MACON, Ga. — The Bibb Sheriff’s County Office says 33-year-old John Andrew Gillespie was arrested after driving his truck into the Exxon Gas station on Dellwood Drive just after 7 p.m. Wednesday night.
According to a news release from the sheriff's office, Gillespie drove into the store several times and then drove off. The clerk at the store said Gillespie had been "acting extremely irate" and yelling in the parking lot before crashing into the building.
Shortly after, it was reported that Gillespie had wrecked Thomaston Road near the Bibb/Monroe County line. Deputies responded and found him in truck, stuck in a ditch.
Gillespie was arrested and taken to the Bibb County jail where he is charged with aggravated assault, one count of criminal damage to property, two counts of hit and run, and possession of meth
If you have any information on this case, you can call the Bibb Sheriff’s Office at 478-751-7500 or Macon Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-877-68CRIME.
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