Man Threw Objects At Cars On I-75 To Get Arrested: Cops

MARIETTA, GA — A Bartow County man has been charged with flinging objects towards cars traveling on the newly opened Northwest Express Lanes in Cobb County, the Georgia State Patrol said.

A trooper with the agency responded to an accident around 4:16 p.m. Monday, Sept. 10 in the express lanes on Interstate 75 at Windy Hill Road. Around the same time, GSP's Troop C Communications also received a call of a suspicious person in the area who was "throwing objects into the roadway," it said.

The trooper arrived to find the windshield of a 2010 Toyota Venza had been struck by a rock or metal object. The driver said he saw a man with short, dark hair throw the object at the vehicle.

That subject, who was wearing a black or dark blue T-shirt, was located on the elevated portion of the Windy Hill exit ramp, which overlooks the express lanes. According to the state patrol, Jesse Lemar Tolbert, 40, of Emerson, admitted to tossing objects onto the express lanes.

"He stated he had been throwing objects for five hours in an attempt to get arrested," the agency said.

Tolbert was charged with criminal trespass, reckless conduct, littering and pedestrians prohibited on or along highways. Tolbert was transported to the Cobb County Detention Center where he remains held with a $5,720 bond.

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Photo: Jesse Lemar Tolbert. Credit: Cobb County Sheriff's Office