ROBERTA, Ga. — A Crawford County man is in jail after he allegedly pointed a gun at a driver and later, a man who was coming home.
According to a news release, deputies responded to a suspicious person call on Nov. 18 around 4:40 p.m.
When they got to the scene on Sandy Point Road, they couldn’t find the person who was pointing a gun at a driver.
Later that afternoon, around 5:35 p.m., deputies responded to a call of an armed person in the 2000-block of Hamlin Road.
It was reported that a homeowner arrived back at his home and found an unknown man sitting on his front porch with a gun.
Deputies got to the scene, along with Georgia State Patrol and Roberta Police, to get the man in custody.
44-year-old Joseph Silas Jr. was later arrested at his home on Sandy Point Road.
He’s charged with one count of criminal interference with government property, one count of obstruction of a law enforcement officer, two counts of aggravated assault, two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and two counts of possession of a firearm during commission of a felony.
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