much money did they think they were going to get from a small c-store in the country? A hundred bucks....maybe! It dosen't take a Phi Beta Cappa from Auburn to figure that out.

Let me tell you something. If you are desperate enough and honest, you get creative. I remember when I was young, 23 or so, I spent two straight weekends in Atlanta at the truck stop shining fuel tanks on big trucks for cash at about 20 bucks each. All it took was a towel and some chrome polish. I needed Christmas money. It was damn hard work and my arms hurt so freaking bad I still remember it well but I made 500 bucks in two weekends. In 1982, that was a chunk of X-mas shopping money. Stealing from someone, or God forsake, tying up some innocent person and scaring the dickens out of them, is absolutely NOT AN OPTION!

I'd like to say this to anyone who even considers resorting to doing something like this. Please stop! Just stop! Think about it for a minute before acting. What if someone gets hurt or killed? The fifty or a hundred bucks you are going to obtain (if successful) is a smidget. It isn't going to fix your problem.

If the motivating reason for what you are about to do is an addiction to drugs, get help. Just get help man. The first place you might try is right where you are. Just close your eyes and ask God to help you. If you are serious about your request, you will be directed to the next step. If you really and truly want to overcome the problem, resources are available to help you.

If you think you have tried all the avenues, and are dead serious about changing your life as it applies to a drug habit, you're confused, or you think there is no one to help......remember IF you are serious, call Emmett Delaney. I'll find someone to help you.

Any police officer in Jefferson can give you my number. You can call Chief Joe Wirthman, at the Jefferson Police Department. He knows how to reach me. Almost any employee at Mike's, Jefferson Ford, many Sheriff's deputies and half the businesses in town know my cell number. I'd put it here but the editor would probably prefer that I don't.

I despise illegal drugs that get used for the wrong purpose. I detest drug dealers, manufacturers and distributors of useless so-called recreational drugs....especially meth. I do however, understand addiction very well. More importantly, I understand how to avoid it. If you contact me with a need for help, I will keep your information confidential and find you some help, so long as you haven't killed anyone, everything will be okay. There are people in this world who care enough about killing this horrible problem in our society, that they will get involved.

#9 anonymous on 11/12/10 at 12:34 PM [Reply]

to the michael mccarthy, theres is really no need to talk about what someone looks like or make the comment that you made about someone fathering kids with her, im not saying what she did was right by no means, but im sure you have got to know that her kids see these postings and you have got to know that it hurts them..as if their not already going through enough, there may be people who agree with you and thats your opinion and theirs, but those kids are my nieces and nephews so if you are going to comment on this robbery, then talk and comment about what the story is about..and think before you say something.

#9.1 Michael McCarthy on 11/14/10 at 10:44 AM [Reply]

I doubt that anything written here could add or subtract from the trauma her children are suffering due to her actions concerning this case. It's a public forum. Their mother caused this. Put the blame where it belongs.

#10 DARLENE on 11/15/10 at 11:53 AM [Reply]

re: michael mccarthy..i did not say that their mother did not cause this or what has happened to her, all im saying is talking about what someone looks like has nothing to do with the issue at all..why dont you post a picture of yourself and lets see what kind of comments you get..im not trying to make any enemies here, all im trying to say is that the kids dont need to get any more upset than they already are thats all. i understand that this is a public forum, so you voice your comments and i will tell you and anybody else mine.

#10.1 Michael McCarthy on 11/15/10 at 04:23 PM [Reply]

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