Chamblee police have been on a monthlong search for a DeKalb County school custodian accused of leaving the scene of a crash, officials said.
Authorities said Jamal Allen-Fowler, 27, who worked at Chamblee Middle School before the Nov. 15 incident, caused a wreck on Chamblee Dunwoody Road at Harts Mill Court and then fled the scene, according to a police report obtained Thursday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Credit: Channel 2 Action
Credit: Channel 2 Action
Police said that when Allen-Fowler showed up at work that day, the school resource officer reported that he “was on something, they attempted not to let him drive, but he was able to get away from them and get into his vehicle.” Allen-Fowler refused to hand over his car keys and drove away from the parking lot, according to the report.
Another motorist told police that Allen-Fowler tried to pass him on the wrong side of the road and he had to swerve, hitting him on the left side and colliding with the front end of a third vehicle, according to the report.
Allen-Fowler ran to the passenger side of one of the vehicles and started beating on the front-door window, the report stated.
Video of the incident was obtained by witnesses and texted to police, according to the report.
“Seeing that he could not break the window, he ripped off the side mirror on the passenger side. He then fled the scene,” the report said.
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