‘Extremely intoxicated’ couple stole school bus for ‘joyride’, crashed through fence, deputies say

PAULDING COUNTY, Ga. — An “extremely intoxicated” young couple stole a school bus and took it on a “joyride” before crashing it through a neighbor’s fence early Tuesday morning, Paulding County Sheriff’s Office said.

Deputies originally said just one man was arrested in the incident, but later determined through surveillance footage that the man’s girlfriend was also involved.

Deputies said they were called just before 4 a.m. when neighbors woke up to discover a Paulding County school bus had crashed through their fence into their yard. The driver and his girlfriend were both restrained by neighbors until deputies could arrive, the Paulding County Sheriff’s Office said.

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Investigators determined that Cody Dalton Green, 21, and Hayley Michelle Turner, 21, broken into the parking lot of Moses Middle School, stole a school bus and used it to plow the gates to the parking lot opened.

They then used the bus to push their own car up a hill and then took turns behind the wheel.

They eventually crashed the bus into the fence of a home on Birch River Point.

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Neighbors told investigators that the couple was extremely intoxicated or impaired when they restrained them.

Deputies were concerned that Turner was overdosing and she was rushed to the hospital. After deputies reviewed surveillance video and Turner was released from the hospital, she was arrested.

Cody Dalton Green, 21, is facing at least 10 charges, including theft by taking, hit and run, DUI and driving without a license, the sheriff’s office said. He’s also facing charges of possession of heroin and giving a false name after he initially gave deputies his brothers’ identification.

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Turner was charged with theft by taking, criminal interference with government property, loitering and prowling.

The couple is bein held at the Paulding County jail, where more charges are pending.

Anyone who saw he incident is asked to call the criminal investigations tip line at 770-443-3047.

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