Wanted man found passed out in car

By Joe Johnson

A man who was wanted by the Barrow County Sheriff’s Office was arrested in Athens after he was found passed out in a car at the Citgo gas station on Hawthorne Avenue.

Taylor Samuel Jennings, a 31-year-old resident of Athens had drug paraphernalia on his lap and the car was running and in gear when police found him at around 1:45 a.m. on September 5th.

After police learned that he had active arrest warrants in the neighboring county they drove him to Bogart where Barrrow deputies took custody of him.